We went throught the same thing with our Big Country with wanting to hook up a CD player....We found out we did not have to do that because you use what is in the radio slot for your movie CD's...That was one of those DUH moments. Otherwise, we could not move the TV so decided to leave things alone. We moved the new CD player we purchased to the bedroom since we have to take out the tv when we travel. This makes it very easy to hook up the CD player. Helps with different ages of grandchildren that want to watch their own CD's on a rainy day.