Audi A6 CD player errors

My Audi A6 is quite old now and the CD player is playing up more and
more. We often get ERR1 and ERR3 displayed on the player in the car
and one or all CDs will not play. Usually ejecting the cassette and
replacing it sorts the problem out but increasingly this solution
fails to work. I doubt I can afford to buy anything new. Is there
anything I can do to help this?

It's the 6 CD changer type where the CDs are in the boot/trunk.
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On Apr 15, 11:09*am, Mark >
wrote:
> My Audi A6 is quite old now and the CD player is playing up more and
> more. *We often get ERR1 and ERR3 displayed on the player in the car
> and one or all CDs will not play. *Usually ejecting the cassette and
> replacing it sorts the problem out but increasingly this solution
> fails to work. *I doubt I can afford to buy anything new. *Is there
> anything I can do to help this?
>
> It's the 6 CD changer type where the CDs are in the boot/trunk.

Maybe this manual will be of some help:
http://www.amazon.com/Audi-A6-Electr...2858946&sr=8-2

i suspect you'd get more useful responses if you post at least year of
the car, better yet more specifics about your
exact model as i suspect the electrical for us of a V8 4.2 is somewhat
different from that for euro 1.8t
(yes, they actually DID put a sub 2.0 liter engine into the home
market A6 at some point)

On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:19:09 -0700 (PDT), AD > wrote:

>On Apr 15, 11:09*am, Mark >
>wrote:
>> My Audi A6 is quite old now and the CD player is playing up more and
>> more. *We often get ERR1 and ERR3 displayed on the player in the car
>> and one or all CDs will not play. *Usually ejecting the cassette and
>> replacing it sorts the problem out but increasingly this solution
>> fails to work. *I doubt I can afford to buy anything new. *Is there
>> anything I can do to help this?
>>
>> It's the 6 CD changer type where the CDs are in the boot/trunk.
>
>Maybe this manual will be of some help:
>http://www.amazon.com/Audi-A6-Electr...2858946&sr=8-2
>
>i suspect you'd get more useful responses if you post at least year of
>the car, better yet more specifics about your
>exact model as i suspect the electrical for us of a V8 4.2 is somewhat
>different from that for euro 1.8t

It's a 1999 A6 2.4SE Avant (UK model). I expect the manual link you
posted is for US models only which are different in many respects.
There does not seem to be any decent manuals available for UK models!

>(yes, they actually DID put a sub 2.0 liter engine into the home
>market A6 at some point)

Most of the UK models have tiny engines!
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:09:59 +0100, against all advice, something
compelled Mark >, to say:

> My Audi A6 is quite old now and the CD player is playing up more and
> more. We often get ERR1 and ERR3 displayed on the player in the car
> and one or all CDs will not play.



It's probably dirty. Get a drive cleaner (CD with a little brush
on it) and run that through. It worked on my TT.

On Apr 15, 9:41*am, Mark >
wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:19:09 -0700 (PDT), AD > wrote:
> >On Apr 15, 11:09*am, Mark >
> >wrote:
> >> My Audi A6 is quite old now and the CD player is playing up more and
> >> more. *We often get ERR1 and ERR3 displayed on the player in the car
> >> and one or all CDs will not play. *Usually ejecting the cassette and
> >> replacing it sorts the problem out but increasingly this solution
> >> fails to work. *I doubt I can afford to buy anything new. *Is there
> >> anything I can do to help this?
>
> >> It's the 6 CD changer type where the CDs are in the boot/trunk.
>
> >Maybe this manual will be of some help:
> >http://www.amazon.com/Audi-A6-Electr...o/dp/083760166...
>
> >i suspect you'd get more useful responses if you post at least year of
> >the car, better yet more specifics about your
> >exact model as i suspect the electrical for us of a V8 4.2 is somewhat
> >different from that for euro 1.8t
>
> It's a 1999 A6 2.4SE Avant (UK model). *I expect the manual link you
> posted is for US models only which are different in many respects.
> There does not seem to be any decent manuals available for UK models!
>

Sweet. 2.4 is probably the best normally breathing 6 pot engine audi
has ever built.
They've been making it for like a decade virtually unmodified. Or so I
think.

I'd hardly call that tiny compared to the measly 4 pot plant in bmw
520.

> >(yes, they actually DID put a sub 2.0 liter engine into the home
> >market A6 at some point)
>
> Most of the UK models have tiny engines!

anyhow, amazon.co.uk search have yielded this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...entley&x=0&y=0

and 30 pound sterlings buys you a bentley electrical manual covering
your year

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On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:56:35 -0700, Steve Daniels >
wrote:

>On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:09:59 +0100, against all advice, something
>compelled Mark >, to say:
>
>> My Audi A6 is quite old now and the CD player is playing up more and
>> more. We often get ERR1 and ERR3 displayed on the player in the car
>> and one or all CDs will not play.
>
>
>
>It's probably dirty. Get a drive cleaner (CD with a little brush
>on it) and run that through. It worked on my TT.

That is a possibility. However the problem affects only some of the
CD's in the cartridge (slots1-3) so I had assumed it was not a lazer
problem.
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On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:55:35 -0700 (PDT), AD > wrote:

>On Apr 15, 9:41*am, Mark >
>wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:19:09 -0700 (PDT), AD > wrote:
>> >On Apr 15, 11:09*am, Mark >
>> >wrote:
>> >> My Audi A6 is quite old now and the CD player is playing up more and
>> >> more. *We often get ERR1 and ERR3 displayed on the player in the car
>> >> and one or all CDs will not play. *Usually ejecting the cassette and
>> >> replacing it sorts the problem out but increasingly this solution
>> >> fails to work. *I doubt I can afford to buy anything new. *Is there
>> >> anything I can do to help this?
>>
>> >> It's the 6 CD changer type where the CDs are in the boot/trunk.
>>
>> >Maybe this manual will be of some help:
>> >http://www.amazon.com/Audi-A6-Electr...o/dp/083760166...
>>
>> >i suspect you'd get more useful responses if you post at least year of
>> >the car, better yet more specifics about your
>> >exact model as i suspect the electrical for us of a V8 4.2 is somewhat
>> >different from that for euro 1.8t
>>
>> It's a 1999 A6 2.4SE Avant (UK model). *I expect the manual link you
>> posted is for US models only which are different in many respects.
>> There does not seem to be any decent manuals available for UK models!
>>
>
>Sweet. 2.4 is probably the best normally breathing 6 pot engine audi
>has ever built.
>They've been making it for like a decade virtually unmodified. Or so I
>think.
>
>I'd hardly call that tiny compared to the measly 4 pot plant in bmw
>520.

Not mine, but most of the A6s I see have a 1.8 petrol or 2.0 diesel
engines.

>> >(yes, they actually DID put a sub 2.0 liter engine into the home
>> >market A6 at some point)
>>
>> Most of the UK models have tiny engines!
>
>anyhow, amazon.co.uk search have yielded this:
>
>http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...entley&x=0&y=0
>
>and 30 pound sterlings buys you a bentley electrical manual covering
>your year

Thanks but that's the same book. I doubt it covers UK models.

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On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:02:50 +0100, against all advice, something
compelled Mark >, to say:

> On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:56:35 -0700, Steve Daniels >
> wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:09:59 +0100, against all advice, something
> >compelled Mark >, to say:
> >
> >> My Audi A6 is quite old now and the CD player is playing up more and
> >> more. We often get ERR1 and ERR3 displayed on the player in the car
> >> and one or all CDs will not play.
> >
> >
> >
> >It's probably dirty. Get a drive cleaner (CD with a little brush
> >on it) and run that through. It worked on my TT.
>
> That is a possibility. However the problem affects only some of the
> CD's in the cartridge (slots1-3) so I had assumed it was not a lazer
> problem.


Your stated difficulty is exactly what I experienced. I'm fixed
now.

Oh, and the Interweb notes that home burned CDs sometimes don't
work in the system. You might look into that.



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On Apr 18, 8:35*pm, Steve Daniels > wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:02:50 +0100, against all advice, something
> compelled Mark >, to say:
>
>
>
> > * * On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:56:35 -0700, Steve Daniels >
> > * * wrote:
>
> > * * >On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:09:59 +0100, against all advice, something
> > * * >compelled Mark >, to say:
>
> > * * >> * * My Audi A6 is quite old now and the CD player is playing up more and
> > * * >> * * more. *We often get ERR1 and ERR3 displayed on the player in the car
> > * * >> * * and one or all CDs will not play.
>
> > * * >It's probably dirty. *Get a drive cleaner (CD with a little brush
> > * * >on it) and run that through. *It worked on my TT.
>
> > * * That is a possibility. *However the problem affects only some of the
> > * * CD's in the cartridge (slots1-3) so I had assumed it was not a lazer
> > * * problem.
>
> Your stated difficulty is exactly what I experienced. *I'm fixed
> now.
>
> Oh, and the Interweb notes that home burned CDs sometimes don't
> work in the system. *You might look into that.
>
I suppose that depends on CD-Rs you use though ATA DVR-109 (could be
108) in my tower at home
is nearly useless on the current crop of the disks.

See
http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware...0Compatibility
http://www.summationtechnology.com/d...lity-chart.htm

though some of that might be old and biased

I doubt even TDK stamps their own CD-R media these days. Most likely
it's the us army style subcontracting
to the lowest bidder type of thing now.

On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:35:22 -0700, Steve Daniels >
wrote:

>On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:02:50 +0100, against all advice, something
>compelled Mark >, to say:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:56:35 -0700, Steve Daniels >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:09:59 +0100, against all advice, something
>> >compelled Mark >, to say:
>> >
>> >> My Audi A6 is quite old now and the CD player is playing up more and
>> >> more. We often get ERR1 and ERR3 displayed on the player in the car
>> >> and one or all CDs will not play.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >It's probably dirty. Get a drive cleaner (CD with a little brush
>> >on it) and run that through. It worked on my TT.
>>
>> That is a possibility. However the problem affects only some of the
>> CD's in the cartridge (slots1-3) so I had assumed it was not a lazer
>> problem.
>
>
>Your stated difficulty is exactly what I experienced. I'm fixed
>now.

Thanks. I'll give it a go.

>Oh, and the Interweb notes that home burned CDs sometimes don't
>work in the system. You might look into that.

They are all commerical CDs.
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