2008 Tundra JBL Nav/CD player is inop

Tiny
RUGER01
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  • 2008 TOYOTA TUNDRA
  • 118,000 MILES
Initially the unit would not accept the nav CD after I removed it. It would pull it in, partially eject it a few times, then fully eject it. At this point everything but the nav still worked. Radio, CD, backup camera. I inspected the fuse. It looked ok and replaced it. Still, everything but the nav still worked. I disconnected and reconnected the battery hoping that would "reset" something. Now nothing works including the power button. There is a white bar or something just behind the dust cover on the CD player preventing a CD from being inserted. The only thing that happens now is that, upon startup, I can hear motors running trying to pull in a nav DVD and the screen says insert a nav dvd. Other than that nothing. I'm trying everything I can think of before I replace it.
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 AT 10:29 AM

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Tiny
CARADIODOC
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The first thing is to check the fuses again after the battery was disconnected. They often blow from the surge of current when reconnecting the battery due to the many computers on the truck. If none are blown, there is often another 10 amp fuse plugged into the back of the radio. You may have also put the radio into theft mode by disconnecting the battery and it will have to be unlocked by the dealer. I'm not up on the latest Toyota radio systems.

Rather than replacing the entire radio, there are places that can repair them. The rest of us can no longer buy radio service manuals so you're stuck with the dealer and their over-priced repair centers. I used to deal a lot with Downtown Radio of Denver, Inc. And was very happy buying parts and service manuals from them until they stopped doing that. You can also look into United Radio of New York. Both of them will not repair the cd or dvd mechanisms. They install new replacements unless the cause of the problem is simple like a defective switch or sensor.
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 AT 9:38 PM

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