Oldnick, that seems strange, but hey if it works? ... not a plan that I'm going to attempt first though
Mate was out there having a play around with it before, ... it selects the CD's fine, but doesnt seem so spin them up. Possible that something in the boot has rolled around and given it a whack and knocked something out of alignment, or got something stuck (my housemate was using the car while it suddenly stopped working one day) so not sure if there was anything precedenting it ceasing to work.