CD Player not reading CDS

by **elevashun** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:27 pm

My stock CD player in my 2000 Solara stopped reading CD's all of a sudden.. When I put in a CD it seems like it attempts to read it, but ends up ejecting it out. Unfortunately it happened in the first hour of my 7 hour drive from Norcal to San Diego. I figure it has to do something with the lens.

Any ideas on how I can fix this?

by **WTF??** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:30 pm

quick fix? well either live with it or just get a new aftermarket deck

its possible to get those cd lens cleaners, but i dont think they work

by **NeFaRiOuS_SLE** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:54 am

Did it start skipping beforehand? Because when it skips when you pull into a stop (or even when you hit a bump/accelerate hard), that means a spring is worn out and you need a new unit.

by **Jon11582** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:51 am

This is acutally a common problem with the 1CD unit. Mine went out like 3 years ago. Its like it tries to read it, says ERR1, and then spits it out.

I think the single CD units on the original solara werent that well built. (2000 Anyways). I know in 99, they used a slightly different radio with bigger text that might be holding up better. I dont know if they kept the same radio from 2001 to 2003.

I had to swap mine out.

by **MCOjerry** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 8:54 am

Could be dust on the lens. The older the car, the more likely that dust can get into the player. The environment that the car provides isn't the cleanest, and there's no way to completely seal the CD player up (or you wouldn't be able to get a CD in :lol:

) The little felt pieces that close it up aren't perfect. You could have also had dust on a CD, and it could have gotten inside that way.

Has anyone tried one of those areosol computer dusters for a problem like this?

by **LatinUSMC** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 8:14 am

i just valuable wasted time and money on lens cleaners and stuff...youre better off buy i new/used HU...some one here offered one a few days ago for 40 dollars ill get you the link from my PM's

by **LatinUSMC** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:52 am

http://www.solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php? ... ht=#336944
he asked for 50 +shipping.

by **PoshPepper** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 10:09 am

LatinUSMC wrote:i just valuable wasted time and money on lens cleaners and stuff...youre better off buy i new/used HU...some one here offered one a few days ago for 40 dollars ill get you the link from my PM's

Better late than never... LOL! (old post from August...)

by **MCOjerry** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 4:40 pm

^^I was just gonna say that LOL

CD Player not reading CDS

CD Player not reading CDS

get a new one

here you go .........

Re: get a new one

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