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Old May 4, 2013 | 01:29 PM
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I have 2 cartridges for my cd player, one plays fine. Sometimes when I use the second one it is not recognized (no cd indicator shows on the radio) other times the indicator shows but will not switch to the cd mode, no matter what I try all I have is the radio function. Other than just using the one cartridge any ideas out there.
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Have you tried to put both cartridges side by side and do a careful visual comparison to see if there is something broken in the one that doesn't get recognized?
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Not sure what it could be, But you have to keep in mind that it is 10 plus years old, If it were me I would install an iPod adaptor, Nothing like having 7000 plus songs at your finger tips.
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Have you tried to put both cartridges side by side and do a careful visual comparison to see if there is something broken in the one that doesn't get recognized?
Thanks for the response
Tried that, they look the same -- even pulled out the trays and swapped them-no luck
The strange thing is they both worked fine last year.
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Not sure what it could be, But you have to keep in mind that it is 10 plus years old, If it were me I would install an iPod adaptor, Nothing like having 7000 plus songs at your finger tips.
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Originally Posted by Sonny71
Thanks for the response
Tried that, they look the same -- even pulled out the trays and swapped them-no luck
The strange thing is they both worked fine last year.
It seems your CD changer is probably fine because it always recognizes one of your cartridges and plays CDs from it without a problem. The fact that it is always the other cartridge the one that sometimes doesn't get recognized seems to indicate that the problem is probably something wrong with that cartridge.
On the other hand, the problem doesn't happen always so it might be that it is not properly latching or aligning inside the changer. It could just be that it had been used more often than the other and key points are deteriorated not allowing it to be recognized by the changer, or that it might be slightly deformed and blocking the free travel of its trays...
I would compare it again to the good one looking for signs of wear and tear

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