How to completely dismantle the CD player (to clean the laser lens)

[vynz]

Hello fellow civic owners.

I have just bought a 2007 type S and it came with the CD player not working. The message 'DISC ERROR' would come up whatever CD I put in. As the previous owner was a smoker, I figured that the lens would be dirty. I bought a comercially available lens cleaner which did nothing. So I had no choice but to get to the lens.

Thanks to the other how to guides on this forum I was able to get the radio onto the living room floor and proceed with the dismantling.

This is going to be a picture story as they are self explanatory. The moral of the story is to remove every single screw in sight!

Begin:



Remove all the screws holding the radio to the front plastic. There are three clips above and below the unit holding it onto the front plastic. Unclip these using a flat head screwdriver.



Like this:



Remove all the screws holding the heatsink and remove the heatsink:



Like this:



Remove all these screws as well:



And all of these:



Now remove the bottom screws and cover:



The one tab in the corner needs to be bent as shown to release the circuit board:



The circuit board should come out like this. Disconnect the CD drive cable as you remove:



If you have removed all the screws in sight, the CD drive should just come out:



Like so:



Remove the two tiny screws:



And remove the cover like so:



To get the other half off, slide to one side and it should come off its hinges:



Like so:



Now clean the lens with a soft brush and some lens cleaning fluid:




Wipe dry with a paper towell if necessary.


Reassemble in the reverse order and the CD player should now work!

[Riq]

Did it work? Does it no longer say disc error because mine is going this more and more

[vynz]

Oh yes. No probs at all since

[markvirgo]

Good job and good how to . I would avoid doing this on a static surface like a carpet if you are going to try this.

[H.A.T]

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