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[fiend61]

When I've find mine in their safe place

usually find mine in ashtray   

but thats usually after i have put 2mm allen key in safe place 

[Quince99]

I said I'd report back when time permitted....

Have duly removed screws and head unit, which remained disconnected for about half an hour as it happened. Refitted the replacement CD changer then reconnected the head unit and powered it up.

Entered codes for radio and CD changer as requested on display then switched to CD - got NO MAGAZINE first up as I'd not filled it with CDs at this point. Put half a dozen random ones in and replaced in unit in boot. Repowered up radio and switched to CD and what did we get....

ERROR CDC

Does this now mean I have inadvertently Christmas-crackered the replacement set which was working prior to me getting my hands on it?  :-?

I'm extremely reluctant to buy yet another one (at upwards of £40 a throw) to have a repeat occurrence. Given that I cannot get the changers to work it also means I cannot sell them on as being in working order. Does this point to a more in-depth issue with the audio system and will an auto-electrician or audio specialist be able to accomplish anything that I haven't tried?

Taking it to Vauxhall is a definite no-no given the exorbitant costs involved (and VAT goes up in January  ) and I imagine that ripping out the entire audio system and replacing it with aftermarket kit is not going to prove cost-effective. Given these scenarios then I think once the weather improves - July perhaps - it'll be time for a float on ebay....

[Dave DND]

Hmm . . .

I have a suspicion that your replacement changer may be FUBAR

Unlikely to be anything you have done though.

 

[TheBoy]

I said I'd report back when time permitted....

Have duly removed screws and head unit, which remained disconnected for about half an hour as it happened. Refitted the replacement CD changer then reconnected the head unit and powered it up.

Entered codes for radio and CD changer as requested on display then switched to CD - got NO MAGAZINE first up as I'd not filled it with CDs at this point. Put half a dozen random ones in and replaced in unit in boot. Repowered up radio and switched to CD and what did we get....

ERROR CDC

Does this now mean I have inadvertently Christmas-crackered the replacement set which was working prior to me getting my hands on it?  :-?

I'm extremely reluctant to buy yet another one (at upwards of £40 a throw) to have a repeat occurrence. Given that I cannot get the changers to work it also means I cannot sell them on as being in working order. Does this point to a more in-depth issue with the audio system and will an auto-electrician or audio specialist be able to accomplish anything that I haven't tried?

Taking it to Vauxhall is a definite no-no given the exorbitant costs involved (and VAT goes up in January  ) and I imagine that ripping out the entire audio system and replacing it with aftermarket kit is not going to prove cost-effective. Given these scenarios then I think once the weather improves - July perhaps - it'll be time for a float on ebay....

maybe I should sell my spare!

[Quince99]

The last two that I've seen on ebay that would fit mine (with 321 as last set of numbers) have been priced at £40 and £50 plus postage costs (usually a tenner or so).

Bearing in mind if yours works then I'd come down to Northants to fit it into mine and see if we can get the flaming thing to work and if - after 3 changers - then it has to be something else amiss with my system.

EDIT:
Both the unit that came with my car (presumably the original) and the replacement unit I purchased have had final digits reading 321 of the 10-digit sequence on the side label. Recently I noted on a parts website

http://www.ccpip.org/800/service/partno.html

that their listing for the CCRT700 reads 320 as the final digits.

Is anyone able to clarify this please in case I've bought the wrong model based on an incorrect model being fitted to the car prior to my ownership? The car is a 1999 mini-facelift (on V-plate) 3.0 Elite saloon auto.

[Dave DND]

Whats the 10 digit part no of the head unit, and I will have a look

[Quince99]

Whats the 10 digit part no of the head unit, and I will have a look

There are lots of numbers on this 

There are these that I can see but nothing seems to be 10-digits:

No: 90 566 805 (rear label)

GM1700X1015985 (stamped into side casing)

S30880-S1000-A100-1 (on Siemens label)

There are also three numbers under barcodes which look way longer than 10 digits.

These are not, I feel, the right numbers - where else should I be looking?

[Dave DND]

Ok, the CDC2 changer I think(?) you need is a

7 607 797 321


P.S. the parts website you linked to is far from complete. It only shows 2 variants of CDC2 when I am aware of at least 11 different ones

[Quince99]

Dave - these are indeed the numbers I have on both CDCs - my replacement from ebay and the one that came with the car.

I also noticed in FAQ section:

"The units have a two digit ID on them as follows:

FA - Suitable for all radios that do no have Phone function

FC - Only suitable for radios with phone function (i.e. CCRT700) "

Given that I have the latter arrangement, I would be looking for FC code I imagine... however the replacement model has FD as does the original that came with the vehicle and is listed on the CarPass (presumably the original Vx item when new).

[Dave DND]

Sorry, I have absolutely no faith in the so called two digit ID system you have mentioned - I have found it to be very inconsistant over the years, so rather than rely on anything like that created by the Vx guys, I personally only rely on the 10 digit number previously mentioned that came directly from Blaupunkt, the manufacturers of the Changers.

[Quince99]

Thank you Dave DND for all your help in this matter. A further complication - that I don't need - is that the ebay seller has refused a refund for the defective CDC that I purchased from them. I am extremely reluctant to buy another one in case the same occurs.

An unrelated straw - as in camel's back - is that my new battery has now died... Having not used the car over Christmas (nowhere to go really!) and very little during the snow and ice preceding that I now find that it won't start after probably no more than a fortnight's non-use. Have to say my previous car (Cougar V6) remained unused/unstarted for months at a time - literally - and would always fire up when needed.

Naturally I'm not going to buy another battery but once the weather improves - about February probably - then I'll wash and polish the car and advertise on ebay and a few other classified sites. I don't for one moment expect to make back anywhere near the £1300 I paid so will be embarking upon banger territory no doubt (see below).

These niggles - CD changer, driver's non-heated seat, battery draining when left - are things I don't need and given the cost of the last service and £80 on petrol for a trip to Essex  this car has become far more costly than I expected. What I need is a car that needs no work doing and simply needs cleaning and filling with petrol every three months - so it'll probably be a toss up between Lego or Toyota...