vietstylez

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hey guys i have this panasonic cq-dfx983u head unit

and i ejected a cd the other day and after that it wouldnt accept anymore cd's. it thinks there is a cd in there already and no matter what i do, it wont let me put in a new one. i made teh mistake of buying this head unit off ebay used so the warranty is probably gone. i really dont have the money to buy a new one so do you guys have any idea how to fix it? thanks..

02 silver si

Is there a reset button on it? If so try that and see what happens. Is there any way to see if there is a CD in there if you take the HU out and look through the vents on it?

vietstylez

iTrader: (8)

i dont see a reset button on it anywhere..i know there isnt a cd in there because it ejected..the problem is it wont accept anymore. i have the head unit sitting on my desk, im about to remove the 50,000 screws. =( i cant bump to the radio much longer..

02 silver si

Did you check the owners manual to see if it has one? Also since you unpluged it did you see if maybe that reset it and try to replug it in?

vietstylez

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yea i tried replugging it in..still thinks theres a cd in there, hmm i left the manual at my other house ill have to get it later

02 silver si

I would before you take it apart. Would suck to find out it was a easy fix after you took it apart and caused more dammage.

vietstylez

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yeah i just found the manual online..im reading it righ now thanks


EDIT: nope...no reset button :/

twizzx

Just wondering were able to play cds on it before? And what error message do u get ? E3 error?

vietstylez

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yes cd's played fine before...i dont get any error msgs..it just says.. "reading..." forever and ever and ever and ever and ever *cries*

JayFReaZy

something similar like this happend to me before, where the CD was jammed and would not come out. I un-plugged the cables connecting to the battery, therefore reseting everything, and when I connected it back on, it spit the cd out. I dunno if it'll work, but give it a try.

vietstylez

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^^^^

02 silver si

So no luck with it yet then? Were you able to find anything in the online manual to help you out at all?

vietstylez

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nope not at all.....and the screws on it are IMPOSSIBLE to remove, i almost stripped one. man this sucks...my poor 300 dollar cd player

02 silver si

That sucks. Is there any place out buy you that does repair work and gives free or very cheap estamates? If they find out what is wrong maybe you could fix it then and save some cash or have them fix it if it is not do much cash.

vietstylez

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heh...i have no idea, and the thought of driving around with no music AT ALL is just... =[ thanks for all the help so far..

02 silver si

No longer have have the stock EU to tide you over to see if this one can get fixed?

vietstylez

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haha sold it

02 silver si

Darn. This is why I allways keep my OEM crap that I take out just for this reason. It never fails us that keep it never need it and the ones that sell it do.

I am stuck what to do since I could not live without some tunes going. No chance you have a little battery powered radio you could sick in there for a day or so. Would look getto but at least you would have tunes.

vietstylez

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hahah you're crazy...i..i like you but you're...you're crazy.

turboslug

i have a panasonic deck and everytime it gets reset, it will try to spit out any cd inside the player. you can also try pressing the eject button. if neither of those work, then the cdplayer mechanism is faulty.

anyways, i think you should take it apart...hu's are pretty simple inside...i've fixed several before...

oh, and i noticed my panasonic one doesnt require unscrewing. the top and bottom cover are both clipped on

PopcornPlaya

iTrader: (6)

Hmm... if'n you still had your OEM one, you could put it in, and send your panisonic to me, and I could take it to the shop I use, and they'd repair it for free. I can call them monday and ask them if there's some way to reset the unit, or why it'd be doing that. But that's 2 days away. You try car audio forums yet, to see if'n anyone there could help out? There are some pretty knowledgable folk over there as well.

turboslug

i doubt a reset will work. if the player thinks a cd is inside, you should be able to press the eject button to make the optical assembly go back to it's "empty" position. i bet his optical mechanism is stuck in the "loaded" position and the problem is caused by a simple plastic part that is stuck or has snapped. :P

turboslug

anyways, i can order any proprietary pansonic cd player parts but it's often not worth the money.

PopcornPlaya

iTrader: (6)

Yes, this is correct, it's often times cheaper to replace than repair. I used to have a Clarion Deck. It was retailed for 500, but I got it through a discount at a local shop for 175. Some dipshits broke in my car, and took the faceplate only. Not the whole unit, just the face plate. That face plate was 195 from clarion. I got a new Pioneer 740mp when they first came out for 175 to replace it. In my case, it was cheaper to replace.

vietstylez

iTrader: (8)

hmm..yeah its probably the loading mechanism thats broken..it just cant eject..

i just might have to send it to you to get repaired... if you could that would be awesome

armieo

iTrader: (15)

My friend's stock CD player got stuck like that once. We used another CD to get it out. We kind of stuck the CD in the slot and used the force of friction of CD on CD to pull the other CD out.

vietstylez

iTrader: (8)

Omg I Gave It To My Grandpa And He Took It Apart And Fixed It Yayyyy Thanks Everyone For Their Help

vietstylez

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^^by the way that was supposed to be in all caps lol