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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: nick v6 on 30 January 2009, 18:59:22

Title: disc changer problem
Post by: nick v6 on 30 January 2009, 18:59:22

my disc changer has packed up
not sure why

it started if i hit a bump in the road all the sound used to go to just the 1 side of the car

then if i pressed a button to change the disc number it would not find the disc
so i replaced all the cds and put brand new originals in each of them
and it wont even read any of them

any ideas
cant do much due to health so i hope it can be a easy job to sort

ann said to change the radio altogether and get the 1's with the sd card slot saves on having so many cd's about the boot of the car

Title: Re: disc changer problem
Post by: vauxfan2k on 30 January 2009, 19:02:51

If its the philips DC012 (going by your profile) then the laser will be fubar'd due to excess play of cd-r's  Dave DND explained this to before somewhere, but the laser knackers itself trying to focus on the cdr data as its written differently to genuine discs.

As philips no longer exist their parts dept no longer produce parts for this changer, so Im afraid you will have to find a direct replacement, or go that other route ann said

 :y

Title: Re: disc changer problem
Post by: nick v6 on 30 January 2009, 19:05:26

cheers for that :y

if i was to do what ann says how bad will it affect the clock in the dash

where the radio staion normaly is will that just show the date all the time or will changing the radio mess the whole lot up

Title: Re: disc changer problem
Post by: vauxfan2k on 30 January 2009, 19:15:09

afaik, it just goes blank in that section when the radio is on, and shows the date as normal when the radio is off. thats how it behaved when I had my JVC unit in.

 ;)

Title: Re: disc changer problem
Post by: nick v6 on 30 January 2009, 19:19:03

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afaik, it just goes blank in that section when the radio is on, and shows the date as normal when the radio is off. thats how it behaved when I had my JVC unit in.

 ;)

is there no way of linking a wire so it shows the date when the radio is on instead of it going blank

Title: Re: disc changer problem
Post by: vauxfan2k on 30 January 2009, 19:22:21

if i remember right you need to cut a wire, but cant remember which one, and I ont have the car anymore that I did it to, maybe dave will know

Title: Re: disc changer problem
Post by: nick v6 on 30 January 2009, 19:27:49

im sure someone will post a note just to give a clue on what to do and what not to

Title: Re: disc changer problem
Post by: vauxfan2k on 30 January 2009, 19:32:01

I have 3 changers here, all of which were perfect when I removed them from the cars I broke, but when I tested them a couple of weeks ago, they all did the a strange thing. they would select the tracks/discs perfectly but play them like a scratchy record, so thinking its dust from sitting in he garage, or my head unit.  :-/

If it proves to tbe the headunit I will let you know and you can have one of them  :y

Title: Re: disc changer problem
Post by: nick v6 on 30 January 2009, 19:34:25

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I have 3 changers here, all of which were perfect when I removed them from the cars I broke, but when I tested them a couple of weeks ago, they all did the a strange thing. they would select the tracks/discs perfectly but play them like a scratchy record, so thinking its dust from sitting in he garage, or my head unit.  :-/

If it proves to tbe the headunit I will let you know and you can have one of them  :y

ok thanks
let me know how you get on :y

Title: Re: disc changer problem
Post by: MutantCav on 30 January 2009, 20:02:07

I have 8 head units and 2 changers here, all working fine...allgoing dead cheap :)

Title: Re: disc changer problem
Post by: nick v6 on 30 January 2009, 20:04:57

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I have 8 head units and 2 changers here, all working fine...allgoing dead cheap :)

my head unit is fine just the changer thats the problem

wat sort of price you looking