Stock HU

[variant]

Hey guys,

For some reason, a couple of days ago when I got in my car and turned on the CD player, it spun the disc and then ejected it, it was a burned CD so I thought maybe it doesn't like the specific cd brand, so I tried a different brand cd that HAD worked before, still the same thing, then I put in a real/bought CD, still didn't work. All the CDs were scratchless.

Any thoughts on what could be causing this?

[theprodigy79]

Sounds like the lens is dirty. The unit should pretty easy to disect if you have a bit of mechanical skill (unless they're put together with studs or stars)... just break it down 'till you can access the reading lens with a DRY Q-tip and gently swab it. Spray it with canned air to get rid of any remnants, put it back together and you're good to go.

[variant]

How about one of those lens cleaning CDs?

[theprodigy79]

They don't do anything... complete waste of money. I have no idea why they can even get away advertising them as they do, it's as close to false advertising as you get...

My method is a true PainInTheAss, but it's the only method that will really work.

Another option is to buy a new headunit... Time to upgrade?

[variant]

Would you know where the tutorial to pop out the headunit is?
I recall there was one with instructions on how to change the color of the backlight too, can't seem to find it now.
I wanna try the manual cleaning and if that doesn't work I'll buy someone's used stock HU.

I don't really want aftermarket because, aesthetically, the stock looks quite good, even compared to the aftermarket, and quality wise, with my iPod or even with the CD player(when it worked ) it was good enough for me, and it's cheap .