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Delco is a General Motors-operated company that makes car CD players. If you bought a CD-enabled car from GM, your CD player likely says Delco on the front. Like all car CD players, Delco CD players can become broken relatively easily. Hitting a speed bump at the wrong time or getting dust in the wrong place can make something slip. There are several ways to repair a Delco CD player.

Instructions

1

Check that the knob on the device is set to "CD."

2

Insert a lens-cleaning CD into your CD player. Available at most electronics stores, these CDs have small brushes on them that delicately clean the laser that reads the discs. If your CDs are skipping, this will likely solve the problem.

3

Replace the CD player fuse. If the fuse is dead or loose, this could be causing the problems. Use your car owners manual to locate the fuse box and check the fuse labeled "stereo."

4

Check the stereo connections. Again, your owners manual will tell you how to find them. If the connections are loose, adjust them. Be sure that the car is turned off when you do this! If the wire is frayed or the connections are broken entirely, you will need to take the car in to an auto shop for repair.

The six-CD changer in a 2007 Ford F-150 allows you to listen to six different discs without changing them. The changer has a disc reader that moves between the six slots to play each disc. Since the changer resides in the F-150s dashboard, its prone to overheating from the temperatures associated with dashboard components, as well as the sunlight striking the dash. While the six-CD player is not repairable by anyone without highly specialized factory training, for the do-it-yourselfer, removing the player for repair or replacement is an easy option.

Instructions

Removal

1

Insert the Ford radio removal tools into the dual holes on the two outer edges of the six-CD faceplate until they click into place.

2

Pull outward on the radio removal tool handles to release the CD changer retaining tabs clear the retaining brackets. Pull backward on the radio removal tool handles to slide the CD changer clear of the dashboard.

3

Reach behind the CD changer and unplug the antenna plug and power/speaker wiring harness connector by hand. Remove the Ford radio removal tools from the CD changer.

Reinstallation

4

Connect the antenna plug to the back of the six-CD changer by hand.

5

Connect the power/speaker wiring harness connector to the back of the changer by hand.

6

Slide the CD changer into the dashboard until it clicks into place with the faceplate flush with the dashboard.