CD Changer interchangability

[Fille]

I have the Symphony head unit with CD changer in the glove compartment. A fellow Rover driver who has a 75 Tourer of the model year (2001) but with Harmony head unit is interested in buying the CD changer.

Is this CD changer compatible with the Harmony head unit and are the wires there? I wouldn't want to dismantle the entire car for this, just unscrew and unplug the CD changer and leave the wiring where it is.

The prospective buyer said something about the head unit being a Blaupunkt? Is the Harmony a Blaupunkt and the Symphony Alpine?

[Mike]

Yes the changers are all interchangeable and compatible between Harmony, Symphony and the BMW nav head unit.

Your changer will simply unplug at the glove box. The other 75 may have the lead already in the glove box area and then it is straightforward to fit and plug in the changer from your car. If not then he'll need to get a lead. Full info here:

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...hread.php?t=34

hth

[EnEnGee]

Originally Posted by Fille

I have the Symphony head unit with CD changer in the glove compartment. A fellow Rover driver who has a 75 Tourer of the model year (2001) but with Harmony head unit is interested in buying the CD changer.

Is this CD changer compatible with the Harmony head unit and are the wires there? I wouldn't want to dismantle the entire car for this, just unscrew and unplug the CD changer and leave the wiring where it is.

The prospective buyer said something about the head unit being a Blaupunkt? Is the Harmony a Blaupunkt and the Symphony Alpine?

This was the original position at launch. The Harmony is a Phillips unit, and was fitted as standard to all models bar the Connoisseur SE. It has the large BMW style connector. The Symphony is the higher speced unit, made by Alpine and fitted as standard to Conn SE only, and as an option on all models. The Symphony has ISO connectors, therefore a different cable is required depending on what is fitted. The standard CD changers were also made by Alpine, but will work with either of the standard head units.

I successfully changed from Harmony to Symphony, with the same CD unit, and it was fairly straightforward to do, and involved changing the cables over. I obtained the Symphony from a member on here (SMC Trading) some years ago, and he supplied the correct cable.

Later built cars started to fit other head units including the Blaupunkt and VDO made units. Here, my experience runs out, so I am not sure of compatability with the CD changers. I am sure they can be made to work.