View Full Version : I HATE THE STOCK CD PLAYER
talnlnky
10-20-2008, 11:08 PM
MAN this thing blows. it skips easily, and when it does skip 80% of the time it results in the unit freezing up, sometimes unable to use the dumb cd function for days at a time.
BUT now I have reason to believe that this thing randomly plays an extremely distorted signal. On the 1st day after buying this car my right front speaker started playing really distorted bass, though the speaker blew... but the next day it played perfectly fine.
Again today, driving to work I get crazy distorted bass, this time through at least one of my two 8" subs.... figured I somehow blew it.
WORK 8 HRS
get ready to drive to the climbing gym from work and the subs play perfectly fine.
Could be the sub on the virge of dying, but thats now TWICE that i've had something like this happen.... only constant is the CD player.
Can't wait to get my 4" speakers and start doing glass work so I can ditch that deck, install mine, and install the rest of my gear.
Anybody else have weird issues with the stock deck?
What are you waiting for to swap out that deck?
Altho, you shouldn't be having that much trouble with it... is everything grounded corretly?
talnlnky
10-21-2008, 10:29 PM
What are you waiting for to swap out that deck?
Altho, you shouldn't be having that much trouble with it... is everything grounded corretly?
i think there might be a cracked solder connection inside the deck for some reason.... i dunno.... but yeah.... it prolly is a bad connection, just not one I can get to without voiding a waranty.
the reason why i'm waiting....
My deck has no internal amp.
My mid's will be glassed in the kicks.
the stock front locations will have 8" midbass drivers in them, but I shouldn't hook those up till I get them all sound deadened.
Until I get the glass work done, there's no point installing a new deck because i'll go from finicky deck.... to no sound ever.
And car stereo is taking a back seat to my HT project right now.... time to by a sub and amp so I can make my HT sub to match the 50" tower speakers and 32" LCD.
Letsrock
10-23-2008, 06:14 AM
Well dont put up with crap, get a hold of dealer/Toyota and get sometype of compensation. Even if they give you a new radio (that you dont like) sell it on eBay.
IllusionX
10-23-2008, 09:12 AM
which stock player do you guys get ? non mp3?? i want pics
Bob_VT
10-23-2008, 09:25 AM
It's under warranty.......
m911gt
10-23-2008, 09:57 AM
mine randomly keeps discs for days at a time, unable to eject or use them. i very rarely use cd's so it's not a big deal, but it was annoying when friends would want to listen to cd's and i was like, yeah only if you want my car to eat them.
sportin83
10-25-2008, 01:05 AM
i only used the factory radio for like 4 days till i changed it out, and i have never looked back yet.
talnlnky
10-25-2008, 01:13 AM
It's under warranty.......
hard to replicate the problem.... and honestly, I don't want the dealership touching my car unless something is actually wrong.
There was one time that I was actually on my way to the dealership to show them the weird issue, had been like 3 days since the cd function had worked. On my way there it started to work again.
The Spectacle
10-25-2008, 08:28 PM
On a totally unrelated note, I just changed my HU today and noticed its made by Fujitsu Ten (makers of the Eclipse products)! Very cool if you ask me.
PHXDEMON
10-25-2008, 09:01 PM
Well dont put up with crap, get a hold of dealer/Toyota and get sometype of compensation. Even if they give you a new radio (that you dont like) sell it on eBay.
They will probably shaft you on the warranty for any modified wiring/stereo components. Ditch that POS and get a good aftermarket deck.
Pitt Yaris
10-30-2008, 06:16 PM
i use my mp3 player through the aux jack. mp3 player > cds
65tuxedo
11-03-2008, 12:15 AM
My factory unit quit within 30 minutes of purchase new. They could not have been nicer about replacing it. In fact, they called me several times to make sure I was bringing it in to be exchanged.
New unit has been great, with no problems. I don't need anything fancy but most passengers think the sound is very good, plus the aux jack is very handy.
My .02
Spades
11-03-2008, 02:18 AM
i got lucky...mine was a radio delete car...so...the second day of owning the car i had made my own mounting plate and was running a complete system.
BTW, was just wondering, if you are tossing 8" drivers in the door, im assuming you are modifying the plastic door cover...unless the hatches are much differant than the sedans or you found some very thin profile 8" woofers. my infinity referance drivers are 6" and using spacers only have half an inch clearance from my sedans door covers.
talnlnky
11-03-2008, 08:55 PM
i got lucky...mine was a radio delete car...so...the second day of owning the car i had made my own mounting plate and was running a complete system.
BTW, was just wondering, if you are tossing 8" drivers in the door, im assuming you are modifying the plastic door cover...unless the hatches are much differant than the sedans or you found some very thin profile 8" woofers. my infinity referance drivers are 6" and using spacers only have half an inch clearance from my sedans door covers.
4" mounting depth on my 8's... I'm not too concerned about them fitting. I might have to do some minor mods to the door panel... but hopefully I will not. It'll be closer either way. Right now HomeTheater is my main project. Weather is rainy here and I don't have a shop to work in, so spring or summer will be when I pick up on the car install.
b_hickman11
11-04-2008, 12:03 AM
MAN this thing blows. it skips easily, and when it does skip 80% of the time it results in the unit freezing up, sometimes unable to use the dumb cd function for days at a time.
BUT now I have reason to believe that this thing randomly plays an extremely distorted signal. On the 1st day after buying this car my right front speaker started playing really distorted bass, though the speaker blew... but the next day it played perfectly fine.
Again today, driving to work I get crazy distorted bass, this time through at least one of my two 8" subs.... figured I somehow blew it.
WORK 8 HRS
get ready to drive to the climbing gym from work and the subs play perfectly fine.
Could be the sub on the virge of dying, but thats now TWICE that i've had something like this happen.... only constant is the CD player.
Can't wait to get my 4" speakers and start doing glass work so I can ditch that deck, install mine, and install the rest of my gear.
Anybody else have weird issues with the stock deck?
How old are you?
TheRealEnth
11-04-2008, 12:15 AM
Dam you guys are weird =p, mine plays perfectly fine... Yeah sometimes itll skip songs on scratched up cds and sometimes itll play it perfectly.... but thats inconsistent with the cd scratches.. but whatever... It doesnt mess up like that.. it doesnt suck up cds or sound weird or stop functioning o.0
djgab101
11-05-2008, 07:22 AM
stupid cs radio doesn't work for shit every time i start my car it doesn't read the cd!!! the cd is new no scratches and i have to eject and put it in again and sometimes it still doesnt work ... piece of shit good for nothing!!
but i am getting a new double din visual radio!!
b_hickman11
11-05-2008, 10:32 PM
I have 2 Yaris and both of my factory radios are great!!!
talnlnky
11-06-2008, 12:21 AM
How old are you?
old enuf to be called daddy by you... buWAhaHahAHAh....
seriously though, I don't understand exactly how my age is of any significance. I'm not in the 16-24 age range which I figure you probably suspect however.
I'll be 26 in January.
Stargate YARlantIS
11-06-2008, 12:23 AM
why are you still using a cd player anyway??? why don't you just use the AUX port and plug up the iPod?? Huh? Huh? "Cd's are so 90's" lol
talnlnky
11-06-2008, 01:50 AM
why are you still using a cd player anyway??? why don't you just use the AUX port and plug up the iPod?? Huh? Huh? "Cd's are so 90's" lol
I've did a horrible thing one night about 2 years ago.... I downloaded about 40 discographies off bit torrent... ended up with 40gigs of mp3's in under a week... gots TONS AND TONS of stuff.... 70% of which was stuff that was repeats like live or acoustic or remix of the studio recording... or I simply just didn't like...
I got rid of most of it.... but still have a tons of songs from sooo many genres that when ever i put stuff on my ipod.... its incredibly random and doesn't even really seem that great.
and i'm too lazy. I hate Itunes... damn ipods.
faiyaris
11-06-2008, 03:57 AM
Hi guys.
I am new to this forums. Just got my Yaris yesterday YIPEEEEEEEEEE.
Any way where do i find the AUX port on the THE STOCK CD PLAYER.
THiS KiDD
11-06-2008, 04:15 AM
talk about it
it eats cds.......
faiyaris
11-06-2008, 04:34 AM
LOL What.
So where do i find the Aux port.
b_hickman11
11-06-2008, 01:21 PM
Its located on the right side dash(console) pocket on the Sedan....dont know if its the same for the LB
b_hickman11
11-06-2008, 01:22 PM
old enuf to be called daddy by you... buWAhaHahAHAh....
seriously though, I don't understand exactly how my age is of any significance. I'm not in the 16-24 age range which I figure you probably suspect however.
I'll be 26 in January.
Just trying to figure out why you are running subs off of your stock radio??
POORSHA
12-09-2008, 06:46 PM
My radio eats cds it is being replaced thurs. Dealer says they see this all the time.
Took 2 weeks to get replacement radio in stock. If you think it's bad replace it under warranty
talnlnky
12-12-2008, 10:28 PM
Just trying to figure out why you are running subs off of your stock radio??
cause i just wanted the slightest bit of clean bass.
Spades
12-13-2008, 01:34 AM
my wifes aveo is running a single mtx 10" on the stock deck. it is using kenwood speakers. its not a show winning setup, but its pretty clean and sounds good considering i only have about 150 bucks in the whole set up.
stock decks can be clean esp if you get some low power high efficiency speakers that are of decent build. may not be the ideal set up, but if you are low on cash or just like the simplicity of a factory deck, meh, it works.
hm..mine is significantly louder when i play Cd's compared to using my ipod on the aux. why is that?
TheRealEnth
12-14-2008, 11:27 AM
same here, an mp3 on aux doesnt seem as natural sounding, seems like its being converted... Dead and low... unless someone has a fix for this?
tuckevalastin
12-14-2008, 12:58 PM
I upgraded from a $25 aux cab to a $70 aux cable and now it is damn near on par with the CD player sound quality... also depends on the MP3 player
TheRealEnth
12-14-2008, 01:33 PM
So its all the aux cable and mp3 player? Didn't know there were different quality aux cables =p
So its all the aux cable and mp3 player? Didn't know there were different quality aux cables =p
hehe neither did I tbh :O
Will buy a new one and try it out.
tuckevalastin
12-14-2008, 03:11 PM
It's not all in the cable and player but they are what you can upgraded yourself to improve the sound. Sound quality is always going to be lost just by it being an MP3 and by it going through multiple connections.
I personally use a Audioquest Mini-3 1 meter long cable. I'm sure if I went to the Mini-5 or Mini-7 my aux sound quality would be even more improved but these retail for $125 and $300 for 1 meter cables. To me I reached my limit on how much I would spend on a cable. For a good while I just used a cheapo cable and still was relatively happy.
IllusionX
12-15-2008, 12:54 AM
same here, an mp3 on aux doesnt seem as natural sounding, seems like its being converted... Dead and low... unless someone has a fix for this?
the mp3 player's EQ also play in the sound.. so you might want to check that out and turn off any EQ on the mp3 player if you have not done so.
hm..mine is significantly louder when i play Cd's compared to using my ipod on the aux. why is that?
Mines the opposite. My ipod sounds 100 times better than any CD.
And my car had the CD-eating problem also, took it back to Toyota and they got me a new CD player. This was in January, so it's worked good so far. =)
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