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I have a Clarion ProAudio DC625 6-disk CD Changer up for granbs. It came out of my totalled 1995 Saab 900. (How a Mazda Miata can total a Saab

900 is still a bit confusing to me. :-) It was only used about three months and it is in great shape.

If you have a CD-Changer-ready Saab, i.e., it already has CD controls on the stereo unit and therefore is pre-wired for a CD changer, then you can have this changer.

BUT, you have to make sure it will fit your particular model and you need to make sure you have the cable already installed because I do not have a cable. My Saab had everything I needed except the CD changer so it was easy to hook up.

If you want to check the compatibility with your Saab, I recommend going to Crutchfield

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click "What fits my car?" on the left and enter your car information then select the " Factory Compatible OEM CD Changers" option. If the result comes up as Clarion ProAudio DC625 then you're in luck.

I have the mounting brackets, though Crutchfield told me I would do just as well with some Velcro tape (and they were right), and I have an extra

6-disk cartridge. I also have the installation/owners manual.

If you want to see a photo, go to

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Why am I doing this? These are going for nothing on eBay (and I don't have the cable anyway) and I would much rather give this to a fellow Saab enthusiast than spend a lot of effort for a few bucks.

If want this and you pay the shipping, I'll gladly send it. If you live in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina, you can come get it.

If you have any questions, send an email to snipped-for-privacy@nc.rr.com.

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EO
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Eric and I have been talking, trying to figure out if this thing will fit in my '02 9-5 Aero. Physically I don't think it's any problem. He had it velcro'd to the carpet in his trunk; I have a wagon so there's lots of room back there.

My concern is whether my console can talk to the changer. It's set up to control the Saab-provided changer, but I don't know if it can talk to this Clarion unit. The Crutchfield site is no help since they apparently have never checked a 9-5. The Clarion uses something called a "C-bus" -- anybody have any ideas how I could find out if this will work with my car? If it can, does it have to be "married" to the control head by a Tech II?

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says the 9-5 supports the CANBUS, aka C-bus. But other sites imply only the 900 and maybe the 9-3 can use the Clarion. Thanks for any pointers!

Gary

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Gary Fritz

It will fit in the 9-5 for transportation purposes only. You will not be able to conenct it to the existing factory system and use it.

The factory head unit expects the CD changer to be connected to one of the two CAN busses in the 9-5, the I-BUS. Furthermore it has, due to theft issues, to be married to the car using the TECH-2 diagnostics computer.

The Clarion C-bus is a proprietary bus used by Clarion for communications between Clarion head units and Clarion CD changers. It is not a CAN bus and it will not work with the factory Pioneer head unit in the 9-5.

The Clarion changer will work in the new generation Saab 900 with the factory Clarion head unit. It wil not work in the Saab 9-3 (old generation) as it uses the same CD changer as the 9-5.

The only CD changer that will work in the Saab 9-3 and Saab 9-5 (without navigation system) is the Pioneer unit made specially for Saab.

Info also on my webpage: <

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Goran Larsson

I was afraid of that. Ohwell. Thanks, Göran!

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Gary Fritz

I imagine that even a Trabant (made of plasticised cardboard, to go by reports) could flatten a Saab, if dropped from high enough. ;-)

-- Andrew Stephenson

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Andrew Stephenson

EO:

I will take it and gladly pay the shipping. I have '97-900 and mine (second one) is in serious trouble.

Let me know if I'm the winner, Bob

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Retro Bob

It's gone! It found a happy home in Atlanta. Thanks.

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EO

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