My CD player broke

DAMN!!!!!!!

I bought a Goo Goo Dolls CD from Best Buy.  Hopped in my car in the parking lot, popped out my old CD from my Panasonic CQ-DFX983U, put in the new Goo Goo Dolls CD.  It pulled in the CD, sat there, then made a whirring noise, sat there a little more, then popped out the CD.  Pulled it back in again, whirred a little bit, then popped out the CD for good.  It's a slotfeed CD player, and the display just says "Reading" the whole time.

This bums me out.  I think the laser somehow was misaligned(pothole?)... Whatever happened, does somebody have a clue?  Ever had this happen to them as well?  I'm gonna call the local Panasonic service center here on Monday, but I'd like to get some closure before I go to rip this baby out of the dash. :\

Thanks a bunch,

--mindctrl

I'm not THAT stupid :D

Of course the first thing I tried was putting in three other CDs, no go... Yet, this afternoon when I popped in one of the other CDs I tried to no avail, the freaky thing worked!! I tried another CD, and another, they all work.  I've yet to try the Goo Goo Dolls CD, so I wonder if since I live on a dirt road, it may have jarred the feeding mechanism/misaligned the laser? Then realigned it?  I don't know... :\  I almost called a repair shop.  I'm gonna see if it happens again in the next couple days.

--mindctrl

It's possible that the laser needs to be cleaned. Have you tried this yet?