Anyone know a repair facility that is familiar with the 12 Disc Pioneer unit. I'm located in S/W Florida but will ship it out if needed.

 

This place is awesome and I have used them for several cars. However, they state that the 12 disk is not reliable and have stopped repairing it (scroll to bottom of the page). Perhaps ask them for their thoughts. They have always been super helpful.

http://carstereohelp.com/corvette.htm

 

Doctor Don's Pro Audio Services in Huntsville Texas did a good job repairing mine. He will modify the disk changing system to make the repair. The CD player MUST BE MOUNTED FLAT AFTER HIS REPAIR.

http://www.doctordons.com/index.html

 

I unbolted mine and have laid it down on the floor for now. I want to see if that helps with the disc feed. I will contact Doctor Don's also to see what the estimated cost would be. One other place wanted 375 to 450 $. I would find a good used one than spend that much.

 

I think the better question is why are you still listening to CDs?

 

I was searching on E Bay and found the factory In dash Head unit that has the single CD player and also has an auxiliary input nicely installed so you can plug in an I Pod.

 

Drill new mounting holes in the brackets and mounted it horizontally. So far no jammed disc's after a day or so of constantly switching through the 12 loaded disc's.

 

Couldn't agree more.

 

It will probably be cheaper to either A) buy someone else's functioning unit, or B) just get an aftermarket setup [which un-coincidentally is why option A is so cheap.]

Seriously, just put in a pioneer setup. Weight savings, bro.

 

tttT

 

There are a number of non-stock CD changers that will work with the stock C5 head unit. One is the Rockford Fosgate RFX-8601, 6 disc changer, which can often be found on EBAY for $50 to $100. It needs a simple cable rewire to connect to the stock GM CD Changer harness. That is what I had for my 01 C5. There are also some Clarion and Panasonic built 6 disc CD changers that will work, that were stock in some other GM models (I dont have the GM part #s handy, but could provide if you are interested). These changers can also be found on EBAY for a reasonable price. I have one for sale, PM me if interested.

A Rockford Fosgate RFX-8601 (6 disc) will work with the GM stock head unit. The Rockford connector needs to be removed, and the wires connected to the stock wire harness located in the rear compartment. The connections are as follows :

If you strip open the Rockford cable, you will find the following inside
green wire
blue wire
yellow wire
a black cable, which when stripped has inside :
black wire
white wire
red wire
foil shield and bare strands

This is how you connect to the existing GM 10 pin , flat connector that used to plug into the stock CD changer :

GM connector......………….Rockford CD wires...……………….. Function
Pin 1 brown/white...………. black...……………………………... Line level audio left
Pin 2 dark green/white...…. white...……………………………... Line level return
Pin 3 black/white...…………...red...………………………………... Line level audio right
Pin 4 bare wire...…………. ….bare shield strands ......……….shield
Pin 5 orange...……………. ….green...……………………………. +12V
Pin 6 not used
Pin 7 black ? ...............…...blue...………………………………. ..Power ground
Pin 8 not used
Pin 9 not used
Pin 10 dark green...……... yellow...…………………………. ….digital communication control bus

Note : This only works for the Rockford Fosgate RFX-8601 6 disc changer. They also have a newer 8 disc changer, but I don't think it will work. Also, this changer is actually made by Panasonic, but the seemingly identical Panasonic labeled versions will not work. There is another version of this changer that will also work, it has a GM part number (don't know it), and was used as the stock CD changer in the Cadilac Seville STS/SLS (around model year 2000), located in the front seat center armrest/console. It may have also been used in other GM models, but I don't know which. Some company actually makes a plug and play adapter cable between the GM 10 pin and Rockford round "DIN" connector, but I don't know the manufacturer or model #.

 

Thanks for the info. I also looked online at Pioneer model # CDX-M2116 . Looks like it has the same exact harness plug as the stock unit. There are also other Pioneer changers I saw that are brand new NOS units that probably would work if you rewired it to the connector on the newer unit.

 

Going to see how it holds up after I mounted it in a normal horizontal position. Seems to be working good now and have not had a single jam since.