Re: quattro-digest V4 #100

[Nivi@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-01-15 21:38:39 EST, Mark Bassam Salem
<msalem@cs.utah.edu> posted: 

>Hi Everyone,
>
>I hope someone can help me:
>I just bought a 1994 Audi 100 CSQ 5-speed (to replace my 88 5000 CSTQ)
>with a factory 10-disc CD Changer.  Unfortunately, the CD magazine (the
>cartridge that holds the CDs) was missing.  The dealership wants to charge
>me $70 plus shipping, so I took it to a bunch of stereo shops trying to
>identify the manufacturer so as to find an off-the-shelf magazine.  One
>salesperson finally identified it as an "old Sony 10-disc"; we tried the
>magazine; it seemed to work for a few seconds, and then stopped working
>(all I hear now is a repetitive "click" on the sound system when I play a
>CD)...I'm trying to determine if the problem is the CD changer not being
>what we thought it was (i.e., I stupidly damaged it) or if the CD changer
>is simply not a Sony 10-disc...I hope someone out there can help me out!
>THANKS!
>
>   -Mark.

Hi Mark,

supposedly the 10 disc unit *is* a Sony unit, *maybe* has Blaupunkt
nomenclature on it....

but, I have the same symptoms with my Sony 10 disc CD changer - it jams too,
but that's after using the same cartridge for a long period of time, and it
has now deformed to the point where some of the CDs get jammed to the
horizontal walls of each individual compartment - that's posssibly what's
happening to yours....try using a *brand-new* cartridge, and it should
work....Sony cartridges retail at around $ 45.00...I haven't bought a new one
yet, as I just don't use mine anymore (in the Caprice)....

Hope this helps,

Dorab (nivi@aol.com)
1993 S4, minus changer - looking for one...
1990 CoupeQ
1986 Chevy Caprice, kicking bu** with brand-new GT+4's...