BigE

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Hey guys,

I have a friend that needs help with his stereo. It's a 96 Lumina but I figure the head units might cross. Here's his post to a local newsgroup:

I have a 1996 Chevrolet Lumina with a factory CD player, and the CD part of that has recently conked out and started giving "ERR" messages on any CD. It used to be that I could stick a piece of paper in there and it would work for a few weeks, but now that doesn't even work. The laser is clean (low-lint q-tip and rubbing alcohol) and it still doesn't help.

Any thoughts fellas?

Thanks in advance

***Some of you may have seen this from other boards but I'm trying to help a bud out quick before the long drive home. We need as much help as we can get.

Archdog7564

maybe the laser could be going out,,, if everything is clean inside of it, you could take it to a shop to have it fixed, but as much as that may be, just replace it with a better one, the factory cd player is not too good compared to an aftermarket one, your signal to noise ratio would be higher and the amounts of watts per channel,,,, i really wouldn't waist any money on cleaning products and just replace it, it just sounds like the laser is going out,, it is 6-7 years old, since its a 1996

minivette

I had mine replaced under 3/36 <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />

SuperSound99SS

sounds like the laser is burned out...i would suggest getting a new one....it'll be cheaper than gettin a stock replacement