Thanks everyone. I'll arrange to send it in (I have to do that anyway.)

Until it goes in for repair I can use the G92 with squeezebox to play CD's ripped to my PC (a really wonderful device).

By the way, peering into the slot - I don't think gravity would work as the exit is obstructed by the two sensor bars (that detect when a CD is being inserted). No matter, Meridian will deal with it.

G92-DAB, G55, speakers: PMC FB1+, Squeezebox Touch, Duet, Sennheiser HD600, HP Proliant Microserver running Ubuntu