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[Omegadoha, Desert Member]

I retrieved my car pass details from vauxhall over the summer which contains my radio code. This radio code matches the code on the CCRT 2008 unit in the car. Its just that in my car I found a manual for another unit the CAR 2004 which someone has hand written the code on.

I just wanted to check that the CCRT 2008 will be the original unit because the radio code matches the one on the car pass. Are these units interchangeable?

[TheBoy]

I retrieved my car pass details from vauxhall over the summer which contains my radio code. This radio code matches the code on the CCRT 2008 unit in the car. Its just that in my car I found a manual for another unit the CAR 2004 which someone has hand written the code on.

I just wanted to check that the CCRT 2008 will be the original unit because the radio code matches the one on the car pass. Are these units interchangeable?

Usually, the carpass says radio type and code,
eg:

Radio 2008/xxxx (where xxxx is code)

Radios are generally interchangable.

[Omegadoha, Desert Member]

My car Pass only has one radio code on and it works with my current radio the CCRT 2008. So surely this has to be the original one. Please let it be.  :-?

[TheBoy]

My car Pass only has one radio code on and it works with my current radio the CCRT 2008. So surely this has to be the original one. Please let it be.  :-?

Likely to be, else dealer has officially changed radio and updated GM's central database.

But, does it matter?

[Dave DND]

It sounds as though you have a handbook in the glovebox for a different stereo. Don`t quite see the problem here?

 :-/

However, here is a quick fix.

1: Open Glovebox
2: Locate manual that covers the radio that is not fitted to your car.
3: Remove said manual and offer to someone who can make use of it.
4: Close glovebox

Follow those instructions, and not only will your problem have gone away, but from what I can make out from your original comments, you will be left with the correct working car pass for your stereo.

 

[Dave DND]

I retrieved my car pass details from vauxhall over the summer which contains my radio code. This radio code matches the code on the CCRT 2008 unit in the car. Its just that in my car I found a manual for another unit the CAR 2004 which someone has hand written the code on.

I just wanted to check that the CCRT 2008 will be the original unit because the radio code matches the one on the car pass. Are these units interchangeable?

Others may be able to answer this one better than I can,

but if a vehicle came down the production line with a CAR2004 originally fitted, would a CCRT2008 have been offered as a dealership upgrade from new?  It would explain the working car pass, the accurate (Ahem!) GM database, and the fact that the old manual was still in the glovebox?

 :-/

[TheBoy]

pretty certain the facelift audio manual i have covers all the 20xx radios in the range  :-/

[Omegadoha, Desert Member]

It sounds as though you have a handbook in the glovebox for a different stereo. Don`t quite see the problem here?

 :-/

However, here is a quick fix.

1: Open Glovebox
2: Locate manual that covers the radio that is not fitted to your car.
3: Remove said manual and offer to someone who can make use of it.
4: Close glovebox

Follow those instructions, and not only will your problem have gone away, but from what I can make out from your original comments, you will be left with the correct working car pass for your stereo.

 

Thank you for your comments.   But thats no way to talk to a potential customer.  

The reason why I was getting so paranoid is becasue I have a couple of issues with my existing CCRT 2008, i.e no light and CD jammed. I have purchased a replacement from ebay which hopefully I can pick up in December, when I am back in the country. But then it occured to me that the CCRT 2008 might have not been the original and therefore I might expereince similar problems again.

But obviously the CCRT 2008 must be the original as there is a built in microphone at the courtesy light.

So thanks for putting my mind at rest anyway, enough said and matter closed.  8-)

I hope I don't get booked for timewasting.  

[Marks DTM Calib]

I retrieved my car pass details from vauxhall over the summer which contains my radio code. This radio code matches the code on the CCRT 2008 unit in the car. Its just that in my car I found a manual for another unit the CAR 2004 which someone has hand written the code on.

I just wanted to check that the CCRT 2008 will be the original unit because the radio code matches the one on the car pass. Are these units interchangeable?

Others may be able to answer this one better than I can,

but if a vehicle came down the production line with a CAR2004 originally fitted, would a CCRT2008 have been offered as a dealership upgrade from new?  It would explain the working car pass, the accurate (Ahem!) GM database, and the fact that the old manual was still in the glovebox?

 :-/

The answer to this would be no, the CCRT2008 requires a number of additions that are not part of the standard loom.

[TheBoy]

It sounds as though you have a handbook in the glovebox for a different stereo. Don`t quite see the problem here?

 :-/

However, here is a quick fix.

1: Open Glovebox
2: Locate manual that covers the radio that is not fitted to your car.
3: Remove said manual and offer to someone who can make use of it.
4: Close glovebox

Follow those instructions, and not only will your problem have gone away, but from what I can make out from your original comments, you will be left with the correct working car pass for your stereo.

 

Thank you for your comments.   But thats no way to talk to a potential customer.  

The reason why I was getting so paranoid is becasue I have a couple of issues with my existing CCRT 2008, i.e no light and CD jammed. I have purchased a replacement from ebay which hopefully I can pick up in December, when I am back in the country. But then it occured to me that the CCRT 2008 might have not been the original and therefore I might expereince similar problems again.

But obviously the CCRT 2008 must be the original as there is a built in microphone at the courtesy light.

So thanks for putting my mind at rest anyway, enough said and matter closed.  8-)

I hope I don't get booked for timewasting.  

If your CCRT2008 is functionally working, esp wrt phone, the replacement will just slot in fine.

Knacked CD units in the GM 20xx range of stereos are common - yours sounds like a simple failure

[Dave DND]

I retrieved my car pass details from vauxhall over the summer which contains my radio code. This radio code matches the code on the CCRT 2008 unit in the car. Its just that in my car I found a manual for another unit the CAR 2004 which someone has hand written the code on.

I just wanted to check that the CCRT 2008 will be the original unit because the radio code matches the one on the car pass. Are these units interchangeable?

Others may be able to answer this one better than I can,

but if a vehicle came down the production line with a CAR2004 originally fitted, would a CCRT2008 have been offered as a dealership upgrade from new?  It would explain the working car pass, the accurate (Ahem!) GM database, and the fact that the old manual was still in the glovebox?

 :-/

The answer to this would be no, the CCRT2008 requires a number of additions that are not part of the standard loom.

Does that mean then that the CCRT2008 would have to be specified at purchase and the car built accordingly, and not available as a dealership upgrade?

 Omegadoha,
If you are replacing an existing CCRT2008 with a similar model, all you should need to do is plug it in and enter the code. The main board contains the important code number, meaning you can also swap the changer section or front panel over if your ebay find proves to be faulty also, or without code.