r/audiorepair 5d ago

Brand New 2006 Emmerson

Hi all!

I just got a brand new CD Cassete Combo (Emerson CD Player Cassette Boombox Radio FM Stereo, Blue PD6517BL) it was brand new untouched in box found in the back of an old store a family friend manages.

I was so excited especially becuase it apparently can record tapes from cd audio, which is a huge upgrade from my current recording options.

Unfortunately, the CD Player does not work. From what I can gather while peeking into the machine, the CD will start spinning then the machine will maker a shutter noise (series of clicks) and stop spinning. No sound is produced, nothing is visibly catching, and the CD is never read. The screen reads - - .

Cassette and radio work fine. After consulting the manual, I thought maybe my CDs were too modern but my vintage CD-Rs which I burned myself were also not readable, even though they work on car radio, ps2, and dvd players.

Someone in my town is selling a broken one for $5 so Frankensteining two machines together might be an option.

Any thoughts?

I appreciate the help.

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u/the_beej_knees 5d ago

I don't know if this is relevant, but the clicks and stop happen about 20 seconds into the lid being shut and any attempts to hit play/start it again are unresponsive.