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Good morning Civic Forum,

I finally got around to getting myself another OEM head unit in replacement of the one that got fried earlier. However, the one I now have skips really bad. It'll skip on the smallest of road bumps and I'm hoping there is a way to fix this. The center console that the headunit connects to seems to be missing a few prongs that hook itself into the dash board. When the center console is in place is fits snug but you can notice there is a bit of a gap.

Can the skipping be caused by the fact that the few hook prongs are missing which causes the fit of the center console to not be as snug as possible? Or is there something else I should be looking at as far as the cd player goes?

Thank you.

 
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what brand is it?..some cheap swapmeet brand?...even so i dont it should be skipping as much as you say since more modern units have limited that..if the extra space between the player and dash is sufficient then it might be causing unnecessary vibrations..

 
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It says right in his post it is OEM. I would say there is something wrong with the actual CD player. The gap should not really affect the performace of it.

 
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Most of the time when that happens is when the lens is real dirty or you mount the cd player on an odd angle that the syspension was not designed to handle however that wont be your problem since its oem in an oem location. Was this "newer" unit new or used (does that make sense?)? Anyway what was wrond with the old one again? All depends on if the new one can be replaced or your stuck with it. I myself would swap the cd carriages around and see if this helps. Even if your old unit "fried" the cd drive might still be good. Its worth a shot if your stuck with it.