Sony 10-Disc Autochanger Disk Stuck

[Chris M]

Hi,

I have a Sony 10-Disk CD Autochanger. AFAIK, it is working find, but the
head unit that controls it has thrown a bit of a wobbly. Problem is the
caddy with 10 of my CDs is still inside the changer. Anyone know if there is
an easy way of getting it out without the head unit operational? Chances
are, there is a CD actually in the play position as I was listening to one
when things went pear shaped.

If the exact model is important, I can give it later, but I don't have
access to it right now.
It is a 10 disk changer, about 5 years old. Panel on the front, nearly as
tall as the unit and approx half the width that slides to the side to give
access to a black plastic caddy with little 'drawers' to hold each cd. When
its connected up, you pressed a little grey button next to the caddy which
wirred and clicked then released the caddy so you could remove it.
Connection-wise it had L and R connections and a small control connector
that looked a little bit like a mini-din, but not quite.
It also had somthing called D-Bass if that means anything.

Thanks for any help,

Chris.

[In-Car Express]

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:16:21 +0100, "Chris M"

Post by Chris M
I have a Sony 10-Disk CD Autochanger. AFAIK, it is working find, but the
head unit that controls it has thrown a bit of a wobbly. Problem is the
caddy with 10 of my CDs is still inside the changer. Anyone know if there is
an easy way of getting it out without the head unit operational? Chances
are, there is a CD actually in the play position as I was listening to one
when things went pear shaped.

It is possible to do, but not especially straightforward - if the
discs are all in the magazine, it's just a case of opening it up and
releasing the magazine mechanism, which is pretty obvious once you get
to the insides. If the disc's out of the magazine though, it's a bit
of a hassle, as you have to manually wind the mechanism back. The
process of doing this isn't immediately obvious, and you can easily
cause damage.

The simplest option is probably to ask your nearest Sony dealer
nicely, to see if they'll plug it into a head unit and eject the
magazine for you. It's a 2 minute job, so any good dealer should be
happy to do it for you.

Jon

[Chris M]

Post by In-Car Express
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:16:21 +0100, "Chris M"

Post by Chris M
I have a Sony 10-Disk CD Autochanger. AFAIK, it is working find, but the
head unit that controls it has thrown a bit of a wobbly. Problem is the
caddy with 10 of my CDs is still inside the changer. Anyone know if there is
an easy way of getting it out without the head unit operational? Chances
are, there is a CD actually in the play position as I was listening to one
when things went pear shaped.

It is possible to do, but not especially straightforward - if the
discs are all in the magazine, it's just a case of opening it up and
releasing the magazine mechanism, which is pretty obvious once you get
to the insides. If the disc's out of the magazine though, it's a bit
of a hassle, as you have to manually wind the mechanism back. The
process of doing this isn't immediately obvious, and you can easily
cause damage.
The simplest option is probably to ask your nearest Sony dealer
nicely, to see if they'll plug it into a head unit and eject the
magazine for you. It's a 2 minute job, so any good dealer should be
happy to do it for you.

Ok, thanks for the reply. I wanted to avoid taking it apart if possible, as
knowing me, I'll break it! And I'm fairly sure there WILL be a disk out of
the magazine.
Hoped there might be somewhere I could poke it from outside to release the
mechanism somehow (like the CD drive on some computers). Will probably
follow your advice and try to find a friendly Sony dealer nearby...

:-)

Chris.