CarolinaPilot Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hello and Good Morning- We have a 97 Subie Outback with factory AM/FM CD player. The CD player will not eject the CD disk itself. How can I get the player to eject the disk? Thank you for your time and cooperation. I look forward to hearing from you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themixtoo Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 The CD player will not eject the CD disk itself. How can I get the player to eject the disk? Thank you for your time and cooperation. I look forward to hearing from you guys. I had the exact prob. with my CD player in my '98 2.5RS. Sad to say, I had to let my favorite:rolleyes: Subie dealer remove the CD player and send it to a local repair shop. After contacting SOA the dealer paid the $150 for the repair. Gary ps. The 'stuck' CD was never the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brus brother Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Not sure but it may be like the CD player on your computer (there is a tiny hole just large enough to stick a straightened paperclip into and this will open the deck. Not sure what your car CD player looks like, you might have to take the "faceplate" off the radio/CD and you should see a small hole. Look at your computer (you obviously are sitting next to it, look right or left from your chair). See the small hole? Turn off the computer and insert the paper clip and you will see what I mean. Hope this helps. PS Just curious, was this a prerecorded CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolinaPilot Posted December 30, 2004 Author Share Posted December 30, 2004 Thanks guys are the replies. $150, ouch, I did locate where Subie dealers can have radio repaired, www.unitedradio.com in NY. The CD that did not come out was not pre-recorded. The CD player itself now does not have power. Does anyone know where the fuse is located for this player? There is no "pin hole" to put a paper clip in as this model CD player does not use a tray to hold the CD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 There may be an inline fuse at the back of the unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brus brother Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Well OK then, we have to beat the information out of you.... you finally admit to no power to the unit, then how COULD the unit eject the CD or do anything else for that matter. As this unit is integral to the radio (AM/FM/CD), does the radio work but not CD? Sounds like Cougar is on the right track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolinaPilot Posted December 31, 2004 Author Share Posted December 31, 2004 Well OK then, we have to beat the information out of you.... you finally admit to no power to the unit, then how COULD the unit eject the CD or do anything else for that matter. As this unit is integral to the radio (AM/FM/CD), does the radio work but not CD? Sounds like Cougar is on the right track. No fuse on back/inline. Fuse for radio is in fuse block which checks out ok. Power for CD deck comes directly from the radio deck. CD deck is getting power, but the CD drive mechanism itself is not operating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsterbrat Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 Have you tried disconnecting power and reconnect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolinaPilot Posted December 31, 2004 Author Share Posted December 31, 2004 Have you tried disconnecting power and reconnect? Yes, no go. I am in the process of contacting United Radio in NY who repairs OEM Subie radio's for dealers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brus brother Posted December 31, 2004 Share Posted December 31, 2004 I just Googled your problem and one post suggests disconnecting the negative terminal from your battery for 10 minutes, kinda like rebooting when all else fails. 10 minutes seems like a reasonable investment of time. Another post suggests reaching in with a paper clip and trying to coax the sucker out while pressing the eject button. Will likely trash the disc but it caused you enough problems already! Did this homemade CD have a label affixed to it? EDIT: Just saw that recent postings covered some of these issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brus brother Posted January 1, 2005 Share Posted January 1, 2005 Well, if you are going to remove the deck to send away, then by all means, unscew the cover and remove the CD. It's pretty straightforward once you're in there. Replace the cover and hook up power and check to see that it runs OK. If not, give it up to the merry mailman. PS Was there a homemade label on the CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesbaru Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Mine played this game after I put in a cd with a label that a coworker made for me. After that I had to pull my cd's out with a pair of tweezers wrapped in a hankie. (so as not to scratch the disc) I finally gave up on it and don't use it anymore. Is there a simple way to fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlierh2 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 its a pretty simple fix... never put a cd with a home made label in any cd player that is not a magazine or tray load Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnuman Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Mine played this game after I put in a cd with a label that a coworker made for me. After that I had to pull my cd's out with a pair of tweezers wrapped in a hankie. (so as not to scratch the disc) I finally gave up on it and don't use it anymore. Is there a simple way to fix it? What is meant by you to be simple? How mechanicly inclined are you? The procedure is to take off the top of the player, look inside for bits of label stuck to things (or whatever else is making the CD's stick), clean those surfaces with a Q-Tip dipped in rubbing alcahol, put everything back together, then reinstall the player. All very simple really, but if those directions are too vague, you will have a lot less stress by taking it to a shop to have it done (and I do not mean the dealership, I mean an audio specialist). On my '92 Legacy there are six screws that hold the side brackets (that hold the tape player and CD player together) into the center console. You then remove the four screws that hold the CD player to the brackets, and unplug the DIN cable and power supply cable from the tape player and power li8ne respectively. Next you find the two slots on the back that allow you to stick a flat bladed screwdriver in and pop off the top cover. Now, you looking in from the top, you can see the entire mechanical assembly of the slot-loading tray and spindle. If there is anything that does not look like it belongs there, remove it. replace the top cover, plug in cables, reattach screws, replace into console, and replace trim. . . That is for a single disk player. I do not have mechanical drawings of a 6 disc changer, but that is the idea, and it should be similar. . . At least the area that you are concerned with, anyway (the area by the loading slot) I have also been doing things like this for many years, and am highly mechanicly inclined, so it is easy for me. If you are not mechanicly inclined (as many people are not), then it is better to have someone do it for you, as there will be a lot less stress. (looking over that post, I suppose you can guess that I'm not "spelling inclined". Sorry for any glaring errors). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnuman Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Lesbaru, I apologise if that sounded like it was talking down to you in any way. I was not trying to, it is just that I simply do not what "simple" means to other people. I can look at just about any machine and understand how it works, just by how the bits are put together. Or if they are apart, I can see inately how they must go together. That is a natural trait that I have (and I know that many others do not). What I love about Subarus is thier simplicity, but a lot of professional mechanics seem to find them very complex (judging by thier labor rates). My idea of simple may not mesh with yours. If it does not, have a pro do the work. That pro will likely be found in a locally owned "car audio" type shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnuman Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 its a pretty simple fix... never put a cd with a home made label in any cd player that is not a magazine or tray load Not in magazines either. Same problems as slot loading. . . If it has a paper label, tray load only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsterbrat Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 My aftermarket did this the other day I stuck a busssines card in it and moved it around a little a the cd came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlierh2 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 interesting your the first person that ive heard of that happening to. ive been using the same cd that got stuck in a front load in a magazine for several years. all i can say is cd labels are a bad idea in general Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnuman Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 all I can say is cd labels are a bad idea in general On this we agree completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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