[Dixielandjazz] Help On CD Jammed

[Jack Mitchell]

> In my 5-CD changer in my car, I have a CD jammed.  Have not taken it to 
> Toyota yet.
>
> I heard something about taking some sort of thin stick and putting 
> double-sided tape on it and sliding it into the slot.  Hopefully the CD 
> will stick to the tape and you can slide it out.
>
> Anyone had experience with this sort of thing?
>

Bob, most home CD players have a pin hole in the front where a thin skewer 
can be inserted to open the drawer. As this probably doesn't apply to multi 
disc or in car machines, that's been of no use.

Neither probably will be the following, but it should be of general interest 
or warning.

Earlier this year my wife had a longish period of health problems and 
hospitalisation, where she didn't use her computer a great deal apart from 
emails.

When she finally went to record onto a disc the tray wouldn't open. We 
couldn't budge it at all, so in it went to our friendly local computer shop. 
When they got it open, they found that there was a CDR in the tray. If you 
look at the recordable surface of such a disc you'll see a circle of white 
material between the centre hole and the recordable section. In the period 
that it was in the tray, the general warmth of the tower had turned that 
white material into a sticky goo that adhered to the tray and prevented it 
opening.

The lesson, don't leave a CDR in your computer tray for any length of time.

Best wishes
Jack Mitchell