Hi,

 

I rarely use the CD player on Columbus in my 2010 Superb II. I had a CD to load, pressed eject, nothing came out. Then loaded CD, mechanism fed it in however there was a little resistance, however as tried to eject, presumed was nothing to worry about. Turns out there was a DVD in there from years ago. I'm guessing I pressed eject during start-up of unit and didn't give it enough time eject and forced an extra cd in. The DVD is playing. When I press the eject button, I can't get the a disk out, mechanism is moving, however get a "CD/DVD" error.

 

I've tried to peer inside, however the slot is small and covered, so can't make out anything inside. Also tried to use another cd to coax out the 2nd CD. 

 

I've pulled out the Columbus unit from dash but however nothing to see besides the casing of unit. I'm presuming it will be necessary for me to open up the columbus unit casing and physically remove the discs?

 

Any advice on this and if opening up the Columbus casing is straightforward, or if specialist tools are required to sort out. I'd prefer to do myself if easy, else a trip to an ICE specialist and associated cost is required.

 

Thanks in advance

If you're near me pop in and I'll remove it for you for free if it's possible. If not possible I'll fit you a new drive and you can destroy the old one to get your discs out.

 

Or if you have a set of Torx drivers then you can take the top off the Columbus, then remove the DVD drive and unclip the two ribbon cables. Then you may be able to get the discs out yourself.

Thanks Rustynuts for offer. However I'm based in Ireland, so looks like it's a DIY job.

 

If it's just a matter of taking torx screws from top of unit to take off top cover and remove drive then get at those pesky Cd's, I'll have a go tomorrow. Best case, I get them out and resinstall drive all working.

 

Else I'll be without a drive for a week until I get a new one - would you possibly be able to advise what spec drive fits the columbus?

 

Thanks again!!

 

If you need one I'll have one here. Postage may be a bit expensive, but £30 plus post would be about it.

On 10/29/2017 at 21:51, Rustynuts said:

If you're near me pop in and I'll remove it for you for free if it's possible. If not possible I'll fit you a new drive and you can destroy the old one to get your discs out.

 

Or if you have a set of Torx drivers then you can take the top off the Columbus, then remove the DVD drive and unclip the two ribbon cables. Then you may be able to get the discs out yourself.

thanks Rustynuts for offer, however based in ireland. Looks like its a DIY fix so.

 

So it's just the top most cover I need to remove, so presumably just the torx screws on top. I'll have a go at that tomorrow so.

Like you mention I'll remove the DVD drive, remove the disks, and if still working replace the drive, else replace the rive, which I presume I cn pick up on flebay or somewhere similar.

Hi Rustynuts.

 

I managed to remove the 2CD's, unfortunately both scratched in process. however first one forced the two grey tabs on rotating device that were preventing Cd from being extracted, now mechanism is knackered. When I try to load a working CD, mechanism is dead, so presumably a new drive is required.

 

I've no idea of their spec or availability locally, so can I take you up on buying a new one from you as you offered? I can PM you my address and sort out PP payment with you that way?

 

Cheers!

 

 

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