[s-cars] Sony CD Changer Trivia

[Bob Rossato]

> Having only (finally) acquired an OEM CD changer for my 93 carbon
> fibre,  I was a bit annoyed to find that when I turned the head unit off
> while a CD was playing, when it was turned back on it went back to the
> beginning of the track.  This is fine if you like that song but
> otherwise you have to skip (fast forward to the next track) and miss the
> last part of the track in question.

Yup, this is a bit of an annoying trait.  I have a Dave Brubeck CD that has
a 16 minute version of Take Five on it.  Since I mostly take short trips,
and I like the song, and I'm too lazy to hit the skip button, that song can
sometimes be playing for weeks in my car until I finally have the
opportunity to drive the car for more than 16 minutes at a stretch.

> I played with the changer on the
> way home last night and discovered that if you press the Mode button
> (putting the head unit back to RADIO) before turning the head unit off,
> when you turn the head unit back on and then hit MODE, the CD changer
> returns (after a pause) to the same position in the track that was
> playing before MODE was hit the first time.  Nothing earth shattering
> like a way to a free 10 hp but interesting (well, okay, maybe only to me
> but...)

If you shut off in the radio mode after switching from CD, it will retain
the position of the CD for a short period of time, a minute or two at best.
But after that it will revert to the beginning of the track.  Switching
between modes while the radio is on will always retain the position of the
track, it's only after you shut down the radio that it goes to the beginning
of the track.  I haven't played around with switching back and forth between
modes multiple times after turning it back on though, so I'll have to try it
out.

Bob