So the stock headunit (non-SSL) on my Evo 8 was getting finniky about playing cds. Radio works fine. But it would have trouble starting to play a cd unless I skipped forward a few tracks to move the laser. Then it would play.
And randomly it will also takes maybe a minute before I get any sound. Not always, but most times I just need to start driving the car and then the sound will come on when it's ready.
I thought the cd-playing issue was the headunit but I just swapped in another oem headunit (mine was june 2003, the new one has a 2006 date on it) and it's behaving
the exact same way. 2 different stock HU's are working identically. The CD player says "E CD 03" or something like that...my impression was that this was the last time it worked and then failed on track 3. But I'm not sure any more.
So it's not the headunit itself. It has power and the radio works fine. It just won't read CD's and even the motor to insert/eject discs doesn't sound or feel as strong as it should be.
I have unplugged my battery to try to reset...I dunno, something...and no change.
Any advice on where to look? Wiring looks fine from what I can tell on the HU harness itself. Do I need to start jiggling under the glovebox? Or can someone point me to a specific fuse or wire to look for?
Thanks very much.