99 Remote mount CD player not working

[mackguy]

Still going through variety of testing on my "new" 99 Suburban.
I noticed tonight that the CD player doesn't seem to work.
Here's what happens:
It pulls CD in, the display on the head unit says CD, and I hear the CD "whirring" in the dash. Then the head unit flashes ERR and ejects the CD. I tried 2 different CDs. Any ideas if this is repairable, or do I just have a dead unit?

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[df2x4]

It's probably just dead unfortunately. Exact same thing happened to the factory CD player in my red truck. It wasn't a remote unit, but rather the CD player integrated into the main unit on top. Exact same symptoms though.

EDIT - If you have an electronics repair place in your area, you could always take it up to them. I saved mine and always planned on doing this as it's in pretty decent shape otherwise. Be prepared to pay them $50 just to tell you it's going to cost $200 to fix it though. I doubt very seriously it'll be a cheap enough repair to justify itself for anything other than an extremely OCD preservation thing.

Or you could just go to a yard and pull another one... Probably way easier and cheaper.

 

[Ironhead]

I'm pretty sure you've tried more than one CD, but just in case, make sure it's the unit, and not a bad CD. Can't help but think that this could be as simple as a dirty Laser or lens in the player. I understand the dash cover snaps out fairly easily, and the CD player is also easy to remove. Since it doesn't work now, the downside of removing the casing, locating the laser and the lens, and carefully cleaning those items with Isopropyl alcohol and Q Tips may be well worth it.

I enjoy having the OEM divorced CD player in my 98 pickup, and I hope you manage to resurrect your unit. Keep us posted.

 

[mackguy]

I wouldn't mind going aftermarket, but this stupid 1.5DIN has me flummoxed. I don't really like the look of single DIN put in, and the double DIN conversion is a little more invasive than I want..

It's strange since it lights up, and clearly the head unit recognizes it..

 

[df2x4]

I tried cleaning the lens in mine, didn't do anything. I agree that you can't really mess it up any wore than it is, though.

RetroSound has a 1.5 DIN unit called the "Newport" that might be more up your alley as far as looks, it's not cheap and has no built in CD player though.

http://www.jegs.com/i/RetroSound/70...7&cadevice=c&gclid=CLWZwNDixssCFQktaQodR8cPCg

 

[mackguy]

Yes, I've seen that, but the head-unit itself seems to work fine. May eventually go with the 1DIN solution and just deal with the cosmetics..

 

[Curt]

Could try to contact chrmaka about their radio and CD player that they're trying to sell: http://www.gmt400.com/threads/chrmakas-garage-clean-out.32872/

 

[Chris Rogers]

laser is the usual culprit in them. mine came with the 6 cd in the arm rest and the single CD in the dash.

 

[grampadirt]

The one in my wife's burb quit a couple of years ago so I went to a Pick-A-Part and looked at several,found one that was pretty clean and bought it.Swapped it out the next day and it worked fine.I may have gotten lucky though.

 

[superdave]

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