Meant to say I tried holding down the eject button for 2 seconds as per the manual - no joy

 

I don't know of any tricks to get out the CD. My original Alpine unit from 2009 gradually started to have trouble reading CDs. It needed to warm up for 15 minutes before it could play a CD. I got tired of that so I purchased a second unit from a member on the forum.

 

I would recommend ejecting the Alpine head unit.

(Sorry, not helpful!)

 

On the internet I saw a couple of suggestions.

1) Hold the Power and Eject buttons for 10 seconds, or
2) Put double sided tape on a credit card and insert that, then remove

Good luck

 

LOL - ejecting the Alpine sounds good.
I also saw some of the ways to remove a CD on the internet but they aren't a permanent fix, although they may work to get the disc out so I can replace the unit

Thanks....

 

Sounds like the unit is failing... I'm sure there are plenty of stock units lying around if you posted a WTB, and wanted to stay relatively stock. But I'd say, echoing above, eject the unit.

As for getting your disc out - the paperclip method should work. There should be a small hole to the side of the CD slot that will push the disc out without damaging the disc, nor damaging the player.

 

Hmmm.....Mine doesn't seem to have that hole. Its the CDA-9856
However, the disc ejected fine today since the car had been off overnight.

Its like it gets in some kind of mode where its confused about an eject command and the car has to be shut off and restarted - maybe.....

 

Have you tried resetting the system? (page 7) https://vault.alpine-usa.com/products/documents/OM CDA-9856.PDF

 

interesting.....I'll give that a try - Thanx !