cormy Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 At least that what my son says. Ever since the battery went dead now when I start the car or turn off, the Cd player makes a rattling noise and "CD ERROR" appears in the display..?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaffold07 Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Mine did the same thing. There is already a thread on this and from what I understand the battery went dead as a result of the CD player. Mine does it when the car was off. I charged my battery and kept hearing something clicking. After a little searching and waiting I found the CD player searching for a disk. From what I understand its pretty well toast now. Search battery died now CD player is broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewheelman Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 I had a battery die a couple of months ago as well and hadn't noticed anything until last week when we put 1500+ miles on the car on vacation. Every time the radio comes on whether playing a cd, the radio or the aux, I get this sound from the driver's door speaker that sounds like a cheap explosion sound effect.........I think it's beginning to do the same when I shut the car off. Only when the stereo has power does this happen......... BTW, I can't get anything to come up on that search......anybody got a thread link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cormy Posted April 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 The CD player is toast now...!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb64 Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 This is worth a try, before going any further. Eject all of the cds if you can. Pull the fuse for the radio/cd unit and leave it out over night, to give it time to bleed down all internal power. When you power it up again, it will probably do the shuffle routine, but that should stop after a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb64 Posted April 9, 2014 Report Share Posted April 9, 2014 Should also mention that some of the issues may be caused by how the battery is hooked up. If when you hook up the last connection, and it makes/breaks a few times in rapid succession as you attempt to make the connection, it could create a lockup condition. A lot of electronic devices does not respond well to power cycling like that. I know from past experience that a lengthy power down has restored many sat receivers, media players, tvs etc to working condition. Make sure you give it enough time to bleed down any internal capacitors though, and try to make a quick smooth battery or fuse connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cormy Posted April 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Yes, when I was connecting the new battery I did make connection only to break it again trying to get it on properly, probably at both (+) and (-) poles several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cormy Posted April 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Well, tried the power disconnect over a day..smooth reconnect...still doing the same thing. Can't believe the CD player would self destruct just because power to the unit was disrupted!!! What a piece of shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCMM Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Mine did that when the battery went low. It is okay now. I always eject all the CD's out when I store it for the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb64 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 I do the same thing myself, I always eject all the cds before putting the car into winter storage. I have probably disconnected the battery 20+ times or more over the years, and it hasn't caused me any grief. I also notice that sometimes burned cds can go bad, and cause the player to have a fit trying to read them. Eject them all if you can, pull the fuse for the radio for several days and give it a shot again. Beyond that you will need to remove the unit for repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msb64 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Also watch out if you have some cheap bulk CDR cds, some of them do not have a label on the top side and it is possible to put them in upside down if you are not paying attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewheelman Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Mine has nothing to do with cd's in the machine. It's when it powers on, cd, aux, am/fm, makes no difference! ......and it's getting worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cormy Posted May 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Yeah...I don't think I have any CD's in it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S8MS-01904 Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 There is a work around. See thread: http://www.teamshelby.com/forums/index.php/topic/47355-battery-went-dead-now-cd-play-is-broke/ The Readers Digest version: 1. Unhook battery. 2. Remove radio from dash. 3. Take bottom of radio off and "hinge open". 4. Unplug ribbon wire from main circuit board that goes to the CD player. Leave it be to "hang" loose. 5. Button up radio, reinstall radio, hook up battery and have a beer. Done. This "should work" for all Shaker radios, as it did for my Shaker500. Took me about 30 minutes as I was taking my time NOT to scratch anything. Only downside I see so far is when you "press" the CD button on the face plate after completing this "workaround", the screen will say "CD ERROR". PM me your phone number if you want to discuss further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cormy Posted May 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 That would be nice if I was willing to settle for having just a radio, mine works anyway. Its the CD player I want back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewheelman Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Well, here's another chapter in the saga--week before last I noticed the speaker wasn't "growling" at me any more. When I switched the balance and back to front, I realized it wasn't working at all. Last week, it started growling again and the speaker is way down on volume, but still working........ I can't get it in the shop this week because one of my other vehicles is in the body shop for a repaint! I thought he'd be done with it in a few days, but we're on 2+ weeks now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheppd01 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 There is a work around. See thread: http://www.teamshelby.com/forums/index.php/topic/47355-battery-went-dead-now-cd-play-is-broke/ The Readers Digest version: 1. Unhook battery. 2. Remove radio from dash. 3. Take bottom of radio off and "hinge open". 4. Unplug ribbon wire from main circuit board that goes to the CD player. Leave it be to "hang" loose. 5. Button up radio, reinstall radio, hook up battery and have a beer. Done. This "should work" for all Shaker radios, as it did for my Shaker500. Took me about 30 minutes as I was taking my time NOT to scratch anything. Only downside I see so far is when you "press" the CD button on the face plate after completing this "workaround", the screen will say "CD ERROR". PM me your phone number if you want to discuss further. My battery died last year. Had the same problem with the CD player. I just followed the instructions above. Can't play any CDs now but it stopped the constant error message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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