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  1. #1 What head unit goes with factory CD changer? 
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    Hello,
    I recently bought a 97 SE and found that it had a factory CD changer in the trunk. I've never seen one with a factory changer before. After searching the local junk yard, i was unable to find any with the changer... The car currently has a regular tape deck head unit in it that doesn't light up or do anything. I want to find the correct head unit that is supposed to go with the CD changer but I don't know what to look for. So far Ive seen a tape deck unit, a CD unit, and one that has a CD with an equalizer. Could someone who has a changer in the trunk please post a picture of your head unit so maybe i can look for and find one in the junk yard?
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    the tape deck HU is supposed to control the changer.

    Trunk Mounted CD Changer (If Equipped) With the optional compact disc changer, you can play up to 12 discs continuously. Normal size discs may be played using the trays supplied in the magazine. The small discs (8 cm) can be played only with specially designed trays. You must first load the magazine with discs before you can play a compact disc. Each of the 12 trays holds one disc. Press the button on the back of the magazine and pull gently on one of the trays. Load the trays from bottom to top, placing a disc on the tray label side down. If you load a disc label side up, the disc will not play and an error will occur. Gently push the tray back into the magazine slot. Repeat this procedure for loading up to 12 discs in the magazine. Once you have loaded the discs in the magazine, -slide open the door of the compact disc (CD) changer. Push the magazine into the changer in the direction of the arrow marked on top of the magazine. Close the door by sliding it all the way to the left. If the door is left partially open, the changer will not operate and an error will occur. When the door is closed, the changer will begin checking for discs in the magazine. This will continue for up to two minutes depending on the number of discs loaded. To eject the magazine from the player, slide the CD changer door all the way open. The magazine will automatically eject. Remember to keep the door closed whenever possible to keep dirt and dust from getting inside the changer. All of the CD functions are controlled by the radio buttons except for ejelcting the magazine. Whenever a CD magazine with discs is loaded in the changer, the compact disc symbol will appear on the radio display. If the CD changer is checking the magazine for CDs, the compact disc symbol will flash on the display until the changer is ready to play. When a CD begins playing, CD will appear in the bottom left corner and a disc and track number will be displayed. The disc numbers are listed on the front of the magazine

    Playing a Compact Disc PREV (1): Press this button to go back to the start of the current track if more than eight seconds have played. Press PREV again to go to the previous track on the disc. NEXT (2): Press this button to advance to the next track on the disc. 3-25
    PROG (3): Press this button to select the next disc in the magazine. If a CD cannot be played, its number will be skipped when selecting discs while using the PROG button. RANDOM (4): Press this button to enter the random play mode. RDM will appear on the display. While in this mode, the tracks on the discs will be played in random order. If you press PROG or SEEK while in the random mode, discs and tracks will be scanned randomly. Press this button again to turn off the random feature and return to normal operation. REV (5): Press and hold this button to quickly reverse within a track. As the CD reverses, elapsed time will be displayed to help you find the correct passage. FWD (6): Press and hold this button to quickly advance within a track. As the CD advances, elapsed time will be displayed to help you find the correct passage. RECALL: Press this button to see what track is currently playing. Press RECALL again within five seconds to see how long the track has been playing. EL TM will appear on the display when in elapsed time mode., When a new track starts to play, the track number will also appear. Press RECALL a third time and the time of day will be displayed. SEEK: Press the SEEK down arrow while playing a CD to go back to the start of the current track if more than eight seconds have played. If you press it again, the changes will go to previous tracks. Press the SEEK up arrow and it will go to the next higher track on the disc. TAPEPLAY. Press this button to play a CD if you have a magazine loaded in the changer and the radio is playing. To return to the radio while a CD is playing, press AM-FM. You can also press this button to switch between a cassette tape and CD, if both are loaded.
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    Thanks alot! It sounds like there wasn't really a special HU for the changer equipped cars. So im guessing that any factory HU from the same time period will just detect that there is a changer connected.
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