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Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 15:40:48 -0500
From: "Chris Thurrott" <scullynopsamltranet.com>
Subject: Question for Steve Crowe (was Re: CD changer for 9-5)


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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