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Cd cartridge will not eject

Is there a manual eject button for the cartridge of a Lifestyle 20 model? Thanks!

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  • duals Nov 12, 2007

    Have the same problem, it appears that 2 cd's are jammed in the play compartment. No solution short of sending it back for a flat $165 rate. Help. There is a manual magazine release sign on back, but no apparent way to do that. Help. [email protected]

  • Anonymous Feb 10, 2008

    My CD cartridge stopped playing on the last CD. I'm not sure if the last CD ever played. The cartridge will not eject when the eject control is pressed; just makes a whirring sound several times in succession and then is silent until control is pressed again. Bose suggested standing unit on left side while smacking the top and pressing control. This didn't work.

  • stingray1969 Feb 24, 2008

    cd cartriage doesn't eject, just like the other complaints, however after poking around trying to move a slide on bottom of unit where it says manuel eject a small spring fell out of bottom of unit and now no whirring sound when push eject. my real question is how do you get the case apart? no screws are evident on bottom just tiny holes. if i can get to the mechinisem i'm pretty sure i can atleast find out more info.

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The top cover is held in place by xmass trees similar to the ones found in cars. There also some sticky tape in the front Just gently start prying and the top cover will come off. One that's out of the way you will see three screws that hold the guts of the unit to the bottom chassis. Remove these screws and the spring for the door and remove the CD portion. When you turn the CD potion on its back look at all of the gears for one that has slipped on its shaft. This was the problem with my unit. I was able to slip the gear back into position and put some crazy glue to hold it in place. I plugged my unit in at this point and watched as the unit was having trouble ejecting the CD I was able push on the CD with a flat blade and the CD came out and I was then able to eject. After playing with this for a few tries my unit was able to load and play any CD. I was rather surprised how easy this really was Give it a try you don't have much to loose.

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This happened with my computer, the belt slipped off and I had to take it all apart, pull out the tray carfully and put the belt back on. It sounds like a lot of work but it really isnt.

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