[Shotimes] Re: CD Changer balking

[Kenneth Epperly]

Sounds like one of those aftermarket add on that will work with any radio.
It hooks into the antenna and works on a set frequency. All factory ones I
have seen use cables to the radio and have controls on the radio. Also if a
Ford unit it would say Ford on it. Sony and others made those kind for
people who did not want to by a new head unit.

        Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MonsieurBoo@aol.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 9:05 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] Re: CD Changer balking


> Grr!  I just got my '94 a month ago, complete with JBL sound and 10-CD
Ford
> (Sony?) changer in the trunk.  Watched the guy demo it:  turned on the FM
to
> 88.3, antenna goes up, he clicks the "Off" button in the middle of the CD
remote
> (double-stuck right above the radio) and out comes the rock'n'roll just as
> expected.
>
> Since then, believe it or not, I never tried using it because I wanted to
> listen to the car and get used to its normal noises so if they changed,
it'd be
> obvious.
>
> So, of course, the first time I loaded some CDs in it, I can't get the
remote
> to turn on.  Step by step:
>
> -- There is power to the changer because when I opened the lid and hit the
> eject button, it powers up and pops the cartridge out.  The three cables
into
> the changer are all connected.
>
> -- I put three commercial CDs (dunno if the '94 OEM will read CD-R's???)
into
> slots 1-3 of the cartridge with the labels facing the side of the cart
with
> the "CD" and circle logo molded into it.  I'm sure this orientation is
correct
> because it puts the CD tracks on the same side of the changer as the laser
> unit (right side as you look at it).  I assume the first three do, indeed,
go in
> slots 1-3 and not 7-10!
>
> -- Pushed the cart in, the motor took over and reseated it, I could hear
it
> setting up the CDs after I closed the cover.
>
> -- Turn on radio as usual and set to 88.3 exactly as it was during the
demo.
> I understand this is the box-stock frequency for Sonys.  It does pick up a
> distant signal, very faint and scratchy but I understand the CD signal
should
> simply override it.  Anyway it doesn't make sense that this condition
would
> prevent the CD remote from turning on.
>
> -- Click "Off" button on the remote, the little LCD display does not light
up
> and no sound comes on.  I assume it should light up even if I have the
wrong
> channel (and don't get any sound because of that).
>
> Am I omitting something really obvious?  Do I have to push some other
buttons
> on the radio?  Can't find any printed help.  The original Ford Sound
System
> manual in the glovebox does NOT mention the 10-cd changer.  The Ford
Service CD
> doesn't have it either as far as I can tell.  It says "Ford" not "Sony" on
> the changer and I can't find a model number to do a Web search.  Couldn't
find
> an answer on the forums either.  I did change the battery a couple weeks
back,
> and for newer Sony changers, the manual mentions a reset-button "pinhole"
that
> has to be pressed if the car battery is changed.  But I can't see one on
my
> unit.
>
> TIA,
> Mark LaBarre
> 94 ATX 125k
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