I just noticed that my cd player won't play cd's. Radio telephone etc all works fine, but the cd gets stuck and the reading is CD error or Deck Error. I'm assuming this will mean a replacement unit and I understand the whole centre column has to come out to get at it.

Any advice, pics etc?

i would try cleaning it first

Definitely worth taking it apart to have a look. Take some photos if you give it a go.

Thanks for the replies. Forgive my ignorance, but how do you clean the inside of a cd player?

If the CDs are getting stuck then it is either a foreign body that has got into the mechanism or a plastic cog has sheared some teeth. I have stripped down and repaired a separates system CD player but not the LR one. Mine was a broken cog, the CD player was over 15 years old but I got a replacement cog sent from Japan for about £3. The majority of cd transports, the bit that spins and holds the discs were Philips for many years, may well still be. I am not sure of the transport in the LR but I would imagine it would be Philips based, again may be wrong. I would take it out and then start dismantling carefully. I would have thought you should be able to fix this relatively simply once the unit is out and on the bench, although you may need a replacement part if some thing is broken. Do you have the single or 6 multidisc? How handy are you?

Like most blokes, I don't mind having a go if I can work out the access in and out, but I can't see how to remove the player in the first place so a little reluctant to even start for fear of wrecking the dash.

http://www.jamessimpson.co.uk/land-rover-f...o-removal/
That is one I found. Not sure how easy it is going to be getting in to the CD player, usually they have the really small screws that hold the outer casing on, once this is off you should be able to see what you are up against. Good luck!

That's brilliant RichP, thank you. You clearly have much better search skills than me too.