OEM CD Changer is Hot

[TigerNSX]

My OEM 95 CD Changer gets so hot that it melted the coatings on some generic CD-Rs. Has it ever happen to any of you?

Is there a problem with my CD Changer? It didn't melt regular CDs, but just the cheap CD-Rs... but I am just scared that the coatings on the regular CDs will eventually melt as well.

 

[Eric5273]

Just curious, but I guess from your post that you have no problems (other than melting) playing CD-R's on the stock CD-changer? I hadn't tried it yet, but I had assumed that it wouldn't work since this is an older unit and there seems to be trouble playing CD-R's on older CD players.

 

[TigerNSX]

My OEM CD Changer can play some CD-R brands but not all CD-R brands. It also likes the ones that are slowly recorded (like 4x).

I am thinking that this particular CD-Rs that I got for $15 for 100 of them are just cheap stuff. However, I never had the melting problem with the same CD-R in my wife' Audi.

 

[brickdds]

What makes you sure that the CD player is the SOURCE of the heat? As a general rule, amplifiers (as well as summers and exhausts) generate significant amounts of heat and this can possibly be radiated elsewhere. But CD players don't typically GENERATE any significant heat. Living in Arizona for some reason things get kinda toasty in the trunk as well.

 

[nsxtasy]

Living in Arizona for some reason things get kinda toasty in the trunk as well.

And, of course, the NSX trunk gets particularly warm, more so than other cars, because it's right next to the engine and above the exhaust. If you live in Arizona, you have hot air circulating on all sides of the NSX trunk, like a convection oven.

 

[brickdds]

When I first had the NSX stereo removed and replaced using different amps and speakers (but keeping the OEM head unit and CD changer) I had the amps placed in the tool kit reservoir. Making a trip from Arizona to Texas during July the amps thermalled numerous times; a maddening situation. Yet I NEVER had any problems with the CD changer creating problems due to heat. Since then I replaced the Linear Power amps with a McIntosh amp which has built in cooling fans and it has thermalled nary one time.

 

[TigerNSX]

What makes you sure that the CD player is the SOURCE of the heat? As a general rule, amplifiers (as well as summers and exhausts) generate significant amounts of heat and this can possibly be radiated elsewhere. But CD players don't typically GENERATE any significant heat. Living in Arizona for some reason things get kinda toasty in the trunk as well.

Thanks for the other suggestion. I just thought that the CD changer itself was thick enough to insulate the heat generated from the engine or the exhaust. In other words, the air surrounding the CD changer would not affect the inside temperature of the CD changer unless there is a significant amount of heat generated within the CD changer. However, thank you for confirming that CD changers do not generate any significant heat.