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Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 23:58:15 GMT
From: sjcrowenopsams.com (Steve Crowe)
Subject: Re: Question for Steve Crowe (was Re: CD changer for 9-5)


Chris, I will have to check for sure, but I don't think they will interchange. I know that the disk are held differently. I will have to check the catalog when I get back to work on Monday. Steve Crowe, ASE CMAT/L1, Saab Qualified Level Tech, On Fri, 25 Dec 1998 15:40:48 -0500, "Chris Thurrott" <scullynopsamltranet.com> wrote: >Thanks for the info Steve. > >My question is this. Does the changer for the 9-3's and 9-5's take the same >CD cartridge as the old changer? (You know, the part that actually holds >the 6 cd's) I ask because I have a '96 900 with a Clarion CDC-635 and plan >on augmenting it with a 9-3 in a couple years. I want to know if I should >put any money into buying extra CD cartridges or if they'll be useless in >the new car? > >Thanks > >Chris >This message was sent by either: >Chris Thurrott _or_ Kris D'Anci >scully at ma dot ultranet dot com >remove "nospam" from our e-mail address to send a reply > >---------- >In article <3681c6f7.872628nopsam.erols.com>, sjcrowenopsams.com (Steve Crowe) >wrote: > > >>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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