cd changer not working
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cd changer not working
OK it use to work now I am getting err on the display even the 12 changer and the indash unit is doing this.
these are stor bough cd not home made.
Any thoughts???
CJ
these are stor bough cd not home made.
Any thoughts???
CJ
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Originally Posted by mrtoner
Turn ignition off
Slide changer door open; take out cartridge
slide cartridge back in, close door COMPLETELY
wait until ALL 12 CDs are registered
turn ignition on, and check
Slide changer door open; take out cartridge
slide cartridge back in, close door COMPLETELY
wait until ALL 12 CDs are registered
turn ignition on, and check
tried that an nope did nto work. I cannot even get teh indash singl cd to register now.
The car was just in the shop and they had the dash appart to do the recall on the column is there some programing that might have been wiped out?
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Originally Posted by mrtoner
Turn ignition off
Slide changer door open; take out cartridge
slide cartridge back in, close door COMPLETELY
wait until ALL 12 CDs are registered
turn ignition on, and check
Slide changer door open; take out cartridge
slide cartridge back in, close door COMPLETELY
wait until ALL 12 CDs are registered
turn ignition on, and check
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Originally Posted by CJ454
tried that an nope did nto work. I cannot even get teh indash singl cd to register now.
The car was just in the shop and they had the dash appart to do the recall on the column is there some programing that might have been wiped out?
The car was just in the shop and they had the dash appart to do the recall on the column is there some programing that might have been wiped out?
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They are mistaken. The best way to fix your problem is to do this. Open your trunk. Put down some type of blanket. Take out a nice size hammer. Support and brace your leggs. Raise hammer, in hand, above your head and strike with 120 foot pounds of force.
Repeat until the CD changer is in 1,000,000 pieces.
Wrap up the blanket, with all the little pieces in it, and dispose of.
THen go out and BUY a new Alpine radio that has a Direct connect Ipod connection. Buy a 20gb ipod, and put 5,000 songs on the ipod.
No more skipping, bouncing, in the music.
Repeat until the CD changer is in 1,000,000 pieces.
Wrap up the blanket, with all the little pieces in it, and dispose of.
THen go out and BUY a new Alpine radio that has a Direct connect Ipod connection. Buy a 20gb ipod, and put 5,000 songs on the ipod.
No more skipping, bouncing, in the music.
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Originally Posted by Drav1212
They are mistaken. The best way to fix your problem is to do this. Open your trunk. Put down some type of blanket. Take out a nice size hammer. Support and brace your leggs. Raise hammer, in hand, above your head and strike with 120 foot pounds of force.
Repeat until the CD changer is in 1,000,000 pieces.
Wrap up the blanket, with all the little pieces in it, and dispose of.
THen go out and BUY a new Alpine radio that has a Direct connect Ipod connection. Buy a 20gb ipod, and put 5,000 songs on the ipod.
No more skipping, bouncing, in the music.
Repeat until the CD changer is in 1,000,000 pieces.
Wrap up the blanket, with all the little pieces in it, and dispose of.
THen go out and BUY a new Alpine radio that has a Direct connect Ipod connection. Buy a 20gb ipod, and put 5,000 songs on the ipod.
No more skipping, bouncing, in the music.
Dont have the $$ fo rht enew radio yet. Just bought the car.
CJ
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I disposed of all my CD's
I disposed of all my cassetts.
I now have my 4,000 songs backed up on several different hardrives on Itunes.
TO solve your IPOD solution, here is the answer....
BUY A 2ND IPOD.
Boy, that was easy.
I disposed of all my cassetts.
I now have my 4,000 songs backed up on several different hardrives on Itunes.
TO solve your IPOD solution, here is the answer....
BUY A 2ND IPOD.
Boy, that was easy.
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Ignore the naysayers about the ridding the world of cd changers. They may be correct, but I love my changer. That said, it sounds like you have a problem with the head unit if you can't even play a single cd. Since the dealer took it apart, it may be that something is not connected. Unlikely since you get an error message.
Do you have any codes which may help out?
Do you have any codes which may help out?
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Originally Posted by Drav1212
I disposed of all my CD's
I disposed of all my cassetts.
I now have my 4,000 songs backed up on several different hardrives on Itunes.
TO solve your IPOD solution, here is the answer....
BUY A 2ND IPOD.
Boy, that was easy.
I disposed of all my cassetts.
I now have my 4,000 songs backed up on several different hardrives on Itunes.
TO solve your IPOD solution, here is the answer....
BUY A 2ND IPOD.
Boy, that was easy.
Can you use an Ipod with the stock radio?
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mine did that and i unplugged it indefinitly, plugged in my ipod...worked great for about six months!...got my ipod stolen this weekend...plugged in my cd changer just to see...and behold it started working!!!
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Disc may be stuck.
Take out the cartridge and see if all of the CD disc's are in the cartridge.
The guy working on your car disconnected the battery while a disc was playing and now the disc is jammed in the player.
My dealer so called mechinec ruined my player that way and it cost me $200.00 to get a used replacement.
I still have My original player with the disc still jammed in it. I can't find a single repair shop that can fix it.Pioneer makes the unit but the cord needed to check and repair is a GM only item that the repair shops can not purchase from pioneer. My dealer told me for him to send it for repai may cost up to 3 or 4 hundred dollars.
If you had 12 discs , you probably only have 11 in your cartridge now.
Ronnie
The guy working on your car disconnected the battery while a disc was playing and now the disc is jammed in the player.
My dealer so called mechinec ruined my player that way and it cost me $200.00 to get a used replacement.
I still have My original player with the disc still jammed in it. I can't find a single repair shop that can fix it.Pioneer makes the unit but the cord needed to check and repair is a GM only item that the repair shops can not purchase from pioneer. My dealer told me for him to send it for repai may cost up to 3 or 4 hundred dollars.
If you had 12 discs , you probably only have 11 in your cartridge now.
Ronnie
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Originally Posted by ronnie948
Take out the cartridge and see if all of the CD disc's are in the cartridge.
The guy working on your car disconnected the battery while a disc was playing and now the disc is jammed in the player.
My dealer so called mechinec ruined my player that way and it cost me $200.00 to get a used replacement.
I still have My original player with the disc still jammed in it. I can't find a single repair shop that can fix it.Pioneer makes the unit but the cord needed to check and repair is a GM only item that the repair shops can not purchase from pioneer. My dealer told me for him to send it for repai may cost up to 3 or 4 hundred dollars.
If you had 12 discs , you probably only have 11 in your cartridge now.
Ronnie
The guy working on your car disconnected the battery while a disc was playing and now the disc is jammed in the player.
My dealer so called mechinec ruined my player that way and it cost me $200.00 to get a used replacement.
I still have My original player with the disc still jammed in it. I can't find a single repair shop that can fix it.Pioneer makes the unit but the cord needed to check and repair is a GM only item that the repair shops can not purchase from pioneer. My dealer told me for him to send it for repai may cost up to 3 or 4 hundred dollars.
If you had 12 discs , you probably only have 11 in your cartridge now.
Ronnie
What has me confused is that BOTH the CD changer and the indash unit is not working.
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mine has a different issue, it will play a single CD in the head unit but does not show the CD changer is there,m have replaced changers, have replaced the fuse, have tried everything with no joy, and when opening the door to remove the cartridge, NOTHING happens, seems I lost power, now the real funny part, I took it apart, and removed the cartridge, put in one CD in the changer, it worked!, filled the changer with 12 CD's and no work, and no symbol on the head unit, I think mine is haunted
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Well I just did some more trouble shooting and this is what I found out.
The head unit will not take ANY type of cd. Home made or store bought. ERR all over the place.
I took all the cd out of the changer and unpluged it.
Tried the head unit again. ERR
Pluged teh cd changer back in and now it see the CDs. I can cycle the cd but cannot get them to play. When I hit the recall button to get rid of the ERR msg (per the manual) it still will not work.
I think the issue is with the head unit. Must be since it wont read a CD. Wont even take the cleaning CD I bought.
This bites..
CJ
The head unit will not take ANY type of cd. Home made or store bought. ERR all over the place.
I took all the cd out of the changer and unpluged it.
Tried the head unit again. ERR
Pluged teh cd changer back in and now it see the CDs. I can cycle the cd but cannot get them to play. When I hit the recall button to get rid of the ERR msg (per the manual) it still will not work.
I think the issue is with the head unit. Must be since it wont read a CD. Wont even take the cleaning CD I bought.
This bites..
CJ
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got my answer and its stinks the cd board went bad internaly. nothign i can do about it but replace the radio. ARG!!!!
Ok now the question is if I get the IPOD adapter will that work with the radio with the cd being bad?
Ok now the question is if I get the IPOD adapter will that work with the radio with the cd being bad?
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hi all. well the cd changer is ok. its definitely the head unit.
so now my question is what the factory cd changer worth to someone. I'm going to pull it out this weekend since I cannot use it.
not sure what to ask for it.
I am not taking the cabling out as I do not wannt reck the car.
now what kind of after mkt radio are people using with the factory speakers. I only want to change the head unit.not the speakers etc.
thanx
cj
so now my question is what the factory cd changer worth to someone. I'm going to pull it out this weekend since I cannot use it.
not sure what to ask for it.
I am not taking the cabling out as I do not wannt reck the car.
now what kind of after mkt radio are people using with the factory speakers. I only want to change the head unit.not the speakers etc.
thanx
cj
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I bought a new head unit from a 2004 that had never been used for $109 on a well known auction site. My original had cassette and I wanted an in dash cd that would still operate my changer. If you'd like a head unit with cassette that will operate your changer, we can talk. Used head units are not expensive and not hard to change.