I have read a number of posts about problems with the OEM stereos in Explorers, but I haven't seen this one yet.
A friend of mine has an '01 F250 that he bought a new aftermarket stereo for. He gave me the OEM 6 CD in-dash stereo he took out. I used it to replace the Ford CD/Cassette player in my '01 Explorer XLT.
Everything seemed to work fine except... the CD player says "slots full" and shows 1-6 in the display under the volume bar. Well there are no CD's in the player and if you try and eject it shows "initializing" on the display then says "CD Error". Tried it a dozen different ways and just can't get it to clear itself.
I have pulled it out and disconnected the wires, but no difference. By the way it sat on a shelf in my garage for a couple weeks and I was suprised to see that all my friend's station presets are still in the radio. How's it do that?
Anyway, if anyone has an idea how I can fix this I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
Larry