From dale_at_unofficialbmw.com Thu Feb 13 20:11:07 1997
From: Dale Beuning <dale_at_unofficialbmw.com>
Subject: Re: <MISC> CD help...Bimmer Audiophiles
To: RICHARD_COLEMAN_at_fmso.navy.mil (RICHARD COLEMAN)
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 20:10:52 -0800 (PST)
Cc: dale_at_unofficialbmw.com ()

Hi,
BMW cd changers are either Pioneer or Alpine in manufacture. I think they use the Alpines in the 3-series and the Pioneers in the 5 and 7 series. Bring a magazine into someplace like Best Buy and compare it to the Pioneer ones. They run about 3/$30.

Dale

>      I need some help from the BMW Audiophiles....the 6 disc changer in our 

>      '92 735i has the name 'Compact Disc Digital Audio' on it. What I'm 
>      looking for is a place to buy the cartridge/magazine at a decent 
>      price. My dealer has them at about $24.95....way too much IMHO.
>      
>      Any help would be appreciated.
>      
>                                        Thanks,
>      
>                                         Rick

>

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From digest.v6.n215 Thu Feb 13 23:11:29 1997
From: BMW_at_comet.net (Phil Marx)
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 18:43:37 -0500
Subject: <MISC> re: CD help..

>From: RICHARD_COLEMAN_at_fmso.navy.mil (RICHARD COLEMAN)

>     I need some help from the BMW Audiophiles....the 6 disc changer in our

>     '92 735i has the name 'Compact Disc Digital Audio' on it. What I'm
>     looking for is a place to buy the cartridge/magazine at a decent
>     price. My dealer has them at about $24.95....way too much IMHO.
>                          Rick

If the changer is the BMW changer and the access door drops down as opposed to sliding open, you have the Pioneer type which should have a little six disc logo not unlike a compacted Audi/Olympic symbol. The sliding door BMW units are made by Alpine. Seems like Crutchfield and Circuit City used to sell the Pioneer magazines in a 3-pack for not much more than $30.

• -Phil Marx BMWCCA #6021