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Re: CD Changer Jam

     I had this happen on my Sony 10-Disc changer.  Before I tell you how I 
did it the first time I'll give you a short cut to try.  Open the door on 
the changer, push and hold the cartridge one direction while pressing the 
cartridge eject button.  If this doesn't work push it an opposite way and 
try ejecting.  If it worked you saved yourself a hassle, if it didn't you 
only wasted a minute.
     If the changer wants to be stubborn remove it from its mounting 
brackets by removing the four or so screws (Do not remove the brackets and 
changer, just the changer).  Oh yeah, unplug any cable connections before 
hand.  Now that it is out of the car, there should be some screws holding 
the plastic housing onto the internal frame of the changer.  They will 
probably have little arrows cast into the plastic pointing at them.  Use 
common sense to remove the ones that appear to hold the housing on.  Once 
you gain access to the inside of the unit, you should be able to see the 
disc that is in use.
     In my case the disc was half loaded unloaded.  I was able to CAREFULLY 
use a screwdriver to push the disc mostly back into the cartridge.  I then 
took the unit out to the car, hooked the cable to it, and pressed the eject 
button.  The cartridge ejected successfully.
     I then brought the unit back in, reassembled it and remounted it in the 
car.  I found that slot three on my cartridge repeatedly jammed.  Buying a 
new cartridge solved the problem.  I guess six years of heavy usage had 
gotten to it.
     During the repeated jamming is when I tried holding the cartridge while 
ejecting to save myself the hassle of removing the unit again.  I recommend 
trying this several times first.  Good luck.

Any one have any stories about convertibles (praises or otherwise) that they 
would like to share with me as I look to buy a convertible (BMW of course).


     Maximum Payne  (Lover of all cars German . . . except audi)

'87 Jetta  Wolfsberg Edition  112k miles