Jim in St.Louis

I understand that this is a chronic problem with this radio. I need to replace it with the same thing or one that will last longer. Nothing fancy, just a stinking radio that works. Any suggestions? My friend replaced his CDR24, while it was still working, couldn't sell it for $35 and threw it away. Timing is everything....

Jon70

What symptoms did you have before it died? Mine goes static with the radio on intermittently, but is fine with an aux input or CD.

Jim in St.Louis

It just stopped working, no warning, now there is nothing.

Pnug

There out there. Plenty of guys switching them out.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...ectorid=229466
Caymanpartsdirect.com has a CDR30 not sure what is involve to upgrade to that.

extanker

did you check the usual suspects.......fuses ? ANYTHING else not working electrical? any work done lately ? try pull the fuse/fuses to reset ? got milk ?

Jim in St.Louis

Got no sound?

Jim in St.Louis

The radio suddenly came back to life! It must be Lucas electronics. I guess Porsche found some old MG parts and put them in my Cayman.

tstiles

just bought a car. radio works , but cd player just makes static

is this normal failure mode ?

what are some options ?

Jim in St.Louis

If you find alternatives to this radio, please let me know. I "think" that you can replace it with the video screen unit that has map information.

tstiles

Hey Jim , Are you still active in SRF ?

We may have raced together , I've had 4 different SR / SRF cars , I usually made it to Hallett or Memphis every few years and a bunch of the MW guys came down for our Double @ TWS

Jim in St.Louis

They closed the local track and it was kind of doubtful if it would re-open, so I put a top dollar price on the SRF and sold it. I might buy another one some day, now that the local track has been sold and is active. I never raced at Hallet or Memphis, but I had planned to.

cds4402

My radio went out on my car as well. Had it replaced under warranty thankfully. It would randomly turn off and on while I was driving, and it wouldn't read or spit out CDs once I inserted them.

Moet

Looking for advice with my CDR24 in 08 cayman. Reconnected the battery. The head unit functions fine, but no sound. Checked the fuses. No opportunity to enter a code. Any suggestions for next steps?

golfgirl

The sound just stopped working in my car. The display works for both radio and CD but just no sound.

I took it to the dealer and they couldn't find anything and said that I may need a new system and to take it to an auto sound specialist.

I took the car there and the guy says I need a new amp then later says I need a new radio since it keeps saying "PROTECT." He says I just can't buy a new amp as it won't work, I need to buy both radio and amp together. Is this true?

Could I just grab one of those used CDR24s on ebay and replace that? Although, I really don't know the true problem, if it's the AMP or the radio. I'm willing to try AMP first as I believe it might be less expensive.

Do I really need to replace the whole system?

cds4402

These things seem to have a short lifespan. If you buy a used one, I wouldn't spend a whole lot on it because you don't know when that one might die as well.