Ive had my Eclipse CD3434 for a year and half now and its been acting up for awhile but I never gave it much thought. Now its just getting really annoying. 80% of the time I have to re-insert the disc 5-10 times to get it to work. Before I thought it just happened with burnt or MP3 discs, but it happens with normal ones aswell. I bought a cd player cleaner made for car stereos but it didnt do anything at all. I must have something to do with the cold canadian weather here.

I think I got 3 year warranty with the deck(from the store, not eclipse) so I was wondering if this was a common problem with their products. Im a little reluctant replacing the thing because the new Eclipse decks look ugly though Ive only seen them in pictures.


Heres what happens alot of the times.
Turn the car on. Turn player on.
:Reading, Reading, Reading
30 seconds later
:01 00:00
"wtf its an mp3 disc."
I take out the disc and reinsert it.
:Reading, Reading, Reading
30 seconds later
:[blank screen]
"wtf?"

It'll be some kind of variation of these, sometimes it'll say something like "Info 3"

 

Mine has done that with only 1 specific disk I have(not mp3 either might be a scratch in the beginning of the cd I guess). I know eclipses aren't exactly quick at reading MP3 format discs. I would definately take it back and have it looked at if its still under warranty. It could be something as simple as a dirty lens.