This is my first time posting in this forum. Anyways, the problem I'm having is that ever since a couple days ago, any cd I put into my car's stereo/ head unit, every cd will skip really really badly, even when I'm not moving. The radio still works fine, but cds will skip like mad and is freaking annoying, sometimes it will even cut out for a few seconds. I was wondering what the problem could be? Do I need to buy a new head unit? Is there a way to test to make sure it's still good? Thanks for any help! O and the car is an integra, I have a pioneer deh-p3100. Never had any problems with it until now.

 

Is it still under warranty?

 

probably needs a new laser, and possibly a spindle motor. i repair pioneer equipment at my part-time.

 

No it doesn't have warranty anymore, it's been on my car as long as I've had it. so to fix this do I replace the whole head unit? O and it helps when I turn the car off then on again it works for like a minute b4 doing the same thing.

 

Time to change the radio.

 

So what all do I need to replace? Just the head unit? Can I still keep my faceplate?

 

i'd try to get a cd that has the cleaner on it first. Could just be dusty in there and the laser isn't reading it right. So try that before you replace it.

 

Why in the world would you want to keep your faceplate? I guess if you bought the same radio again you could reuse the faceplate but I'm not sure why you'd want to do it as it would come with a faceplate with it that would be new.

I'd personally look at Eclipse and Alpine. I'm not a fan of Pioneer ever since I heard a few of there low end systesm that compared to the low end Alpine sounded crappy It kind of turned me off although some of their higher end systems are decent.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sony224422 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i'd try to get a cd that has the cleaner on it first. Could just be dusty in there and the laser isn't reading it right. So try that before you replace it.</TD></TR></TABLE>
pioneer used to have us void warranty's for those. some of them will beat the laser out of alignment.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hometheaterman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why in the world would you want to keep your faceplate? I guess if you bought the same radio again you could reuse the faceplate but I'm not sure why you'd want to do it as it would come with a faceplate with it that would be new.

I'd personally look at Eclipse and Alpine. I'm not a fan of Pioneer ever since I heard a few of there low end systesm that compared to the low end Alpine sounded crappy It kind of turned me off although some of their higher end systems are decent. </TD></TR></TABLE> most installer would probably disagree with you this year. alpine doesnt have much to choose from, and alot of people dont like eclipse. pioneer is more bang for your buck.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JSPECSIR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
pioneer used to have us void warranty's for those. some of them will beat the laser out of alignment.</TD></TR></TABLE> That would be the lens that would be "beat out of alignment" and yes some cheap lens cleaners can do that, but it is the first thing I try when a customer comes in with a skipping problem, and most of the time that is all that is wrong, dirt on lens or more often then not a tiny spec of plastic off the edge of new disks.

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pioneer used to have us void warranty's for those. some of them will beat the laser out of alignment.</TD></TR></TABLE> I have never had Pioneer void a warranty because of a misaligned lens, in fact about the only thing I liked about Pioneer was their warranty service, very quick and over the years no more then 2 or 3 times have they voided warranty and only for the most obvious misuse.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JSPECSIR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
most installer would probably disagree with you this year. alpine doesnt have much to choose from, and alot of people dont like eclipse. pioneer is more bang for your buck.</TD></TR></TABLE> Although I will agree with you on the Eclipse, I don't think you will find "a lot" of installers that dislike 06 Alpine HUs, I don't know what you mean by "much to choose from", 12 HUs, [not including the F1 DVI-9990] including 2 flip outs and 1 double din, and starting at $150 to $1400 US, [$2400 US for the F1] looks like something for everybody to me. 94