Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:11:35 GMT From: hohnospamlid.invalid (Goran Larsson) Subject: Re: Free CD Changer
In article <Xns956C6B3C6EE82fritzfriicomnospam17.128.40>, Gary Fritz <fritzxxxnospamrii.com> wrote: > Eric and I have been talking, trying to figure out if this thing will > fit in my '02 9-5 Aero. It will fit in the 9-5 for transportation purposes only. You will not be able to conenct it to the existing factory system and use it. > My concern is whether my console can talk to the changer. It's set up > to control the Saab-provided changer, but I don't know if it can talk > to this Clarion unit. The factory head unit expects the CD changer to be connected to one of the two CAN busses in the 9-5, the I-BUS. Furthermore it has, due to theft issues, to be married to the car using the TECH-2 diagnostics computer. > The Clarion uses something called > a "C-bus" -- anybody have any ideas how I could find out if this will > work with my car? > http://www.soundlabsgroup.com.au/canbus/can_interface.htm says the 9-5 > supports the CANBUS, aka C-bus. The Clarion C-bus is a proprietary bus used by Clarion for communications between Clarion head units and Clarion CD changers. It is not a CAN bus and it will not work with the factory Pioneer head unit in the 9-5. > But other sites imply only the 900 and > maybe the 9-3 can use the Clarion. The Clarion changer will work in the new generation Saab 900 with the factory Clarion head unit. It wil not work in the Saab 9-3 (old generation) as it uses the same CD changer as the 9-5. The only CD changer that will work in the Saab 9-3 and Saab 9-5 (without navigation system) is the Pioneer unit made specially for Saab. Info also on my webpage: < http://www.nospam.com/saab/faq_audio.shtml#cd > -- G–ran Larsson http://www.nospam.com/saab/
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