Clicking stock CD player

Megabrode · 06-29-2017, 07:01 PM

After six months with the car I finally put a CD in my base BMW "Professional" radio/CD. The slot accepts the CD, but all it does is click repeatedly, no music, with any CD. A cleaning disc had no effect. The dealer wants to sell me a new head unit.

Any ideas what might be going on? Can it be fixed? If so, how? Or should I just find a used head unit? I'd like to keep the audio stock.

Thanks for any advice...

dparm · 06-30-2017, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Megabrode

After six months with the car I finally put a CD in my base BMW "Professional" radio/CD. The slot accepts the CD, but all it does is click repeatedly, no music, with any CD. A cleaning disc had no effect. The dealer wants to sell me a new head unit.

Any ideas what might be going on? Can it be fixed? If so, how? Or should I just find a used head unit? I'd like to keep the audio stock.

Thanks for any advice...

Yeah, the CD player mechanism is probably busted. Could be a bad motor, bad head, etc. Try and find a wrecked car and just swap the unit in.

Maybe someone on here can comment on interchangeability between models. I bet a 328 or 335 player would go right in, but maybe the internals are identical with other BMWs and you could just pull the guts.

R3dliner · 06-30-2017, 10:03 AM

People still use CD's these days?

Check out Mworldparts in NJ, they sell a lot of used M parts.

UPSROD · 06-30-2017, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by R3dliner

People still use CD's these days?

Check out Mworldparts in NJ, they sell a lot of used M parts.

I record them to my I Drive!

Megabrode · 06-30-2017, 05:25 PM

Thanks, all. Used unit purchased.

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Megabrode He's experimenting with something... 335 Rep 261 Posts Drives: 2011 e92 M3 Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Shockoe Bottom iTrader: (0)	Thanks, all. Used unit purchased. __________________ Analog 2011 e92 M3 \| Jerez Black \| Black Novillo \| 6MT \| CF roof \| No iDrive, Nav, M button, ZCP, EDC, or center hump \| ZHP shift knob \| OMP 1010 pedals \| K&N filter \| Dinan engine tune \| OEM exhaust mod (bypass) \| EAS exhaust tips \| shaved front bumper \| 19" Apex EC-7 \| 12 mm rear spacers
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