Hi all, it is newbee Rich here. I just purchased a 1990 maui blue, and while I am going over it noticed the cd player is not working. I put in a disc, the radio mutes for about 45 seconds and then it ejects the disc. It never plays. I tried several discs. I tried factory made cds, and home burnt cds and I get the same result. Sometimes the cd player says err and sometimes it doesn't, but it wont play. The cd unit has power as some of the lights work and it loads and ejects properly. The car has 65k miles, although, I am sure it has not had a cd played in it for quite a while if ever. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Rich.

Rich,
I sell Reatta parts and it is very rare to find a working CD player. On my shelf I have about 25 players just like yours. Some don't do anything but most of them, like yours, will accept the CD, try and play it, and then reject the CD with the err message.
I believe there are places that can repair them and maybe the laser is just out of adjustment but I have also heard that parts are not available for them anymore.
Good luck.

Jim I talked to United Radio in Syracuse N.Y. you can contact them at 1-800-634-8606 I think that you quoted me around 100.00 have not had the time to send mine to them yet
They did repair my cassette in my 89 and it worked great.
Chuck

If you want your CD player to play all CD's, including the one's you copy from home, I have a Co. that repaired my CD and it plays all CD's.

Does that include MP3s Jon?

If it's on a CD they claim it will play.

www.MNRElectronics.com

Used them many times, always good experience.

Just a quick note:

There is no MP3 support on these factory CD players. This requires additional hardware (in the player) to decode the compressed file format. Worth noting is that MP3, as a format, was not developed until the mid-late 90's, well after these players were made. Further, MP3 direct playback CD players were not common until after 2001-02.

A properly functioning factory player should play back CD-R's with standard digital audio (.WAV) format files. CD-RW's will probably choke in most cases due to lesser reflectivity of the recording media, so avoid using those for making custom discs you plan to play in the Reatta.

If you want to play back MP3's from a CD, you'll need an aftermarket deck. To stay 100% stock, the better option is probably to get a small portable MP3 player (Ipod or the like) and use a cassette adaptor. While this isn't a great fix, it is better than a FM transmitter, most of which sound lousy IMHO.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

KDirk

thanks so much for all the replies. 63 viking, may I get the info for the company you mentioned. I am willing to put money into repair to keep it working.Thank you, Rich.

I will look it up tomorrow.. and let you know.

thank you, I appreciate it. By the way did you supercharge your car? I am new here so if I missed a write up I apologize. Thanks again, Rich.

If you are lucky Jon will post pictures. he did a fantastic job. It looks better then factory.

I sent my CD Player to:
Dr Don's
225 FM 247
Huntsville,TX 77320
It cost me 265.00

www.doctordons.com
Yes I rebuilt the engine and installed a supercharger and a Water/alchol injection system. And NOS.

Jon,

That is one good lookin' car. It looks like you've put a dime or two into it. Great Job!

Mike

Thanks, Yes to the penny or two. But no repaint, that's original.
By the way I won the Special interest class at that show, over seven other cars and a top ten award.

Thanks for the address and pix Jon. I appreciate it. Your car is beautiful. Under the hood is just great! Did you rebuild the original motor and add the mods? Or did you start with a later model that had a factory blower and go from there? Beautiful job. Thanks, Rich.

Original Motor, rebuilt with S/C pistons, rods and crank.
Dyno's @ 301hp with 40hp Nitrous nozzle. All I need to figure out now is, how to control the torque steer.

That motor is just great 301 hp! you are passing v8 numbers. If you are ever bored, I would love to know all the induction parts you used ( heads,blower and so on). I would like to do a similar mod. The torque steer is inherent, but aluminum block would eliminate a lot ( machined and inserted in place of motor and trans mount rubber, but of course vibration becomes an issue. The boy racers use this on japanese cars but like I said it does vibrate. Bad. Maybe there is a neoprene mount available which would be a good compromise. thanks again, Rich