9-5 Radio Question

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rkr - 20 Jan 2007 13:29 GMT

I just bought a used 9-5, the radio worked but apparently the battery was
replaced and the changer did not work. Works fine now.

I just paid $50 to get my CD-Changer married to my dash unit. I'm told (By
the dealer) that anytime my battery dies or is disconnected, I need to get
this done. Can someone explain how this really works? If I want to service
something that requires the battery to be disconnected, I need to spend $50
to get the changer back? Will I have to get the dash unit reset also?

Thanks much,

Ron

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Fred W - 20 Jan 2007 14:01 GMT

> I just bought a used 9-5, the radio worked but apparently the battery was
> replaced and the changer did not work. Works fine now.
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> Ron

They have to use their proprietary Tech-2 device to communicate with the
modules and allow the head unit to adopt the CD Changer. But I don't
think this happens every timke you lose the battery, just if there have
been impulses. I could be wrong on that though...

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Andrew Sinclair - 20 Jan 2007 19:29 GMT

>I just paid $50 to get my CD-Changer married to my dash unit. I'm told (By
>the dealer) that anytime my battery dies or is disconnected, I need to get
>this done. Can someone explain how this really works? If I want to service
>something that requires the battery to be disconnected, I need to spend $50
>to get the changer back? Will I have to get the dash unit reset also?

Sounds like rubbish to me. As far as I'm aware, unlike the older radios
in the 900/9000 cars which had a PIN to enter every time the battery was
disconnected, with the 9-5 and 9-3, once the radio and changer is
married by Tech2 to the car it stays married and you can happily
disconnect the battery as many times as you want without having to visit
the dealer.

All the best,

Andy

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Christoph Kessler - 21 Jan 2007 22:46 GMT

Andrew Sinclair schrieb:

>> I just paid $50 to get my CD-Changer married to my dash unit. I'm
>> told (By
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> Andy

hi there,

i replaced my 9-5 tid3.0 battery two times right now without any
marriage between radio and cd-player ;-) and i had several times a
blackout of my battery without losing connection between radio an cd,
too. so pls feel free to do what u want to do with ur cars battery ;-))

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