SONY CDX-2250 E-04 error ?

[jondee86]

Some years ago I bought a used CDX-2250 but never got round to installing
it in a car. And now that I have hooked it up to bench test a few amplifiers
that I have lying around, the CD player doesn't, and I get the E-04 error.

When I first powered the unit up, it made some ugly noises, and eventually
I got it to puke up a CD that was inside. Now that kind of tells me that the
thing wasn't working too good when it was sold to me, and no amount of
re-setting can get it to read a CD.

So the question is... do I lob what appears to be quite a tidy old CD player
into the bin, or is it worth trying to get it repaired ? The display seems to
work OK, but I haven't got an aerial handy for checking to see if the radio
works. Any suggestions

Cheers... jondee86

[Dell'Orto]

For what headunits are worth these days, it's not economical to fix em. I don't think they even get stolen much now!

[matt dunn]

Yeah,

We used to get them repaired all the time,
but now it is usually cheaper to just chuck it in the bin.

You can get a CD player head unit for around $100,
and it's usually more than $100 to get anything looked at.

[jondee86]

Pretty much what I thought. I have a few more second hand
head units to try out, so I'll bin the CDX and move on. Next one
is an old Alpine 3DA-7987E with the triple disc cassette and
three pre-outs

Cheers... jondee86

[Bling]

Would make a good wheel chock

[jondee86]

As it happens I found two of the Alpine units. One has the classic
"won't load the disc" problem, but the other one actually works...
and I found two more CD's in the cassette So that will do for
testing, but I'll bin the lot when I'm done... unless someone on TM
wants them for a dollar.

Cheers... jondee86

[jondee86]

The amps I'm checking are old school JBL USA units, and
for the moment I am running in a pair of DDW6.5's that have
also sat in the box for a while. Quite like the sound of these
speakers, so I will most likely use them for rears with a 10inch
sub. Got a GTQ400 for the fronts and rears and a GTS150 for
the sub... should be able to hear it above the ITB's

Cheers... jondee86