20 Most Recent Alpine CDA-9813 CD Player Questions & Answers

I had the same problem it was a bad solder joint on one of the surface mount IC's. I reflowed the joint with a hot air soldering station and new solder and it's been fine since the repair.

Hi jmatt313,
If you have necessary tools and test instruments, know safety precaution in basic troubleshooting try the steps below to solve your problem.
Assuming that the disc is good.
1.Clean the lens. - Sometimes because of dust and any fine foreign objects build up at the top of the optical lens it can't read any disc. Try clean the lens by soft cotton buds. Be careful while doing this.
2.Check the ribbon - Check the ribbon connected to the lens from the main board for scratch, damage. Once it has an open line then of course the lens can't read the disc. Also try to erase the contact by pencil eraser. If you've done the steps above and the symptoms still there then the next step requires you a little knowledge in soldering technique and reading the ohmmeter.
3.Check the motor - Check the motor that spin the disc with an ohmmeter. You can test it using the ohmmeter (x1) even it is connected on the lens assembly.Good motor - reading should be fairly high and it will spin. Bad motor- reading will drop to low resistance and will not spin.
Hint : 50% of my repaired unit the above parts are commonly caused of the problem.
If you confirmed that you have a defective motor then replace it with a new one. Before replacing the new motor you have to check the clearance of the disc holder with the old one. The clearance should be the same as the old because if not the lens will not read the disc if it is too far or too close.
If the above steps didn't cure the problem, high chance that your optical lens was faulty.

If you can't do the job yourself, I would advice you to look for a professional to troubleshoot the symptom.

Hope I helped you.
Have a nice day!
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you may have a bad switch.

try cleaning the contacts on the back of the face and the subpanel, you can do this with qtips and rubbing alcohol or a pencil eraser.

If they reset when you turn off the radio (or the car) it is possible that you have connected the power wiring wrong. There are two 12v (+) wires. One that connects all the time to the power block (fuse block) and that one supplies continuous power to the radio unit and another that connects to the ON-OFF (ussually controlled by the Start Up Key) power side of the fuse block. If these are not connected correctly the radio re-sets everytime the key is turned of. One way to verify this is to check if yo loose your selected raio stations too.
Hope it helps.

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Here is a link to the owner's manual for your stereo, it shows how to remove the faceplate:
http://a248.e.akamai.net/pix.crutchfield.com/Manuals/500/500CDA9815.PDF

sure it will the face eject button should be either on the upper or lower left corner of the face.

You check the radio fuse in the fuse panel?The wire connections are right? Check the Owners Manual for other details or troubleshooting: ALPINE CDA-9813

Hope helps.

I'm sorry to ask this question but are you pushing the source button to switch the unit on?

buy yourself a lens cleaner, this might sort your problem out