Hello,<br>I've got a 97 1.8T with the factory CD changer. Every other day or so the CD changer fails to start/resume when I restart the car. If I switch to radio with the mode button and then switch back, it plays fine. Otherwise, the display will just show the cd and track no. (right where it left off) but it won't play. This also happens occasionally when I've reinserted the magazine- it displays the cd and track no.s but never starts playing (until I switch back<br>and forth with mode). This is the second changer so I'm beginning to think it's the cable or the receiver. Has anyone else had similar problems or is it me?? Thanks in advance for any response/suggestions.<p>John

I've got a 96 2.8 with the factory Alpine changer. I've always found that when I reinsert the magazine it won't start until I switch the mode back and forth. The dealer said that's the way it's supposed to work. I don't recall any problem getting the cd to play when just restarting the car, however.<p>John G <p>

I have the same system but I don't have the same problem. A suggestion; I always turn off the rdaio/CD before I turn off the ignition. Try that approach, aasuming that you are not doing this regularly. May be I am obsessive compulsive about it but it works for me, I rather be OC with Audi anyhow. Hope it helps. Honestly I don't think it is a cable problem.<p>Yahya Akyel 97 A4 tqm

I've got an ALPINE TDA-7537R with CD ALPINE <br>CHA-S604. I do not know if it is the same<br>model name in the States but anyway I experienced<br>the same problems. Even sometimes nothing powered<br>on and sometimes just the CD was like freezed.<br>My diag is that it happens with vibrations and<br>the detachable front panel connectors did not<br>well contact with the main unit, so I just<br>power off, remove the front panel, put it back<br>power on again, and it works, if it still did<br>not, I meant that the CD memory or the laser<br>position or I do not know what in the CD<br>(I am not an engineer...) was no more up, so<br>my solution is to change disk and it works 99%<br>of the time.<p>Hope this helps, sorry for my English... I am<br>exhausted after a big big day.<p>Greetings Laurent