After fixing two radios with ERROR 3 messages:

Both times, the top 2 plastic trays were jammed up above the slot. I just removed the top cover which is very simple and re-aligned all the trays and made sure the little springs were all there. Extremely simple fix.

If you try it yourself, just don't pull on the metal tray cover because it has several tiny springs attached to it to hold it down. I used toothpicks to hold the springs in place while I re-aligned everything.

I should have taken pictures, but it was so quick and easy, I didn't think about it.

Chances are that if smacking it fixed it, you are probably good as the CD changer will cycle through all the CD positions when it first turns on and aligns everything. If smacking didn't work, then something came off the track or the trays got jammed up at the top.

 

Thanks for offering the support I needed to try to do this. I called the dealership and they smartly replied we do not fix them we replace them.

I thought it was a real expense to fix but one hand smack dislodged the CD.

i found this forum by searching and searching...........thanks

 

I gave up on my CD player moons ago. Pictures would have been great of your simple repair. Hope that you can find time to re-enact this DIY. As I surely want the option of playing CDs again, when I get tired of playing from the phone. Also the fidelity of the music between the CD and Iphone is very much different. CD is far better. We have been used to the digital music via the net which is very compressed.

So in your leisure hour, please find a time to re-enact the re-alignment of the trays. Thank you in advance. Salamat!

 

I'm impressed. You know some Tagalog.

I think I can probably do some pictures with the spare radio. Perhaps this weekend.

 

Oo naman, do you know some Tagalog words?

 

I am not fluent yet. I understand it much better than I can speak it. Also some Ifugao dialects (a little.)

Are you Filipino or prev stationed over there?

 

atleast you are not getting the dreaded error 13 like in the Ls400. it means mechanical malfunction, that its never going to work again and you wont get your CDs back till you rip half of the passanger side dash apart

 

Tagalog from Manila and migrated.

Do not know any of the dialects, we have about 50 dialects all across the islands. Funny we share some of the words within these dialects with our Asian neighbors.

Good you know Tagalog, you can not be sold...lol.

 

I still let the fiancee do the dealing when I visit otherwise I get "Kano' prices.

 

Got that right! Lol!

 

How do I find the 3 fuses? See 19 on diagrams ,but nothing higher.

 

For a 2004 es330.

 

Since this thread is about a SC430 application, it is possible that your ES330 will have a different set up. You might check your owner's manual since they often have the lists of the various fuses listed near the back. (Check the index for fuses.)

 

They do have different positions, etc. The last fuse (29) is referenced as TV(5A), but has no similar code for the 2004 es330. TV and navigation system are referenced. Are the RAD1 & 2 the equivilent? The CD changer magazine is in the console and not in the dash. Thanks.

 

RAD1 reset the magazine andI was able to remove it from the console.