This is from an old post on Jag-lovers.com:
I got the !Removed! thing out of the player leaving both the
player, the CD’s and the cartridge intact and undamaged. I
did a lot of reading in the archives and found a bunch of
‘‘methods’’ to extract a stuck cartridge. All were based on
the fact that all the CD trays were retracted into the
cartridge. Mine would not retract the last played CD/tray
back into the cartridge so all of those methods failed.
Here is what I came up with. On the bottom of the cartridge
is a hooked slot. That slot matches up with a plastic hooked
lever in the player. I inserted a thin mylar strip in
between the cartridge and that hook so the cartridge was
only now restrained by the tray that was extended out to the
side. With the player plugged into the car so it was playing
a disc (number 6) I changed it to playing another disc
(number 1). The shuffle mechanism retracted the playing
disc/tray and before it could push out the new disc/tray the
cartridge ejected and my screen said ‘‘no magazine’’. Sure
enough when I walked to the back there it was sticking out
of the player.
Still don’t know why it would not normally eject but at
least I now know how to get the old one out. I suspect heat
may have been a factor as it has been insufferably hot here
for nearly three weeks now and they expect another 1-2 weeks
more!!! Going to look it over and lube up some sliding
moving parts and see what happens.–
Good luck
John
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