Another Cd Player Peculiarity

[Richard Fairhurst]

Pretty minor, I know, but... why is the random function on the CD player so rubbish?

It doesn't play in a random order - it's the same order every time. It always starts on track 2, then goes through a predefined order.

I drive far enough every day not to notice the restart-on-track-1 problem, but this one... grr.

[Maverick]

OK, at the risk if making myself look dimmer than usual, where is the Random feature on the CD. I know I should RTFM, but my excuse is I am over 3,000 miles from the car at the moment, but even a RAND function would be preferrable to Track 1 syndrome.

TIA,
Mav

(The only up side of being so far from the car is the weather is smashing here, hitting 28 degrees most days! :) )

[Richard Fairhurst]

Hold down the CD button until it says 'RND' - should take a couple of seconds.

[Maverick]

Thanks Richard, I shall have a play when I get home.

Mav

[Maverick]

Well, for the second time in two years I have had my CD player crash. It would take CDs in and spit them out, could select radio or CD, but cound not move forward or backwards on the tracks. It was the same on two different CDs (both originals, not CD-Rs), and switching the unit off and on made no difference.

Stopping the car, letting the power cycle to the player fixed the problem.

[pork_pie]

Mav

I hear that the reason why the CD players play up is because they are not earthed? Is this just confined to dashboard fitted players?

I had a problem with my old C3's player when selecting the radio after playing CD's, the unit did not retain the station setting but always set itself on "98.00"

I was tempted to replace it with the tape player that was standard on lesser trims and have the dashboard mounted CD multichanger. However at a cost of £600 for the whole set, it was a lot of money for a toy shop interior and furthermore I'd never get my money back.

The gripe was very frustrating and typically the garage was clueless in figuring the problem out.