CD Mag stuck !!!
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2003 S430
CD Mag stuck !!!
so i was listening to my cd 5 and when i tried to switch to cd 2 it said no cd .i was like 
so i switched to cd one and still no cd 
and then said no mag. so i switched to fm and then back to cd and nothing all i see is activating CDC.. it happened before what i did is take out the mag. and put it back in and everything gets back to normal but this time no.. its been two days .. problem now is the mag isnt coming out. so whats the problem here? i did search and read that might be water around it.. but my radio is working and everything else is working except the cd mag? what could be the problem also how do i check if there is water how do i take the carpet out to check it
thank you people
so i switched to cd one and still no cd and then said no mag. so i switched to fm and then back to cd and nothing all i see is activating CDC.. it happened before what i did is take out the mag. and put it back in and everything gets back to normal but this time no.. its been two days .. problem now is the mag isnt coming out. so whats the problem here? i did search and read that might be water around it.. but my radio is working and everything else is working except the cd mag? what could be the problem also how do i check if there is water how do i take the carpet out to check itthank you people
Last edited by benzat17; Apr 11, 2011 at 01:04 AM.
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2001 s 430 84Kmiles black on black
Hi there
2 things :
1) its your mag, that is going bad, especially if the car is 8yr old or more
2) you have loose connection (the cables) or the cables are bend or broken
2 things :
1) its your mag, that is going bad, especially if the car is 8yr old or more
2) you have loose connection (the cables) or the cables are bend or broken
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im guessing the mag is old.. because how would the cables bend or break if no one touched them ? but how do i get the mag out !? to replace it
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See the Audio & Radio portion of http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w220...tart-here.html The reason for failure to eject may be a switch in the CDC; Miko's blog addresses that. However, if you need to replace the magazine, Alpine makes them; MB dealers charge $35 or more each; big box stores charge around $10 (I haven't checked prices recently).
Some folks have had luck holding the eject button in for a very long time - a minute of more. Some have had to repeat this 5 to 10 times. If that doesn't work, see Miko's blog in the link I gave you.
If you had a broken fiber optic cable, your entire audio and phone system would be down. Also, your COMAND unit would start up, then shut itself down. If a fiber optic lead is bent too tightly, you would experience static, and possibly intermittent audio. Because other components work, and you do not report a problem with static, I believe your problem is more likely with the CDC than the fiber optics. However, checking the connections is fairly easy. You can locate equipment using the phone bulletin at http://phdwebsite.powerpulse.cc/Phon...ins/S%2003.pdf - and while you're back there, check that you don't have water in the electronics bay in the trunk.
Some folks have had luck holding the eject button in for a very long time - a minute of more. Some have had to repeat this 5 to 10 times. If that doesn't work, see Miko's blog in the link I gave you.
If you had a broken fiber optic cable, your entire audio and phone system would be down. Also, your COMAND unit would start up, then shut itself down. If a fiber optic lead is bent too tightly, you would experience static, and possibly intermittent audio. Because other components work, and you do not report a problem with static, I believe your problem is more likely with the CDC than the fiber optics. However, checking the connections is fairly easy. You can locate equipment using the phone bulletin at http://phdwebsite.powerpulse.cc/Phon...ins/S%2003.pdf - and while you're back there, check that you don't have water in the electronics bay in the trunk.
Last edited by Skylaw; Apr 12, 2011 at 11:04 AM.
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CD Mag stuck !!!
Assuming it is the trunk CD changer:
Rather easy to disludge the magazine from the CD changer.
Take a long thin knife and insert it between the bottom of the magazine (not into the magazine itself) and where the magazine rests, pushing the knife diagonally from right to left will trigger a release prong in there, and presto.
Assuming it is the trunk CD changer:
Rather easy to disludge the magazine from the CD changer.
Take a long thin knife and insert it between the bottom of the magazine (not into the magazine itself) and where the magazine rests, pushing the knife diagonally from right to left will trigger a release prong in there, and presto.
Last edited by ANGMED; Apr 16, 2011 at 11:01 PM.
