Hi all,

Sorry If this has been discussed before - couldn't find it via the usual searches....

My Dad has handed off his '04 XK8 to me. When I drove the car from FL to NY a year ago, the CD changer was working fine (except for not playing a home burned CD - I’m ok with that). A week ago, I drove it from NY to my home in VA and the changer would not work at all - kept saying “No Disc” when there clearly were CDs in the magazine. And I’m certain they were right ways up, too (per both the illustration on the magazine and in the audio system handbook). In fact, one of the CDs I had with me was used for the FL-NY trip last year, but now the changer would not recognize it.

I’m thinking there’s a simple fix here somewhere, but I’m at a loss… Maybe just blow some canned air in to clean dust out?

Thanks,

 

George, just checking. Are you saying that you can remove the cartridge and it has all 6 disks in it?

John

 

there is a worm gear that will loosen over time - cd changer will need to be removed and case opened. use a bit of loc-tite and tighten the worm gear and should clear

https://mikofang.blogspot.com/2010/0...er-repair.html

 

John,

Yes, I load the cartridge (correctly, I believe) with 6 discs, but none are recognized. All 6 are in the cartridge when removed, so none are stuck in the player (if that's what you're thinking - I think....).

Thanks.

 

Thank you very much - I will definitely be checking that out.

 

Does anyone know of any posts on HOW to remove the CD changer from the trunk of the X100 XKs? I have an 01 XK8 and 06 XKR and both magazines were stuck. I used the screwdriver handle whack method of get them to eject. I put a very light coat of WD40 on the rail and even lighter coat on the bottom slots for the rails on the magazines. No problem now. They both eject repeatedly. The 06 is just fine. The 01 worked once, I was able to cycle through the 6 CDs then turned the car off, ejected the magazine, loaded it, turned the car on, CD player did its usual disc check. It seems to know that all 6 discs were there, then after finishing that it said "No disc"..

So assuming the nut on the worm drive is loose. But how do I remove the CD changer?

I am assuming there is a thread for it, just could not find it.

Thanks!

 

there are 2 phillips head screws on each side of the cd changer holding it in place. The first time I removed it, I used a small phillips bit and a pair of vise grips wedged between the outer frame and the cd-changer/mounting bracket to loosen the screws. It is a pain in the a$$.. If you can find a small 90degree offset phillips that may work as well. Once I removed the cd-changer, I drilled a couple of holes in the outer frame to allow a phillips screw driver to be used for future removal/replacement efforts (have removed 3 times) in 11 years

 

I have a few old CDDJ units and the common fault on them is that the CDs won't 'spin'.
The changer will jockey the discs but won't spin them so the laser will not read them.(NO DISC)

 

Thanks! That helps. I do have a 90-degree offset phillips. If not I will do what you did after I get the unit out -- drill a couple of access holes for future repairs --= which for these units is a mostly likely event!

 

I just loosened the whole rack. Once I had it tilted away from the fender the rest was easy.

Z

 

360gtracer, did you get it working?

 

I've been putting off fixing my CD player which has the "No Disc" error. I did find these instructions and I'll be following them soon.