The cd changer that was orinally in my VX still worked great when I got mine this past May. I have apparently worn it out quickly. Even new CD's are skipping and several CD's have been scratched by the player in a weird pattern - three parentheses shaped marks near the center. Do you think my player is dying like the factory ones so often do? Or could there be something stuck inside that does not belong?

Sorry if this is a question that has been dealt with a lot in the past. I tried doing a search but was having to dig too deep to find just what I needed.