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jimmy__riddle
06-11-09, 03:06 PM
Does anyone know if in japan their CDs are a different format to ours, like a PAL thing?

I have a japanese CD player in my car which was fitted well before it was imported. It doesnt play CDs, when i load one it gives me a message in japanese and stays silent. Im gonna change it at somepoint, but in the mean time it would be nice to be able to play CDs.
philbut
06-11-09, 03:10 PM
CD's are CD's mate. I have a Japaneese CD player (Sony disk man) my old man bought me from Tokyo years back and it plays CD's fine, even CDR's. It was designed for in car use with a mount plate, so I can't see why yours wouldn't unless it is saying "no disk" ie your lens or motor are sh*gged. do you have a Japaneese mate who can translate ;-) seriously though, I imagine it's an error message due to a fault somewhere.
the white rabbit
06-11-09, 04:32 PM
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RatchetJob
06-11-09, 04:50 PM
CD's are CD's mate.

Not necessarily.

Could be a "Super Audio CD", a format that never really took off. However you know how the Japanese are at being early adopters of new technology.

See here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Audio_CD) for info.

Do you have a model number for the player?
jimmy__riddle
06-11-09, 05:12 PM
Not necessarily.

Could be a "Super Audio CD", a format that never really took off. However you know how the Japanese are at being early adopters of new technology.

See here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Audio_CD) for info.

Do you have a model number for the player?

i will have a look when i get home. it also has a minidisc player, so that kinda dates it old. i think it was installed when the car was newish '97
jimmy__riddle
07-11-09, 03:14 PM
the model is an Eclipse E7708AVN

i cant find any english info for it. looks like it was only available in Japan.

I suppose if i find myself lost in Tokyo the sat nav will work!:smt119
philbut
08-11-09, 08:27 PM
Not necessarily.

Could be a "Super Audio CD"

True, but SACD players are backwardly compatible with standard CDs too. Unless you try and play an SACD in a standard non-SACD player it shoudln't cause an issue.