CD Player Cleaning Stupid Question

Hi

Stupid question but i cant do it.

CD Player Says CD 1 and the other five say no disc

Probably needs cleaning

Taken Changer cartridge out and cleaned with fluid inside and out

All original CD's in Cartridge Changer and tried upside down and right way
up.

I now need to wack a CD Cleaner in and probably stupidly put CD in the Changer Cartridge.

CD sucked in and spat out allong with all other slots to no avail.

I i pressume the Cleaning CD needs to actually go in the CD Drive in the actaul CD player ?

How is my question ?

I had a poke with it but to no avail.

I have read the other associated threads , but do not state how

Any idea would be greatful

Cheers peeps

Rich

I usually take the lid off and clean the laser with a small soft paint brush or cotton bud.

ok i can do that...

hmmmm so open glove box....remove changer cartridge.... how do i get in to the cd unit to take lid off is there a release to slide it out to remove the lid or is there a release to open glove box fuller to gain wider access.

Rich

To remove the CD unit you have to remove the top and side of the Entire Dash!

oh not so easy then hmmmmm

so i have to do that to just clean lense ?

Is there a way to actually get a cleaning cd in the drive, is there a release.

If not im going to have to do the dash thing.

Rich

Eject the cassette...insert CD....reinsert the cassette...just like any other CD I would have thought!

ok cheers for the input i will check it and update tomorrow or weekend

Cheers

Rich

Ah brilliant L322 design, the P38 changer is in the boot and dead easy to get at.

Datatek said:

Ah brilliant L322 design, the P38 changer is in the boot and dead easy to get at.

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Yea brilliant, have to get out of the car and open boot to put a cd in the changer !!!

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2.0_hippo said:

Yea brilliant, have to get out of the car and open boot to put a cd in the changer !!!

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2.0_hippo said:

Yea brilliant, have to get out of the car and open boot to put a cd in the changer !!!

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With 6 in place, no need to get out of the car and at least it makes it servicable

I have a 2005 Range Rover L322, with a Clarion 6 Disc CD Changer built into the glove box.

The LR Part Number is XQE500201, and the Manufacturer Part Number is PU-2610A.

It was working fine last week and I was listening to it while driving when it stopped suddenly, with the message “invalid disc” appearing a few seconds later.

Since then, despite trying all efforts I cannot get it to work.
I tried putting in a CD lens cleaner disk with fluid on it a few times but still no joy.
I cleaned all the CD's and tried again.
Finally I bit the bullet and took up the challenge of taking it out. All the guides out there, useful as they are, always seem to miss that odd screw or bolt that you need to remove and you find - the hard way.
It took me a full 6-hours to dismantle dash/glove box to get it out, find out I could not open it because the small circuit board at the back is soldered onto a lug, have a general poke around, try to clean and put back - all to find it is not working still.

I have been to the Land Rover Dealer here in Qatar where, even if it was available, you almost have to take out a mortgage to pay for it - they want 1200 quid just for the spare, plus it will be about 4~6 hours labour to fit.
There are a lot of things to love about the L322, but this is not one of them.
Any hints on fault finding to determine if it is a cable fault or the actual changer, while I try to source a replacement/reconditioned/exchange unit.
I only want to take the dash apart one more time - and that is for the permanent fix.

Change the stereo for aftermarket and have thousands of songs on a single SD card like I have done

CDs are old tech now

Any recommendations on what/how to fit - bearing in mind my location - and what if any software changes might need to be made for the Head Unit display

Archie said:

I have a 2005 Range Rover L322, with a Clarion 6 Disc CD Changer built into the glove box.

The LR Part Number is XQE500201, and the Manufacturer Part Number is PU-2610A.

It was working fine last week and I was listening to it while driving when it stopped suddenly, with the message “invalid disc” appearing a few seconds later.

Since then, despite trying all efforts I cannot get it to work.
I tried putting in a CD lens cleaner disk with fluid on it a few times but still no joy.
I cleaned all the CD's and tried again.
Finally I bit the bullet and took up the challenge of taking it out. All the guides out there, useful as they are, always seem to miss that odd screw or bolt that you need to remove and you find - the hard way.
It took me a full 6-hours to dismantle dash/glove box to get it out, find out I could not open it because the small circuit board at the back is soldered onto a lug, have a general poke around, try to clean and put back - all to find it is not working still.

I have been to the Land Rover Dealer here in Qatar where, even if it was available, you almost have to take out a mortgage to pay for it - they want 1200 quid just for the spare, plus it will be about 4~6 hours labour to fit.
There are a lot of things to love about the L322, but this is not one of them.
Any hints on fault finding to determine if it is a cable fault or the actual changer, while I try to source a replacement/reconditioned/exchange unit.
I only want to take the dash apart one more time - and that is for the permanent fix.

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have you tried pulling the fuse and reinserting after about 5 seconds?

Archie surely given where you are you have the option to be adventurous? I would take the unit to a little Pakistani or Sri Lankan electronics repair shop with stacks of home stereos and microwave ovens everywhere and let them have a go. I'll even tell you what the problem probably is, the laser emitting diode starts to get weaker. In the very early days CD players were actually built with a gain control, just a tiny screw you turned, to amp it up a bit as it started to fade. Don't know if your set has that but if not then in this day and age its no longer major surgery to replace the laser. You've nothing to lose as you're clearly all set to replace it anyway.

clarkie said:

have you tried pulling the fuse and reinserting after about 5 seconds?

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Pulled fuse - fuse 38 as I recall - for a few seconds at the time to see if it had blown and then put it back, with no success. Nothing to lose by pulling it again for longer to see.

Honestly, this car is more difficult to figure out than a woman.

rasheed said:

Archie surely given where you are you have the option to be adventurous? I would take the unit to a little Pakistani or Sri Lankan electronics repair shop with stacks of home stereos and microwave ovens everywhere and let them have a go. I'll even tell you what the problem probably is, the laser emitting diode starts to get weaker. In the very early days CD players were actually built with a gain control, just a tiny screw you turned, to amp it up a bit as it started to fade. Don't know if your set has that but if not then in this day and age its no longer major surgery to replace the laser. You've nothing to lose as you're clearly all set to replace it anyway.

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I hear what you say, but knowing what is involved in removing it again - slitting your wrists might be a preferable option - I want a sure fire fix so I am going for replacement, or better still if anyone can recommend a "plug n play" upgrade/alternative then I will go for that. That dash is only coming apart one more time.