how to get rid of smells?

How about trying to put it in a large sealed plastic container with a few sheets of fabric softener for a day or 2.

take it into the shower with you and give a good soapy wash, couldn't resist. Maybe the previous owner was a smoker? I would try the fabric softner sheets, or ozone that car detailers us to get rid of smoke smell in cars that has been smoked in

If you can set your oven under 200 degrees. You can put in there and bake the smell away.

Or how about putting it in a sealed container with an open box of baking soda for a few days?

It sounds like the prior owner may have had it stored in a basement. That happens to books when they are kept too long in a damp and humid basement. It is hard to get rid of that smell, at least in books. I have heard about baking soda but have never tried it. I have a Parasound HCA 1200 amp I recently got and the prior owner was a smoker so the amp has a slight smell of smoke to it. Let us know if any of the tips offered by the other posters work. I am curious myself and would like to try to do something to get rid of the odor of smoke to my amp. Good luck.

Id try dryer sheets first. But In my 48 ft trailer i use coffee grounds and it does a WONDERFUL JOB even when i used after i hauled fish to the fish market in NYC....then pick up a load back of frozen food for Shaws/Hannaford supermarkets in Maine..coffee grounds work wonders.... DARN SMELL

Eh, just give it a new smell. Pop the top and place in the kitchen while roasting a few heads of garlic. At least those old Dean Martin tunes will sound.....and smell authentic.

Not pulling my finger............................will greatly decrease the occurence of smells!

Should of thought of this before ending my 1st post.While coffee is used to mask other oders if you put it w/ the unit naked then the grinds will get all over the place. If you bag it 1st then you defeat the whole pupose of your exercise to begin with.The old apple and orange peal thing is also done to keep canned tobacco fresh as I remember some of my pipe smoking friends used to do
that.

Try putting it in a closet with an ozone generation machine.

I have one and it is incredible in removing any kind of organic smell such as cigarette smoke, mildew, musty basements, barf, pet urine or worse.

It's what they use to get rid of , you know, "that dead body smell" out of car trunks, motel rooms etc.

You can rent one at most rental places and some hardware stores.

May not be worth the rental for one CD player, but you will find other uses. Put it in a bathroom with whatever you want deodorized, shut the door and let it run overnight. Then turn on the fan for a while to clear out the ozone (it is can irritate your eyes/ears etc. No more smell.

You can borrow mine if you want. It's about the size of a lunchbox.

I bought it used cheap and use it all the time.

Other than fire, ozone is the most oxidizing thing in nature. Ozone will neutralize any odor. Auto Dealers often use what is called an "ozone bomb" to eliminate odors in a used or rental car. They work like an insect spray bomb. I think I saw some on Amazon. I would put the unit in a small room, say your bathroom, and release the ozone bomb there. A smaller room will make the ozone more concentrated. Ozone will not hurt electronics in any way.

That's some deep thinking, lol
I would try Mothballs..

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I dunno about that one. You think spraying water on electronics is a good idea ?

I like my garlic idea so far. But, other options are still available. For instance, he could snag a hookers underwear and rub it all over the inside. the smell may not go over too well with the wife however.