A little while ago my kids were playing in the minivan. They were having so much fun – it was great to watch. And then we got in the minivan and tried to turn on the CD player. No dice. I guess the youngest one decided to put some coins into the CD player slot. Ouch. But I can understand why kids do this. I mean, it looks like that’s what it’s for. So, we had a good laugh about it. And then we got sad. No tunes – we can’t have that. Anyway, I decided to see how hard it would be to pull that CD out and remove those coins. Now, I had done this on my old ’92 Accord and it was a total nightmare. I was pleasantly surprised, however, that this only took me about an hour. And that’s with documenting for others. So, without further ado (sp?), I give you the PaulTech Honda Odyssey CD Removal Guide

Ok, first things first. You need to make sure that you have the antitheft code for the CD player. That is if you have an anti theft CD player – I don’t know if this is standard or not. Also, I should note that I think my Odyssey is a 2001. If you don’t have the antitheft code, then you will need the serial number off of the CD player. You can call the dealer and obtain the code that way. Obviously, yours would have numbers on this card. I erased them for security – whatever that is.

Here is a picture:

The next thing you will want to do is disconnect the negative terminal on your battery. It is the black post terminal. As pictured below.

Okay, now that we have the preliminaries out of the way, let’s tear that dash apart. Thankfully, this is much easier than my last tear down. All you have to do is take a flat screwdriver and pry the left, lower side out. Then you can work it to the right and pull the whole center console out. As pictured here.

Once you pull the console out a little, you are confronted by three sets of wires (or maybe more if you had more options installed). I had one in the upper left (hazard lights), upper right (heater controls), and lower left (interior light control). The upper left is the biggest pain. There is a tab on the left that you have to depress to disconnect it. It’s pictured here.

After you have disconnected this wire, you can proceed on the two right ones. Or, if it’s easier for you, you can do the left one first. The upper green (temperature control) wire conduit has a tab on the bottom that you need to depress to disconnect it. The lower one has the left tab that you have to depress. Here is a pic of the two right wire sets.

And now you are ready to pull that sucker out. That’s it, pull that center console right on out. You may have to fenangle it a little. Once that’s out, you are confronted with the CD player and navigation system. These are attached via a bracket. That bracket has six screws attaching it. There are two lower, silver screws and one black upper screw on each side. Here is a pic of the exposed CD player and navigation system.

Once you have the mounting screws removed, you can start to disconnect the wires from the back. There are two sets on the navigation system and two on the CD player. One of the CD player’s wires is the antenna. It just pulls out. Here are da pics.

Now you can pull that sucker out. go and find a table to put it on. Now, all that’s left is to remove the bracket, 4 screws, and the top of the CD player, again 4 screws. Here are pics.

And now all your work is done, except to shake those coins out. Now, having said that. Don’t shake it really violently. You want to keep from damaging that laser. Gently shake the coins out. And once your work is done, simply reverse the order of these directions. Email me if you have questions.

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