Re: BOSE CD-Changer in 98 GLX WARNING

[James William Seibert <jseibert@netwalk.com>]

i'm alittle confused, pardon me for being stupid but i am a new owner....i can get a
$99 dollar cd changer for my 1995 glx that plugs into the stock unit
perfectly???....to do this what all do i need??

ANDREW_ATWELL@HP-PaloAlto-om20.om.hp.com wrote:

>      Most good car stereo shops will be able to make you the adaptor you
>      need or at least test the leads for their use, for little cost, call
>      around.
>      andy
>
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> Subject: BOSE CD-Changer in 98 GLX WARNING
> Author:  Non-HP-jason (jason@crt.net) at HP-PaloAlto,mimegw6
> Date:    11/12/97 5:03 PM
>
> I got the $99 Panasonic changer from Best Buy to connect to my 98 Bose GLX
> system as many have suggested on this list and Usenet. Ok.. after a few
> weeks of frustration... here is the final word on the 98 Bose System. It is
> a completely different head unit and amp/speaker system than previous
> years.
>
> The plan was to buy the $99.00 Best Buy changer over the $600 dealer
> option, order an adapter cable from Crutchfield for $15, plug it in to the
> factory system and save a pile of dough.
>
> Shoulda worked... but they redesigned the head unit. What I found out was,
> it is still manufactured by Panasonic --- and the changer will
> theoretically still work --- but the pin configuration on the cable has
> changed making the available adapters useless on 98s. I spoke with the
> manufacturer of the cable (AMPS/Peripheral) and they said a new adapter was
> being designed and should be available Q1 98. Great!  ..ugh. I begged for
> the pinout diagram, hoping my days of enjoying cd-s in the car was as near
> as the time it takes to heat up my soldering iron... but no go. He flat out
> refused after admiting he had the information in front of him. Again...
> ugh. So I must choose --  to wait, try to figure it out from VW diagrams,
> or return it all in favor of a new Pioneer 50 disc changer.
>
> Hopefully this information will help other 98 owners wishing to make the
> same mods to the factory Bose system. I would still urge people NOT to buy
> the factory changer for $600.00. For $20 less you can buy a Pioneer 50 disc
> changer and wireless remote control unit that taps into your factory system
> via an FM modulator. Spend $300 more and get an entirely new system with
> much better features than the factory system.
>
> </rant>
>
>
> Jason Schreiber
> 98 Jetta GLX. 2,100 miles
> 95 Jetta GLS 72,000 miles