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For 1990-2009 cars only

With the compact disc changer, you can play up to six discs continuously. Normal size discs may be played using the trays supplied in the magazine. The smaller discs (8 cm) can be played only with specially designed trays.


Object Number: 808379  Size: B3

You must first load the magazine with discs before you can play a compact disc. Each of the six trays holds one disc.

Load the trays from bottom to top, placing a disc in the tray label side up. If you load a disc label side down, the disc will not play and an error will occur. Repeat this procedure for loading up to six discs in the magazine.


Object Number: 811621  Size: B3

Once you have loaded the discs into the magazine, slide the CD changer door open. Push the magazine into the changer in the direction of the arrow marked on top of the magazine.


Object Number: 808381  Size: B3

Close the door by sliding it all the way to the right. When the door is closed, the changer will begin checking for discs in the magazine. This will continue for up to one and a half minutes, depending on the number of discs loaded. You may hear noise, but this is normal. The CD changer is initializing.

To eject the magazine from the player, slide the CD changer door all the way open. Press the EJECT button, located inside of the changer door, and the magazine will eject. Remember to keep the door closed whenever possible to keep dirt and dust from getting inside the changer.

To eject CDs from the magazine, you must push the RELEASE switch on the bottom of the magazine to release the CDs.

Press the CD hard key to access the six-disc CD changer screen. You can also use the system's DVD player for single CD play once the map DVD is removed. See "CD/DVD Player" later in this section for more information.

If no CD is loaded in the CD/DVD Player and you press the CD hard key, the message "No CD loaded" will appear on the display.

CD Changer Screen


Object Number: 811743  Size: B4

Once you access the CD changer screen, you can select one of the numbered buttons to go from one compact disc to another among those loaded in the CD changer and use the arrows to rewind or fast forward through the disc selected.

The following features are also available from this screen:

    • RANDOM DISC or RANDOM ALL ,
    • SCAN TRACKS or SCAN DISCS ,
    • and REPEAT TRACK or REPEAT DISC.

The numbered buttons, 1 through 6, represent the order of the discs loaded in the changer. If there are only two CDs loaded, only buttons 1 and 2 will be available to choose from.

(Play): Touch this button to begin playing a CD.

RANDOM DISC:  Touch this button to hear the tracks in random, rather than sequential order on the disc selected. Press the TUNE/SEEK hard key to randomly seek through the tracks on this disc. Touch RANDOM DISC again to turn off random play mode.

SCAN TRACKS: Touch this button to hear the first 10 seconds of each track on the selected disc. Touch this button again to stop scanning. The CD will mute while scanning.

REPEAT TRACK: Touch this button to repeat the track on the selected disc. Touch this button again to turn off the REPEAT TRACK mode.

(Rewind): Touch this button to rewind quickly through a track selection.

(Pause): Touch this button to pause CD play. Touch it again to resume play or touch the play button.

RANDOM ALL:  Touch this button to hear the tracks on all of the discs in the CD changer in random, rather than sequential order. Press the TUNE/SEEK hard key while RANDOM ALL is on to randomly seek within that disc. Touch RANDOM ALL again to turn off random mode.

SCAN DISCS:  Touch this button to hear the first 10 seconds of first track on each disc. Touch this button again to stop scanning. The CD will mute while scanning.

REPEAT DISC:  Touch this button to repeat the selected disc. Touch REPEAT DISC again to turn off the REPEAT DISC mode.

(Forward): Touch this button to fast forward quickly through a track selection.

TUNE SEEK : Press the up arrow to seek to the next selection on the compact disc. If playing the last track of the disc, pressing the up arrow will seek to the first track of the next disc. Press the down arrow to seek to the previous selection on the compact disc. If playing the first track of the disc, pressing the down arrow will seek to the last track on the selected disc. The sound will mute while seeking.

RDS (Radio Data Systems): See "Radio Data Systems (RDS)" listed previously for information on this button.

SOUND: See "Sound Menu (Tone, DSP, Fade and Balance)" earlier in this section for information on this button.

DSP (Digital Signal Processing): See "Adjusting the Speakers" listed previously for information on this button.

CD Changer Errors

CD ERROR could be displayed for the following:

    • The road is too rough. The disc should play when the road is smoother.
    • The disc is dirty, scratched, wet or not loaded label side up.
    • The air is very humid. If so, wait about an hour and try again.

If any error occurs repeatedly or if an error cannot be corrected, please contact your dealer. If your audio system displays an error number, write it down and provide this information to your dealer when reporting the problem.

See "Glovebox-Mounted CD Changer" in your vehicle's owner manual for more information.