[Shotimes] Re: CD Changer balking

[Carl Prochilo]

Hi Mark,  You are in rare company with this.  I don't know many
people that chose to go this route for CD player.  This setup has
worked flawlessly in my 92 for 12 years.  Here are some notes:

1. Hit the play/pause button instead of the off button.
2. It is a SONY 10 disc changer rebadged with Ford logo.
3. The 10 disc cartridges are interchangeable with home units.
4. You can play some CD-Rs in it.  Hit or miss.
5. Never needed to find any reset buttons when changing car battery.
6. If you were to insert the CD wrong, the display will give you an
error message.

Enjoy.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

MonsieurBoo@aol.com said:
> 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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