R.I.P. Denon UD-M30

[Caged]

So after four years of faithful service my UD-M30 CD receiver decides to stop ejecting CDs. I will get a quote for a repair when I go home over easter, but I'm really expecting the repair cost to be too much in relation to what the unit is worth, so I'm looking around for other options.

I bought this before I was a poor student, and now I've become one, so money isn't around in huge amounts. Needless to say, I don't want to buy a piece of crap. I have no problem with buying Denon again, but the new M35 range look . . well, crap compared to the mirrored front of the M30 series.

I did consider just buying an amp, but I'd really like the option to chuck a CD in now and then, so I'm looking at receivers in the same kind of form-factor as this denon. I don't really want to go over £200, and I don't need speakers.

Thanks

 

[Tesla]

If the drawer is belt driven then hopefully that is snapped and it will be a cheap fix, maybe one you could do yourself even?

Can you hear anything happening when you press eject?

 

[Caged]

Nah I've looked at it, pressing eject makes "Open" appear on screen, then it just re-reads whatever disc is in there. The tray is fine as I can take the front panel off and spin it open manually, it's just whatever controls it electronically is dead. There's no attempt that I can see by any component made to move the drawer.