Good morning Y'all

My wife and I just spent the weekend driving down to San Antonio, cruising around the Hill Country, eating-drinking- driving (not necessarily in that order).
Anyway.. on the return trip I tried changing a CD and when loading the new disk I go the "Load Error" message. We tried several disks, turned unit on/off etc..., but nothing worked.

I did a search, but did not find any common issues.

I'm thinking of just replacing the entire sound system rather than repair the head unit (unless its something very simple). Do any of you North Texas folks have any suggestions on a good installer in the D/FW area?

Thanks much.

 

What year is your car? The newer cars have the MOST bus and are a bit difficult to replace with aftermarket head units.

 

Mine is a 99 - pardon my ignorance, but what is a MOST bus?

 

"MOST bus: (Media Oriented Systems Transport), defines a multimedia fiber-optic (low overhead, low cost) point-to-point network implemented in a ring, star or daisy-chain topology over Plastic optical fibers (POF). The MOST bus specifications define the Physical (Electrical and Optical parameters) Layer as well as the Application Layer, Network Layer, and Medium Access Control.The MOST bus provides an optical solution for automotive media (entertainment) networks (Video, CD..)."

Basically, it is a fiber optic based network for connecting multimedia components. It is supported by the big European automakers but has limited aftermarket support -- if you search the forum for "connecting iPod" you will see a lot of posts from people with issues connecting their iPods to the MOST bus.

You have a '99 so you don't have this problem. Back in the spring I upgraded my system (basically replaced the entire system) with Focal speakers, and Audison 5 channel amp, and an Alpine head unit with XM and iPod connectors. The system sounds really good and cost around $1,600 (self-installed).

 

Great, thanks for the info.

 

Did you try resetting the radio? That MIGHT help...