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I have a '94 Legacy Sunsport Wagon which has the factory 80W AM/FM Cassette stereo. I bought the factory Subaru subwoofer and the CD changer for a newer ('98-'02 I think) Subaru on eBay for $70 each. Both were brand new and are installed and working. The CD changer's audio cable just plugged straight into the factory '94 radio.

I had to adapt the power wiring to the Legacy's radio and wiring harness because the connectors on the CD changer and subwoofer were the newer style. I'm wondering if I got the ignition +12V and the constant +12V switched around in the CD changer harness. Every time I start the car, the CD changer controller says "dISC", and it cycles through all six discs before it will play.

My question is, is this behavior normal? I think it is forgetting which slots have discs in them when I turn the key off. When I start my other car ('95 9C1 Chevy Caprice with a '98 CD stereo), the CD player just picks up where it left off, but the Subaru's CD changer seems to not remember what it was last doing. Is it supposed to?

One of the nice things about Subarus is that when you pull they key from the ignition everything in the car goes dead minus the overhead lamp, door lamp, and dash lights (well, and you can turn hazards and parking lights on). This feature may be causing your CD changer to "forget" where it was when it stopped. So in response to your question, I'm thinking you probably swapped them. Only because there should always be some hot line going to your changer like there is to your radio (to keep your presets).

I wouldn't think the behavior you have is normal because my '03 Grand Prix can start right in the middle of a CD when you turn off the car and start it again.

Set a radio preset. Turn off the car, and turn it back on a few minutes later.

Does the preset still work?

If so, you should have gotten everything right. If not, you switched them.

My aftermarket CD player picks up right where it left off. Only after I reset the battery, does it have to read-format on the type of CD I'm playing (MP3 vs. regular).

Set a radio preset. Turn off the car, and turn it back on a few minutes later.

Does the preset still work?

Yeah. I didn't change the way the factory radio is wired, just added a CD changer to it.

So in response to your question, I'm thinking you probably swapped them. Only because there should always be some hot line going to your changer like there is to your radio (to keep your presets).

I'm thinking you're right.

I was hoping someone here has the same CD changer I do, just to make sure.