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Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 05:03:53 GMT
From: sjcrowenopsams.com (Steve Crowe)
Subject: Re: CD changer for 9-5


This is also true for the 9-3 as well. On the NG 900s and 9000s there was a DIN cable. The 9-3 and 9-5 uses a multipin connector but, not a DIN cable. Communication between the two occurs via the I-bus. I don't know all the details, but it is a protocol that uses packets. Once the CD and/or the radio are "married" to the car, they can not be used in any other car. In fact, if I replace one under warranty I have to "divorice" the offending component before I ship it back. If I fail to do so the warranty claim is rejected. The manufacture can not work on the radio or CD unit untill it is divoriced. The good news is that there is no longer a radio code to enter when the battery goes dead. The only time you will ever see a "RADIO CODE" message on the SID is if some puts a radio in the car that is not married to it. I see it at the dealership because we swap alot of radios from one car to the other. Customer usually want a in-dash CD player, so I have to divorice the radios from the customer's car and the donor car. Swap the units and then marry the radios to both car respectively. BTW, another good reason to get the changer from the dealer at the time of purchase is the warranty. Saab CD changers install by the dealer at the time of purchase are warranted by Saab for the full 4/50 time period. Install that CD changer a month from now and it only has a 1yr/unlimited parts warranty. Install a third party CD and good luck. If it ruins anything else (ie frys the radio), you get to buy that too. Hope this helps, Steve Crowe, ASE CMAT/L1, Saab Qualified Tech On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 23:15:41 -0500, "kwbrewer" <kwbrewernopsams.com> wrote: >yes thats right ...it takes a special changer and it has to be programmed to >the car..... >BlairDavid wrote in message ><19981222151551.23588.00000109nopsam01.aol.com>... >> >>In article <75gh38$838$1nopsamer.news.rcn.net>, "kwbrewer" ><kwbrewernopsams.com> >>writes: >> >>> >>>the cd changer has to be "married" to the car using the saab tech II. >>>so only the saab cd changer will work in the 9.5 kwbrewer >> >>Are you saying that this is NOT like the 900's were where you could just >drop >>in the Clarion changer??? > >

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