[av_in_bc]

hi there

warranty just ran out (67500km)
cd player is unusable due to the skipping and other strange behavior.

is it easy to get it out of there and clean and tighten things up?
i'm guessing an arm and a leg to replace.

 

[av_in_bc]

replying to my own post?

so no-one knows how to remove the player
it is a factory toyota one

 

[Fire Elemental]

CD Cleaning Kit

Chances are the lens is just dirty. Try using a cd cleaning kit, it'll save you the effort of trying to remove it.

 

[av_in_bc]

got a kit and still no change.
it also seems to skip when accelerating quickly

 

[Daniel]

I think I went through 3 CD players in the first 7 years in my Civic. After that I just used the radio. A CD player is a very sensitive machine, and it's amazing they can make them work in a car at all. You're talking about aiming a laser at a spot that's, what? a few millionths of an inch wide? as the car is bouncing and bumping along the road.

Still, I'm sorry to hear that yours has gone on the fritz. I'd probably take it in to a good car-audio shop and see if they can fix it cheap, and otherwise have it replaced.

 

[av_in_bc]

i would like to see anti-skip memory chips installed in these.
like is standard in portables.

i will take a look if i can see anything easy to fix
if not i'll have it fixed
i hope i don't have to take the whole dash apart though

 

[AgentElrond]

You could always substitute an iPod and FM transmitter - longer playing time, more variety, portable, etc. 8)

 

[av_in_bc]

well i tried to fix it but it didn't work
easy enough to remove and replace
but it still skipped

anyone tried or heard of these for a prius?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3293&item=5721487164&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Toyota / Isuzu CD Player 98-02 MP3 COMPATIBLE

looks similar and plug is the same

 

[av_in_bc]

replacement unit is 600$ can for the six in-dash-changer
no way to get a single apparently