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Pioneer PD-M501 disc will not eject

many times the rubber drive belt will wear out and slip, the thing won't open.
look for a tiny round hole on the front of the CD drive. Push a stiff piece of wire into the hole (like paperclip wire) this manually ejects the CD drawer.