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mlind1
24-10-2004, 11:31 AM
Apparantly the CDC 634 has been officially discontinued.
Does anyone know what other clarion changers work?

also is there a 10 disc changer thats compatible.?

thanks

mike
Paul w
24-10-2004, 05:13 PM
The beat uses the 'C-Bus' system for autochangers, but with a 10 cd you would only be able to access the first 6 disks. Also, I tried a MD changer that was C-bus but couldnt get it to work.....

You can often get the clarions on ebay though....

PW
adrianp
24-10-2004, 09:21 PM
I've got a Clarion DC628 fitted in mine...

Works really well, doesn't skip or pause even on the roughest roads...

Ady.
mlind1
25-10-2004, 01:04 AM
does the CDC 634 read CDr's??? considering I don't actually own a proper cd anymore this could be a problem!!!!!!!!!
Steve_M
25-10-2004, 08:00 AM
Yes, the CDC634 CD changers do read CDR disc, and I would think that its replacement CDC635 and DC628 do as well.
tinytim
25-10-2004, 05:57 PM
I've got a CDC 634 fitted, it does read CDr's but only if you've copied the CD not if you've recorded Mpegs. I've got a spare 634 with a cable if you're interested.

If you need to play Mpegs there is a converter available from Clarion (occasionally E-bay) to convert from CBus to CeNet, you will then need to but a CeNet disc charger which can read Mpeg discs. The Beat radio should support this because I can play Mpegs from my Mpeg player via a cassette adapter.
mlind1
26-10-2004, 05:33 PM
so you are saying that even if I have Mp3's that I have converted to WAV and burnt to cd (in the same format say a cd that has been bought is ) hte cd changer won't play it? why is that?
tinytim
26-10-2004, 07:10 PM
No not quite what I'm saying.

If you've burnt the CD and laid the tracks down as Mp3's it won't play, I don't know about WAV or WMA format but I doub't it. If you have converted the files back to CD Audio Format (ie as if you had copied them from a CD) then yes they will work.
mlind1
26-10-2004, 07:30 PM
thats what I assumed, thats fine, just wanted to make sure that my hordes of songs on my pc will be playable, even if i have to convert them to wav and burn to cd> :-)
Paul w
27-10-2004, 01:40 PM
Get hold of a copy of Nero 6, its pretty spot on for burning from MP3 straight to CD audio, no messing about with WAVs etc...

PW