I was given a used Alpine Ai-Net CD changer from a friend. It's a CHA-S624 model. I have the exact same model installed in my car as well. This used one would be for my brother's car. When I connected it, it powered up but the cartridge was stuck inside and it would not eject. I fiddled with it a bit and it popped out. It now loads and ejects the cartridge properly.

However, it does not read CDs. When I select a CD using my head unit, it loads the CD and attempts to play it, but no sound comes out? It then reads as if that slot was empty and it moves on to the next position. I loaded the cartridge with 6 good CDs and when I select one to play, it loads and runs through all of the CDs but doesn't play any of them? It marks the slot as empty even though there is a perfectly good CD inside. Weird...

Is this an easy fix or is the unit toast? any ideas?

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Chris
2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
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