My RCA RCD160 Radio/CD playder will not play CDs.

From:
http://bartimaeus.us/pub_dom/rca_rcd_160_manual.txt

Entering CD/mp3 Mode In standby mode and radio mode, press PLAY/PAUSE once to enter CD/mp3 mode.

The changer is fubar and repair is not cost effective.

Are these CDs that you burned yourself? Older CD players won't recognize the audio file format of this kind of recording, only the established file format that typical retail CDs have used for years. In recent years, CD players have been developed to recognize more file types than just the old format; but with an older player like you have in your car, it wouldn't recognize what you were trying to play, as if you put a DVD in. It balks, and spits it out. You can burn CDs with the correct file format, you just need the appropriate software or file translator.

Request directly from RCA

you might want to just take the factory cd player out and put a after market one in cause thats what i had to do on mine casue it costs way to much to get the original one replaced

well you can really just hook a USB cord into any cd player it has to come with one built into it already and if its not playing your burned cds then its probly of low quality or old. or it doesnt recognize the format that you are burning the cds with especially if your using windows media player to durn the cds some cd players dont read WMA files (windows media assotiated) files

the cds you put in there are not compatible to the player.if it had been playing the same cds then it is time to take your set to a tech for repair it can be your memory chip or your lens.good luck.

Clean the lens. Use only a special CD lens cleaner and follow the instructions carefully. If that seems intact, (and you feel comfortable doing it) check the traverse assembly (the metal rod that the laser travels along and the gear that drives it) if CDs aren't recognized or won't play, frequent skipping occurs at random, CDs randomly get stuck in one spot, the player can't find tracks correctly, or cleaning the lens doesn't work. Dust and lint may be interrupting its function.
If that doesn't work then have the laser-head assembly checked by a repair person if the traverse assembly seems intact and free of debris.

1.Check whether your cd s are good and readable
2.then the problem with the cd player laser beam reading assembly and its associating blocks
3. i guess your cd player laser beam lens is too weak or dead.
4. There is possible to change the lens system with a new one
5.Contact service centre for further rectification

before u disassemble the door mechanism look 4 broken wheels or loosened springs disassemble the door clean the eye with "wet wipes" lubricate the mechanism shrink the springs