CD-Rs don't play in CD Changer 2k LS400 HELP!!
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Any double din unit will fit and a good radio shop can fabricate to cover the gaps on sides. Adapters do not exist but this can be overcome by a good shop. Correct me if I am wrong but I don't believe the factory amp works with aftermarket head unit. So, there definitely needs to be some rewiring but its not a huge deal.
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I was wondering if you had tried burned CD's that were burned on another computer i had this same issue in an old volvo and i was using my computer to burn my cd's which is11is a 1500$ gaming computer with a 6 year old cd burner. I burned one cd on my brothers new cheap lap top and it played fine in my volvo. I thnking behind this is using a new program with old hardware. I now drive a 99 LS 400 and have replaced the radio with aftermarket double din touchscreen. I had a shop do this and they had to do the wiring since there isn't a wiring harness and then do a amp bypass to wire the speakers up to bybass the amp and go straight to the new headunit. This added 2 to 3 hours of labor but i haggled them down for doing it all for 500$ and they had a sticker price of 369$ on the headunit. I feel that the sound was a little better with the aftermarket headunit because you can change alot more settings with it. Other than that you can try to find a used Stock headunit and replace the one you have now.
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My Celsior 98 once had a minor problem playing some CD-Rs. Although it didn't have any problem with CDs, some CD-Rs had intermittent no sound problem. The problem was mostly caused at inner tracks. Cleaning the lens using a cleaning CD improved some but it was not enough.
I tried to fix it rotating a tiny pot which was attached to the pick up unit for the gain control. I rotated it CW or CCW a little by little until most of CD-Rs and all CDs became OK to play. Still some are not fully OK but they are mostly old CD-Rs. I didn't remember precisely but the direction was CW and the angle 20 degrees or so.
I tried to fix it rotating a tiny pot which was attached to the pick up unit for the gain control. I rotated it CW or CCW a little by little until most of CD-Rs and all CDs became OK to play. Still some are not fully OK but they are mostly old CD-Rs. I didn't remember precisely but the direction was CW and the angle 20 degrees or so.
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