problems with car cd player overheating?

problems with car cd player overheating?

my car radio has started freezing when playing a cd, it wont respond and wont eject, if it does eject the cd is RED HOT even if it hasnt been playing (radio on for instance)....

if i leave it for a while it plays for 10 mins then does the same.... iv only tried when my car has been running so its hot anyway from the engine etc

defo seems like its overheating to me

is it normal for a cd to heat up loads when playing??

nah its no ford... other people have said there cds get red hot too tho?

yeah, CD's do/can get hot - mine does but mine is a ford.

is it not a laser problem or something to do with the amount of power your putting into it? thats the only things i can think of to be honest like?

it's probably the Poles

he has people from poland to operate his cd player?

now thats posh!

theres only two plugs that go into the back? i cant have wired it up wrong surely? anyway a garage did it, is it possible its wired up wrong but working???

Generally a car headunit has a bear min of 3 power cables (although usually encased in a multipin ISO connector)

Black - Earth
Red or Yellow - Constant live
Red or Yellow - Ignition switched live

Then speaker cables (+ & - front left/right, + & - rear left/right).

Unless its some really strange earthing/shorting problem, it would usually just operate correctly or not at all. Sounds like the HU is on it way out to me.

whats a HU? its a next to new Blaupunkt, going to check if its under warrenty.

I was working ok in my van but iv moved it to my 4x4 which gets HOT due to engine heat i wonder if its effecting it?

HU is just short for headunit, it could be heat related, does it always do it, even when first switching it on?

i get about 4 mins out of it then it jams on the track second with no sound, then the cd switchs off and says disc error (iv tried diff cds, orig and copys). I am going to try it tomo without starting the engine and see if its the engine heat maybe

its defo heat related id say cos if i leave the car for half a hour to cool down it will play again so its either the player or the engine heating it up

its a expensive player tho am pretty miffed to say the least

its been fine today in the cooler weather

am going to ring the blaupunk support line see what they say