dacia

Hi all,

MY2000, W210 with Command, Navigation, fiber optic, no telephone.
The in-trunk CD changer was kind of skipping for a while when driving over bumps, but yesterday died completely. Get the message "Please check the disk" for each tray it checks for CD presence and then tells me that it doesn't have any CDs in it even though there are 12 loaded. I tried factory CDs and home made, same result. I removed the unit, well at least unbolted it and swiveled it around, removed the fiber optic cable and reinserted it. No change in response. Anyone has any ideas what to do? I searched and couldn't find any solution, lots of hits and misses but no real solution.

Thanks,

Alex

RichardM98

This might be of some help --

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/w210...air-guide.html

Good luck.

dacia

Thank you. I've tried that already but no success. I will unplug the power cable and reset the changer (I should have done that yesterday), see if that helps.

Alex

Vrodman

12 CD's ? I didn't know they made a changer for more than 6. Anyway, I'm in the same boat with my 6-disk version. This symptom of not seeing any CD's or giving "Empty Magazine" error message is basically the message of death unfortunately. It's not all bad though as there is a guy on Ebay with username "lenny8410" that repairs these for a flat rate with a 90 day warranty. For my MC3198 (6-disk version) it's $139. A lot cheaper than buying a new one. Also, I can tell you that a lot of the used units sold on Ebay are sold by less than reputable characters so be carefull. I have had to return 2 that were DOA!! I am going to give this lenny guy a shot on mine. Hopefully he's one of the credible guys. Good luck with yours.

Benzalot

A good auto radio repair shop can rebuild it for a couple of hundred dollars or you can purchase a new OME one from Performance Products for a little more.

The heat in the trunk plus the vibrations from being directly over the rear wheels is rather hard on them.

Tacjam

I have 6 cd changer that I pulled out of my 2000 E55, I never had any problems with it. My car only has 35k on it. If your interested in buying it drop me a PM....I think 150+shipping is fair. The reason I pulled it out, I ungraded my stereo with an Alpine system.

Jim