The impossible Clarion radio/CD player

muffindell · Post by **muffindell** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:24 am

I have a stupid Clarion radio/CD player, the CD player works when it feels like it (like alot of people I know!). The stupid thing is that it will ALWAYS plays the cleaning cd without fail, but rarely normal original perfectly clean CD's - any clues guys?

Mat

muffindell · Post by **muffindell** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:31 pm

I'm surprised no one as a view on this...

Post by **Welly** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:04 pm

To be honest, if a head unit fails you normally just go and replace it

they're cheap enough really and you can get an original one too from ebay or a decent breakers.

muffindell · Post by **muffindell** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:08 pm

trouble with that is I will need a stealer to recode it to my ecu

Post by **Welly** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:41 pm

Not heard that before

Post by **DaiRees** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:49 pm

Yeah he's right Welly, the D9 stereos are coded so that they only work in the car in which they are supplied, makes them anti-nickworthy. If you want to swap between cars you've got to get it re-coded to the new car.

Having said that I'm sure there are independant people who could do this for a fraction of the stealer cost, or you may be able to get hold of one that's been decoded.

The other option is to whip your stereo out and send it off to a specialist for repair.

muffindell · Post by **muffindell** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:55 pm

any repair dudes you can recommend?

Post by **DaiRees** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:59 pm

Nah it's been a long long time since I needed such a person mate. Try yell.com or google.