[V8] CD Deck

[Charlie Smith]

Earlier, Buchholz, Steven wrote:
> 
> I am not familiar with the system for the 4.2 cars ... but I'm pretty sure
> that the system is the same as that for the earlier cars.  Another somewhat
> crucial piece of info is whether or not your car has the antennae in the
> windshields ("diversity" system) or a single whip.  Now that I am thinking
> about it, you may have a Bose Gamma instead of the Delta unit that cars like
> my '91 have.  In either case, I do not believe that either deck had the CD
> controller integrated into the head unit itself ... 
> 
> IMO/E there was nothing special about the factory changer ... it was a
> fairly common RF modulated unit with a wired control unit.  The things that
> are unique (at least IME and here in the USA) are the coaxial connectors
> that are used, and the fact that the changer needs to switch two antennae
> off when the changer is active.  Strangely enough, I've never had a chance
> to spend "quality time" looking at the stock installation or using the
> changer, but it is my understanding that you must sacrifice an FM preset for
> the changer as well ... i.e. it is pretty much a standard RF changer.  
  

Having a '95 S6 and having had a '93 4.2L V8 I can tell you that the
radios and 10 disk CD changers are the same in both cars.  The Bose
radio head has a button (MODE) to select CD use, and then the CD disk # 
and track # show up in the dashboard readout.  This does not use a radio 
preset and AFAIK does not have anything to do with the radio antenna.

There are buttons on the radio head that change disks up or down, and 
the casette tape forward / reverse buttons will change the track
being played.

This 10 disk CD changer is the same as a Sony 10 disk changer, with the
exception that the Audi 10 disk changer has an adapter box on the bottom
(about the size of a pack of cards), that accepts the round plug from the CD
changer and it has a socket for the rectangular plug from the car's wiring
harness.

The 95.5 S6 went to the Delta radio, along with other changes that were
part of the changes on a '96 A6, like changing the rear differential
lock to Electronic Traction Control in the rear, and there were changes
to the window control mechanisms.  This 95.5 S6 had a 6 disk CD changer
that is not interchangable with the 10 disk systems.

    - Charlie


  Charlie Smith   charlie at elektro.cmhnet.org  614-471-1418  
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