Originally Posted by
Maria.
Ive tried the whole moving to the sideways thing, ive tried the wiggling about thing and ive tried the scraping my hand down the metal bit of the coat hanger while trying to get them out thing!
Ive tried... and Failed, miserably

Once the hanger pieces were in, did you try pulling the sides of the stereo? The only thing the pins do is widen the locking mechanism for you to pull the stereo out. I had the same problem with the actual pins and i used a spoon around the stereo to pull it out