Sony CD changer won't open

Usually just have to take out the tray etc and mess around with the timing until it works. Pretty common.

Mark Z.

I agree that the problem is very likely to be mechanical. My initial approach in a situation like this is to take it apart and put it carefully back together again. Before beginning, take careful notes of the position of screws, washers, and springs. Just the simple maneuver of taking apart and putting it back together again often resolves these problems. Good luck.

Also take pictures, several of them, from different angles; and at each stage of disassembly...even a video wouldn't hurt.

The last time this happened to me, a disk was left in the changer, it was powered up and the disk jammed the mechanism. A very small plastic piece was broken off which was supposed to trip a lever. It took a good deal of minute examination to discover.

I realize that the OP stated that nothing was jammed inside, but the part about minute examination still pertains. He should manually run the changer through it's processes and thoroughly gain an understanding of how each part of the mech' relates to the others.

OTOH, the first thing is to unseat and reseat all ribbon connectors.....

jak

And certainly you have checked the most common fault on a unit of te

years of age ? A sagging/slipping/or/ broken belt on the DC drive moto that drives the support/carriage tray in and out. Considering that motor i heard running when you initiate a tray open/close switching.

jakdedert Wrote:

These Sony's use a gear-belt for the tray in / out drive. Never seen one go bad. It's probably a mech timing issue - someone grabbed the tray while it was running in / out.

Mark Z.