[Biturbos4] CD Player Troubles

[John Koenig]

Audi isn't in the radio business.  For better or worse, radios go back to
the radio manufacturer and Audi tries to recover that cost directly.
John


----- Original Message -----
From: j y <jimnetpa at yahoo.com>
To: Quincy Chiang <quincy.chiang at globalte.com>; Russell Romano
<Russell_Romano at pmc-sierra.com>; BiturboS4 <biturbos4 at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 11:25 AM
Subject: RE: [Biturbos4] CD Player Troubles


> Good point..i had one of the "selection buttons" break while my Y2K was
under warranty..Did they dealer fix it?..hell no..they pulled the whole
unit..and dropped in a new one. If they did this for a broken button..no
way..will an Audi dealer tackle a radio problem that requires more effort!
>
>
> Quincy Chiang <quincy.chiang at globalte.com> wrote:
> I don't think they will or can fix this, they'll just order you a new head
unit.
>
> Quincy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell Romano [mailto:Russell_Romano at pmc-sierra.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:26 PM
> To: BiturboS4
> Subject: RE: [Biturbos4] CD Player Troubles
>
>
> Even if there was a code, they would refuse to do anything until there was
a hard persistent failure :)
>
> Electronic circuits are not foolproof (trust me I design them). It is
possible that a state machine in the auto-gain circuit of the laser reader
got confused trying to compensate for the CDR and locked up something. Then
you tried other discs and nothing worked (which they wouldn't if the circuit
was locked up). Once you power cycled everything reset and then it all
worked fine again.
>
> Keep an eye on it, but if it is not repetitive I wouldn't get too excited
about it. Especially if it happened while dealing with a CDR. If you have a
part that is going bad, it will do it again :)
>
> Also... when you go into the dealer and say "CDR" they will have an out.
The CD player in the car is just that.. a CD player. I'm not certain about
this, but I'd venture a guess that they don't make the claim that it will
play CDRs. If they don't say it will, and it plays CDs they may not fix it
even if there was a hard problem that arose from playing CDRs.
>
> Just me being cynical maybe... but I've been screwed by technicalities in
the past!
>
> -Russ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Bray [mailto:brayd at rogers.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:21 PM
> To: BiturboS4
> Subject: RE: [Biturbos4] CD Player Troubles
>
>
> Thanks Ti. Too bad ... I was hoping there'd be a quick fix.
>
> I don't have VAG-COM. Does anyone know how long the CD error codes will
> persist? That is, will they clear themselves after so many engine starts
or
> stereo starts or ...? Will the dealer be able to tell there *was* a
problem
> or will they have an excuse to do nothing until there's a hard, persistent
> failure?
>
> TIA,
> David
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ti Kan [mailto:ti at amb.org]
> > Sent: January 8, 2004 3:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] CD Player Troubles
> >
> >
> > David Bray writes:
> > > But seriously, any idea about whether a cleaning would work?
> >
> > The laser diode and lens should never need cleaning. Doing so is likely
> > going to jeopardize its alignment.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Biturbos4 mailing list
> Biturbos4 at www.audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/biturbos4
> _______________________________________________
> Biturbos4 mailing list
> Biturbos4 at www.audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/biturbos4
> _______________________________________________
> Biturbos4 mailing list
> Biturbos4 at www.audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/biturbos4
>
> ---------------------------------
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes
> _______________________________________________
> Biturbos4 mailing list
> Biturbos4 at www.audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/biturbos4