I've loosened the 2 torx screws and the player will still not budge!
Are there some sort of clips to release before the unit will slide out?

 

the screw's you've loosened utilese a side pin the grabs the CD changer bracket , i'd push the screws forward to loosen the pins and see if that helps

 

This first few lines of this post should help you:
https://5series.net/forums/topic/487...n-gateway-500/

 

The old saying been there done that.... The changer is still solidly locked into the chassis and won't come out. It's in there so well it seems like there are some other fasteners holding it in place. The screws turn freely and I can feel them clicking as they feel like they are at the ends of there threads when backing them out. I've tried to tighten them back in place but they still spin freely like they are stripped. Any alternatives in getting the changer out? The faceplate has broken off and I'm trying to remove the changer to fasten the plate in place permanently to keep it from falling off in the clove compartment.

 

I think that you're going to have to get jiggy with it and really yank hard. You might have to cut the bracket if worse comes to worse. I'm guessing that the screws are stripped somehow and will not release the clips that hold the changer in place. Sorry, but I don't have any other advise for this one.

 

I think the screws need to be backed off more.

I think they have a arm that catches on the holes here, push the player back in and unscrew the screws more to fully retract the arms.

 

Thanks, I'll play with it some more later on after my trip. I'll report back after. Maybe this will help someone else in the future.

 

I finally got it out. It was a matter of watching the screw plates on the sides push forward until they stopped. Then worked out one side then the next until I could grab the player enough to put it out. Without the front bezel there's nothing to hold on to.

 

I figured it could not be that hard, so i when outside just to check and that is what it was.

From my cell...