Two CDs stuck in player?!?!?

[lmoseley]

Two CDs stuck in player?!?!?

We have a 1999 Windstar van with the premium radio/tape/CD player, the one with the slot-loader CD.

There was already a CD in the player and the kid inserted a second CD on top of the first one. Surprisingly, the player accepted both and now NEITHER will eject.

I have tried the normal "first thoughts" ideas like reaching in the slot with tweezers and needle-nose pliers. No joy. EJECT button does not work. I see no indication of a manual release.

Surely we are not the first to have this problem... does anyone have a solution short of paying a mechanic to disassemble the player and remove them?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[The Bondo Bandit]

theres not alot you can do aside from poking around in the slot with some sort of poking device , or taking the radio out . if you take the radio out generally you can take the top off and just take your cd's out .

[slacker_53]

Maybe if you remove the radio, it would be easier to get the CDs out??

Ford radios remove from the front, the four holes in the front, two in a vertical pattern on the left side and two in a vertical pattern on the right side are where the releases are that allow you to remove the radio.

You can actually buy the 'tools' to do this at Walmart in the car stereo section of automotive. (I think about $5)

What you get are two pieces of steel rod, bent into a 'U' shape. All you do is push one of these into the holes on the left and the other into the holes on the right. This allows you to pull the radio right out of the front of the dash. All that is left is to unplug the radio and then either you can work on it yourself or drop it off at your local radio store for them to work on.

Good luck on getting them out!

-slacker

[87civicfranky]

What the hell was that little boy thinking??!!?!??!!!

Try to poke it out with a bike spoke... " DO NOT PRY IT OUT DISCONNECTED!!" Doing so, the player wont eject at all and will stay frozen..(even if you get the cd out.) Attempt it while hitting the eject botton. My friend had the same problem and i manneged to get it out..(but that same day his little son made a playdoe cd and you know..... that things in the dump...)

[Winters4]

Hi,

I just had this problem in a Kia Sportage. 2 CD's had stuck together, and my daughter inserted them into the player, not noticing it was more than 1 CD. At first, it wouldn't play at all. But, I turned it off and back on, and the bottom CD played. However, when she tried to eject them, an error message appeared. We tried several times, but no luck.

I then used a butter knife with a thin blade, and inserted in into the CD opening until I was able to get the blade in between the 2 CD's. I first tried to used a pair of needle-nose tweezers (with small pieces of electrical tape on the ends to protect the CD's) to grab the top CD. I saw this method on another forum. But, I couldn't grasp the top CD tightly enough to remove it.

I decided to turn the unit on, hit eject button, and see what happened. The top CD slid right out on top of the knife blade.

Then I removed the knife and first CD, hit eject again, and the other CD came out, too. CD's now play fine in the player. It doesn't seem like either of the CD's that were in the player were damaged either, as they both play fine.

I hope this will help someone with the same problem.

[Chaz.Nicoll]

You know the best way i found to get a cd out of a cd player that wont eject is a paperclip.. Now you bend the end of the clip to make a hook, find the hole in the cd and then hook it and pull it out! Works everytime!!