CD/Radio Help

[HSpiering]

I have a CD stuck in my radio on my 06. Any ideas on how to get it out?? Looks bad to try removing the radio.

 

[BigDaddy]

All CD players are little different, but most have a small hole that will manually eject a stuck CD. Usually the end of a small paper clip is all that is needed.

 

[HSpiering]

Do I need to take the radio out to do that? I saw how on You Tube. Looks like a lot of work to get the radio out of the dash. All auto stereo places wanted $250+ to put a new radio and CD player in. They all agreed Dodge radio/CD at pretty cheep and prone to problems. What I think is a better thing is to buy a $6 cable to connect the radio AUX to an MP-3 player. I will then have lots of songs. I can charge the MP-3 with a $20 power adapter.

 

[HBarlow]

Larger cities usually have a small electronics shop that repairs OEM sound equipment for late model cars and trucks. Their primary customers are car dealer used car managers. They take them in on trade with jammed cd players or whatever and send the vehicle down the street to the shop that repairs them. Any dealer used car manager should be able to guide you, maybe the yellow pages.

Years ago my wife had a cassette stuck in her BMW dash. I was charged something like $50 to fix it.

 

[p-Bar]

That radio can be uninstalled in less than 15 minutes. Is this a 6 disc or single?

 

[HSpiering]

It is a single.

The problem I see, is that a CD is or has going the way of 8 track. I can spend a lot less $$ and end up with 100's of songs. I'm lucky my truck radio has a AUX port. My wife car and my daughter 06 dodge does not. I would fix this radio/cd if it was an easy thing to do. You are right it looks easy on You Tube. But not sure it is fixable.

 

[p-Bar]

there's a lot on ebay
dodge ram cd player | eBay

 

[Mikey-KE7LBB]

I had a similar problem with a Pioneer CD player and it was caused by dust on the rollers that eject the disc.



Easy way to get it out is to slip something that won't scratch the top of the disc (like a zip tie) into the CD slot above the disc. Give it a slight twist to apply some friction against the rollers and press the eject button again. This has worked for me many times out here in the oilfield where dust is quite a problem.



After you get it out you should get one of those dust remover aerosol cans (found in the computer section of Wal-Mart) and blast the crap out of the CD slot.



You'll be amazed with how much dust can accumulate in there.

 

[p-Bar]

I had a similar problem with a Pioneer CD player and it was caused by dust on the rollers that eject the disc.



Easy way to get it out is to slip something that won't scratch the top of the disc (like a zip tie) into the CD slot above the disc. Give it a slight twist to apply some friction against the rollers and press the eject button again. This has worked for me many times out here in the oilfield where dust is quite a problem.



After you get it out you should get one of those dust remover aerosol cans (found in the computer section of Wal-Mart) and blast the crap out of the CD slot.



You'll be amazed with how much dust can accumulate in there.

The data is on the bottom of the disc so a paper clip would even work.