help with eclipse cd3402

[ashre22]

just got an eclipse cd3402 am/fm cd player from my cousin in san diego the day before i drove to baja to visit gringo family. (i've got no phone out here and so can't call him before the drive back up.) apparently there is a setting in the player that keeps you from playing a disc until you have set a security disc, which will from then on be the theft guard--if the car battery is turned off or the player is unplugged you can't play cds any more. when i put in a new disc (manu chao's esperanza, straight from the wrapper) it shows error messages and won't even let me eject the disc. i can still get am and fm radio but am at a loss as to how to play cds.

any help would be much appreciated.

thanks!

ada

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[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

Your cousin probably already encoded the deck, you need to get the CD he used to encode it from him.

 

[avistar23 10+ year member]

does it say somthing about call 1 800 ?

 

[forbidden 10+ year member]

If the unit is still playing am/fm then the unit is not coded at all. There is a reset button on the front that you will need a paperclip to push. Push this little button in and it will reset the microprocessor and if the cd player transport is not damaged then all will be well.

 

[ashre22]

i've hit the reset button and still no results, apart from the time not being programmed into the player. i get error messages (if that is what they are) that read "info 5" (or s) and "info 3" when i press the cd player button. (my cousin said that the thing was not already programmed.)

if i were to reset the player and start over, what steps would i go through to set the security up or just to play a cd? (the manu chao cd is still stuck in there.)

thanks again!

 

[ashre22]

no, it doesn't have a 1800 number on it

 

[forbidden 10+ year member]

If you have reset the unit and you are still getting error codes, then the service depot is your new friend sorry to say. One last thing to try is to totally unplug the unit from power and wait 5 minutes or so. If upon power up the cd still does not eject, the unit is screwed.