I bought my 1997 SC2 brand new with the factory stereo and equalizer package, but I didn't have the CD-changer installed until about a year later.
Now, the CD changer is starting to have trouble detecting discs. It loads the disc, and after a couple of seconds, the display simply says "Err" on it for about 5 seconds, and then it loads the next disc. I assume it means that there was an error detecting the CD. It used to be intermittent, but now is getting more and more common. The discs I'm using are factory pressed, not CD-Rs.
Sometimes, if I let it keep changing discs over and over again, eventually it will be able to read a disc. Once it starts to read a CD, it seems to be OK for the duration of the ride.
I have tried a cleaning disc to see if it's a dirty lens, but that didn't seem to help. This problem started showing up last summer, and completely disappeared during the cold winter months. Now that it's warming up, it's back, so I figure it's heat related.
Has anyone else had any such trouble with their CD-changer?
Here is the crazy thing: I have spliced an aux input into the audio lines that go from the changer to the stereo, so I can plug my PDA into it and listen to MP3s. Well, the stupid factory head unit MUTES the audio until it gets a disc-good signal from the changer, so I can't even listen to mp3s.
Any advice? The CD-Changer was rather expensive, and wasn't even very solid (it would skip when I was turning). I would rather not buy another one of the same model. Is there any other brand of changer that would work in the Saturn, and still be direct-wired audio (rather than that RF modulated crap)?
Thanks.
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