I have a Crosley CR248 CD Recorder and mistakenly put a blank DVD in the CD recorder and it will not eject. The unit is "locked" in "CD loading " mode and will not allow any other functions to operate. How can I get the blank disc out of the recorder? Thank you for your time.

Inside the unit probably is a small rubber belt which will operate the draw, it has possibly fell off or snapped. It will just need to be replaced. Look on e-bay for a replacement belt. You can get loads of different sizes cheap from China.

Type " Crosley CR248 User Manual " in your search engine and it will bring up sites to get manual.

No-way should it take that length of time to finalise anything. My DVD recorder only takes about 3 minutes at the most to do a 4 hour disc! CD are only 80 minutes max. I suspect you have an electrical fault on the unit. I would take it to the nearest Crosley Repair place.

try press the function button to phono mode

If you go to your Internet home page and type "Crosley Songwriter CR248 user Manual" into the search window and press your enter key, you will be taken to
a page where you can download a copy of the manual.

CFJ

I would suspect that you have a bad record laser in the CD recorder assembly, this is common, and this is usually what it is. To this end you would need to replace this unit's laser assembly, it will/may still play a CD OK, but will not write to the CD, as they are two separate lasers. So if you wish to try to repair you will need to contact Crosley and ask them what to do, ask for a referral to an authorised service center or perhaps even return it to them? In any event ONLY ask for a "Quote" first and see how much it may cost before proceeding.

Try checking these:

- the CD door motor rubber drive belt (if there is one), it could be either loosened or broken, if so, it needs to be replaced

- the door open/closed sensor switches (contacts), they could be oxydized or damaged, they are located somewhere under the CD tray, possibly at the front end of the unit (depends on brand and model), you need to clean these with some fine sandpaper

It could be something else like the door motor driver IC, the power supply for the motor, a bad capacitor in the motor drive section, a loose connection or a broken wire somewhere, but hopefully, it's just a bad rubber belt or a dirty contact.

regards

3rq8 (Triarcuate)

I had this problem when recording CD-Rs. I switched to CD-RWs and didn't have the problem again.

Check the manufacture's website for trouble shooting or firmware update

I turned it off for two (2) hours - turned it on and it worked. Apparently this unit overheats after one session: one (1) cd-r per session then shut-down.
It is worth it, when it works, because my lps have no hiss when finalized.