Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 03:29:44 GMT From: scrowenopsamink.net (Steve Crowe) Subject: Re: Compatible CD Changer for '99 Saab 9-5
On Mon, 19 Aug 2002 02:19:22 GMT, "Blafusel" <blafnopsaml.com> wrote: >I checked the Saab website and they want $500 for a Saab 9-5 CD Changer. >Are there any compatible products available, or, an adapter to use some >other changer? $500 just feels a bit steep! > > If you want to use the controls on the factory radio, you must use the Saab CD changer. The interface to the car's interior data bus (I bus) is not available from any other manufacturer. You could use a generic CD changer that outputs RF. You tune you car radio to an unused station on FM and play it that way. The downside is you have a seperate controller for the CD changer. If you do go for the Saab unit. You can install it yourself, but you will need a Tech II to marry the CD changer to the car. This would require a trip to the dealer or an Indy. They may or may not charge you for this service. Installation on a 9-5 sedan is not to bad for a DIY. The station wagon is lot tougher because the LR interior panel has to removed and modified. Some of the 9-5s where shipped without the connector for the CD changer in the rear, but I believe it was late 00 or early 01 models, so you should be OK there. Good luck, Steve Crowe, ASE CMAT/L1, ex-Saab Master Tech Harpers Ferry, WV scrowenopsamink.net
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