SCORE!

"Pixel" (Improbcat) 02/04/2016 at 11:18 • Filed to: None

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I hit a bad pothole while it was ejecting a CD in my xB and managed to damage something in the headunit, making it have trouble ejecting CDs properly. It was annoying but not enough to really do anything about it.

About two years ago my then-girlfriend bought an xB of her own, which came with a (crappy) aftermarket Pioneer headunit. They threw in the original headunit in the pioneer box. She liked the aftermarket unit, so I put the spare stock headunit in the garage, intending to install it “when I got a chance”.

Fast forward to last weekend, I was adding USB charging ports to the xB, so I was going to have the dash apart anyway, so I decided to toss in the other head unit. Swap took under 10 min, and other than setting the radio stations I did it on auto-pilot.

Today the news was annoying me so I reached for the off button, only to have the screen start flashing “LOAD CD”. Turns out this head units has the 6-disc changer built in. So instead of just getting a working headunit, I got a free upgrade. Part of me wishes I’d swapped it back when I got it, but she probably would have claimed it for herself once she saw it was a multi-disc changer and I’d have gotten nothing out of it.

pjhusa > Pixel 02/04/2016 at 11:24

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RIP SCION

Stapleface > Pixel 02/04/2016 at 11:29

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Always nice to get a little surprise like that. Although I have to say, I haven't listened to a CD in probably close to ten years.

For Sweden > Pixel 02/04/2016 at 11:30

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Do you actually have the Scion Mix CD?

Pixel > For Sweden 02/04/2016 at 11:45

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Nope, that was just an image I grabbed off the net.

Pixel > Stapleface 02/04/2016 at 11:46

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I still don’t have a smartphone, so CDs are how I get music in the car.

For Sweden > Pixel 02/04/2016 at 11:49

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:(

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Pixel 02/04/2016 at 12:08

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what are cd’s? i have aftermarket units in all my vehicles cause the usb port

davedave1111 > Stapleface 02/04/2016 at 12:12

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I hadn’t listened to a CD in years - to the point where I’d actually thrown/given away most of my old CDs. Just after that, I bought a car with a CD player...