[s-cars] Ray Tomlinson in need of CD changer assistance on the road

[bob.rossato at att.net]

Yup.  Sounds like Ray did essentially that, though all the discs were still in
the cartridge.  Got cartridge out, reassembled housing and all seems to be
working fine.  Crisis averted.

I don't know about the Bee Gees tape but I hear that Hap called Ray on his cell
phone to serenade him with Hawaiian songs.  Apparently Hap keeps a ukulele in
the cockpit of the 767 for just such an occasion.

Bob

> Bob writes:
> >
> >
> > Fellow S-car owner Ray Tomlinson is on the road to Watkins Glen and is in
> > dire need of assistance from the audiophiles on the list.  His CD changer
> > has refused to work for the past 311 miles and Ray is about to shoot
> > himself.  Apparently there is a dearth of music choices on the airwaves in
> > central NY.  Ray has a '95.5 S6 with the wide face Delta radio and Alpine
> > based 6 disc changer.  He gets a CD 00 ERR message on the radio
> > display.  He can not eject the cartridge.  The eject button is not lit as
> it
> > normally is.
> > He has tried disconnecting and reconnecting the changer harness.
> > He said he thinks he has power to the connector because he can hear a pop
> through the
> > speakers when he reconnects.
>
> Sorry I'm responding late to this, but I just saw the message.
>
> I had the same problem with my changer ('95.5 S6 avant) and was able to
> clear the error.
>
> Remove the unit from the car. Remove the external housing that covers the
> guts of the player.
>
> There is probably a disk in the unit. Manually eject the disk...there's a
> swingarm near the top/back of the unit that will allow you to do so. (I'm
> doing this from memory, which is shot).
>
> Once that disk is out and you are able to manually exercise the loading
> mechanism, the unit will work properly.
>
> Reinstall the external case, reinstall the unit back in the vehicle, turn on
> the power and verify use.
>
> Hope Ray enjoyed the Country & Western music in upstate NY. Course he
> probably stopped in Utica and bought some Bee Gees on tape :)
>
> HTH,
>
> Lee
> '95.5 S6 avant
> '96 A6 quattro avant