Help! Son put Penny in CD Slot !

[nathanvoght]

My 2 year old recently put a penny in the slot loading CD player. It shorted the speakers and made a loud Zaap sound. I heard the penny rattle around a little more, and now I don't hear it. Any way to get the penny out to see if my CD/Radio system still works? Any help greatly appreciated...

[KK6PD]

Originally Posted by nathanvoght

My 2 year old recently put a penny in the slot loading CD player. It shorted the speakers and made a loud Zaap sound. I heard the penny rattle around a little more, and now I don't hear it. Any way to get the penny out to see if my CD/Radio system still works? Any help greatly appreciated...

Well it's been my experience that the "ZAPP" thing is BAAAD, Egon!!!

First check the FUSE that supplies power to the radio/CD unit.
Look in your owners manual, it will point out the proper fuse location. If it's bad, replace.

But do so AFTER you get the penny out.

If your up to it, and want to try, taking the dash apart is fairly easy enough to do to get to the changer unit. From there it's a bit of more work to unplug and pull the changer. You then have to open the unit and retrieve the penny, and what ever else you didn't notice that was stuffed into the sot. While your in there, smell around for "That Burnt Electrical Smell" smell. it's quite distinct. If something let the smoke out, your gonna smell it!
If you don't sell anything, take a well light look around and see if you see anything that does not look right, I.E. Blackened Spots, Broken Gear Teeth on Gear Wheels, Pieces that are bent, but they should look straight. If it smells OK and looks OK, reassemble, turn the unit on and see what you get, Radio, FM, AM, load a CD.

Load OK?

Play OK?

If so, sigh a sigh of relief and unglue little Johnny out of the corner you stuck him in!!

On the other hand, if you smell the "The Smell" , or see broken teeth, it's usually expensive and a trip to Toyota, or someone you really trust is in order!

Hope you have Good Luck.
Just think, it could have been worse, it could have been a Peanut Butter Samich!!!

Let us know your results!!

[hyo silver]

Before you rip the dash apart, you could try a vacuum cleaner. A fresh bag and a crevice tool to increase the suction just might do the trick.

[qbee42]

I suppose you could also turn the Prius on end and shake it. Sorry, I had to say that.

Tom

[dogfriend]

Did it let the smoke out? Electronic stuff won't work anymore if you let the smoke out.

[Inches]

Originally Posted by qbee42

I suppose you could also turn the Prius on end and shake it. Sorry, I had to say that.

Tom

There is always the coin return

[HTMLSpinnr]

Having been on a recent hunt for a CD changer for the 2002, I can say there's an abundance of used CD changers on eBay from salvage cars. Try them first if you're willing to tear into the car before making that expensive trip to the dealer.

In my case, I was able to "repair" my unit w/ a bit of superglue on the cracked gear. No penny, but my wife either got a CD stuck or forced it which cracked/broke the gear off of the eject roller spindle. Super-glued it back on (and filled the small split) and other than a clunk clunk clunk as it loads due to the one wider tooth, it works fine now. I'd imagine that even though the form factor is different, the guts will be similar in the 2004+.

[nathanvoght]

Thanks, everyone, for the tips. No, I didn't see or smell any smoke. I'm hoping the penny is just making a circuit connection that is preventing sound, and that I can remove it safely. What I don't know how to do is take the dash apart to get at the CD slot loader/player. Does anyone have a link to instructions to do this??

[dogfriend]

Try here:http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/car...ragon-dash.pdf

[nathanvoght]

Thanks!!!