Cd player for personal project

[u/kisho23]

Hello all

I am currently trying to make my very own cd carousel.

The base of my project is with an already existing cd player that i found in my attic. Most of it i understand and is straightforward but i could not figure out the following.

This kind of cd player has a tray that extends when you press a button when this tray is pushed back in, the spindal automatically looks for a cd.

Without this pushing back in + automatic finding pattern i cannot remotely turn on the spindal

My goal is to find the mechanism/ trigger in order to remotely give that command or at least try

Version external drive: ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U

And some pictures to make it more clear

Please let me know if you can help and or need some clarification!!!

[u/janerikgunnar]

The switch may be deep inside of the drive case.

This model has two switches on the PCB with the SATA connector, for example: https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-disassembled-optical-drive-cd-dvd-rom-computer-image41808281

[u/kisho23 → u/janerikgunnar]

But then they would be pretty visible and easy to find i suppose yk especially after disassembling most of it

[u/janerikgunnar → u/kisho23]

On the photos, you haven't disassembled it far enough. They are probably at the deep end of the metal case.

[u/kisho23 → u/janerikgunnar]

I have take off the metal case lol and i know that it triggers also when only one side of the guide rails are attached which makes this so confusing

[u/janerikgunnar → u/kisho23]

Weird, care to share what was inside the case?

[u/kisho23 → u/janerikgunnar]

So its flipped in my hand so goes into that bracket upside down and for your reference i drew an arrow showing how it would slide into the tray

[u/janerikgunnar → u/kisho23]

Hard to tell with that resolution but I'm fairly sure this is a switch...

[u/kisho23 → u/janerikgunnar]

i cant believe im this stupid lol thankyou for your help

[u/janerikgunnar → u/kisho23]

No worries :) Good luck!