just a question for you all. i have an alpine radio which has a hard time to read burned cd's, i was thinking about trying to swap the laser sensor from a cd rom drive to see if itll work in the radio, I know cd roms will read just about anything but not sure if it'll work in a car radio. i know the two systems have different power voltages 120 vs 12v but will this affect the laser???just a thought since i have time to mess around with the radio untill i buy a new 1. any sugestions is it possible will or can it work???? thanks