# 99 jetta cd changer not working **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 21, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777 "2005-10-21T10:57:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deadeyehatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@deadeyehatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadeyehatch)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 10:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/1 "2005-10-21T10:57:08Z")
My fiancee’s battery died this past weekend in her 99 jetta(the 93-99 model, not 99.5-04), so we replaced it, and now the cd changer won’t play. When the cd option is selected, it just says “cd error”. The sound system manual doesn’t say anything about this, other than to eject the magazine and put it back in, but the magazine won’t eject now either. I checked the connection of the cd changer and it’s fine. Could this have anything to do with everything being reset due to the new battery? I’m just hoping the cd changer isn’t shot and a new one needed. Thanks for any input. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/2 "2005-10-21T11:00:34Z")
i’d unplug the battery, then pull the headunit and unplug it… then put it all back together and put power to it… should clear the codes do you have the double-din cd / tape player? or single? you can clear that code with a computer and it should reset the radio. ---
**Author:** ![deadeyehatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@deadeyehatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadeyehatch)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/3 "2005-10-21T11:41:02Z")
the head unit is the single w/ the cassette player. i didn’t want to pull it, but i’ll give it a shot this weekend. thanks for the info. and the radio kept the pre-programmed radio stations throughout the battery change. weird. so i guess it probably just needs reset. ---
**Author:** ![eurodad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eurodad/32/5988_2.png) [@eurodad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eurodad)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/4 "2005-10-21T13:38:12Z")
i still have my factory cd changer from my 97 golf, i just might part with it if you need one. ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/5 "2005-10-21T13:52:57Z")
> [@deadeyehatch](#): > > the head unit is the single w/ the cassette player. i didn’t want to pull it, but i’ll give it a shot this weekend. thanks for the info. > > and the radio kept the pre-programmed radio stations throughout the battery change. weird. so i guess it probably just needs reset. our radios log trouble codes… i’m not too sure aobut the single dins as muhc… but my double din stores codes and sometimes literally needs pulled out and replugged in to work. i just had to pull adn clear codes on jenn’s Gti about a month ago… after i changed her dead battery out 😉 good luck ---
**Author:** ![deadeyehatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@deadeyehatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadeyehatch)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/6 "2005-10-21T14:01:54Z")
thanks for all the info ---
**Author:** ![Nick2517](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@Nick2517](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nick2517)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/7 "2005-10-21T14:08:05Z")
I hope its not like my cars cd player when i disconnect the battery from it you have to enter a code in it cause it thinks its been taken out of the car an stolen ---
**Author:** ![deadeyehatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@deadeyehatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadeyehatch)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/8 "2005-10-21T14:21:18Z")
> [@Nick2517](#): > > I hope its not like my cars cd player when i disconnect the battery from it you have to enter a code in it cause it thinks its been taken out of the car an stolen it is, but she still has the code, so it’s all good :mrT: ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/9 "2005-10-21T14:44:29Z")
actually… the radio has a security code, but it will only ‘kill’ itself if you try to power the headunit without one of the ‘information’ wires going to it… leave it to vw to have a radio with 2 harness clips with about 30 wires. the wire is labeled as the K wire. i bet you’ll be fine if you just pop it out, unplug, give it a couple seconds and power it all back up. ---
**Author:** ![deadeyehatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@deadeyehatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadeyehatch)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/10 "2005-10-24T09:49:29Z")
well i pulled the cd player, unplugged it, and no luck. it still says “error.” any other suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![TBeck2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@TBeck2000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TBeck2000)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/11 "2005-10-24T10:55:53Z")
Maybe the connection got tweaked back in the trunk. When I put a PhatBox in my mom’s Jetta, if the connection wasn’t just right, the headunit didn’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![deadeyehatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@deadeyehatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadeyehatch)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/12 "2005-10-24T17:25:40Z")
> [@TBeck2000](#): > > Maybe the connection got tweaked back in the trunk. When I put a PhatBox in my mom’s Jetta, if the connection wasn’t just right, the headunit didn’t see it. The headunit recognizes it as being there, cause i disconnected the connetion from the changer to the headunit and it said it wasn’t there, then plugged it back in, and got the error message again. i have no idea what’s wrong with it. ---
**Author:** ![eurodad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eurodad/32/5988_2.png) [@eurodad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eurodad)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/13 "2005-10-24T17:43:06Z")
> [@deadeyehatch](#): > > The headunit recognizes it as being there, cause i disconnected the connetion from the changer to the headunit and it said it wasn’t there, then plugged it back in, and got the error message again. i have no idea what’s wrong with it. does the rest odf the radio work? or does it just say error and does nothing. ---
**Author:** ![deadeyehatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@deadeyehatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadeyehatch)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/99-jetta-cd-changer-not-working/177777/14 "2005-10-25T07:55:05Z")
> [@eurodad](#): > > does the rest odf the radio work? or does it just say error and does nothing. yeah, everything else works fine, just not the cd changer. it says error and beeps at me.