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Overheating CD player in '96 850 wagon

I have a clarion CD player in my '96 850 5spd wagon.

Has anyone had problems with CD players overheating in their Volvos?

In spring/summer if I play a CD for 1+ hour I get an "Error 3" which the manual says means the pickup beam is out of focus.

When I remove the CD is is EXTREMELY hot. Sure enough if I switch to using the radio and let the CD player cool, I can again play CDs on it.

I do not have this problem in winter.

As an aside, I have NEVER gotten AM radio to come through. I've been told that the Volvo 850 AM antenna isn't soo good. I have a wagon so my radio antenna is on the driver side glass in the rear.

Any ideas/comments/suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks,

-Atif

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Atif
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I have a similar problem with the Aiwa cd player in my '93 940. I haven't had the problem with an error message, but I have to hit the eject button about five times in spring/summer to get the disc to eject, and I have noticed that the CD feels very hot.

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Lucille

Hm...I was thinking of removing the CD player and looking to see how much space is back there. I wonder if all the extra wiring from the wiring harness is blocking the vents on the CD unit...

I'm also thinking about replacing the whole unit with one which in addition to CDs will play MP3s off of SD card or even USB port...

It is be> I have a similar problem with the Aiwa cd player in my '93 940. I haven't

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Atif

It's probably not overheating, these things run very hot by nature and that alone isn't an indication of a problem.

It does sound like the unit is defective though, Aiwa isn't exactly a high end brand, personally I'd just replace it with something decent.

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James Sweet

Actually the other poster has the Aiwa, I have a Clarion which wasn't cheap. I bought it through Crutchfield since I was told that they carry good quality equipment. They also send you everything you need to connect the stereo yourself.

I'm leaning towards the unit that reads SD cards. That would be easier for me anyways, and heat build up shouldn't be a problem with such a unit.

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Atif

Well, I don't have any plans on replacing my {ahem} low end Aiwa unit, it sounds fine to me, but I do have another problem which could be related.....the car's battery kept going dead in cold weather, something shorting it out. We tracked it down to the circuit that the stereo is on and just pull that fuse if the car's not going to be driven for a day or two. We haven't been able to find out exactly what appliance on that circuit causes the short, but now I'm wondering if it's something to do with those hot CDs???

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Lucille

Wow that is odd....

Your CD only gets hot when it has been play though right?

It would be a pain, but one experiment would be to pull/unplug the stereo instead of pulling the fuse. If the battery doesn't go dead, the most likely something inside the stereo is shorted/messed up...etc...

I did pull my stereo this weekend and it looks like all the heating vents are clear and free. There is A LOT of wiring back there. I installed it myself and both the stereo connector, and the volvo wiring harness, had long wires that I connected at the ends. In hind sight I should have shortened one set of wires.

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Atif

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