Saying hello, and a question about the CDR210

[inaglasshouse]

Hi all, nice forum you have here,

I wanted to say hi, and hopefully get help with a slightly obscure technical question.

I'm the happy new owner of a 1995 pre-varioram 993 C2 coupe. 50K miles and seemingly pampered, and I'm planning to do the decent thing and keep it nice...
It's my first Porsche - previous "fun" cars have mostly been Audis (TT, RS4 and an RS6) and BMWs (I still have an M3 CSL - just too good to sell). Apologies for the heresy. I've attached a pic of the 993. So far I really like it, and absolutely see why everyone seems to love their 993 so much.

My obscure question is as follows. To replace the rather disco-garish Alpine stereo, and get back to the OEM look, I've bought a CDR210 from the US. Currently somewhere mid-Atlantic on its way to me. (I would have preferred a UK CDR21 obviously, but they seem quite hard to find). Anyway it seems that one of the few differences between the CDR210 and the CDR21 is that the FM frequency steps are 200 kHz for the US and 100 kHz for the UK model. Various forum posts here and on Rennlist tantalisingly say that it is possible to instruct the CDR210 to use the smaller frequency steps, but I haven't yet found a post that explicitly says how you do it... (I have also read the CDR210's user manual - no luck).
So the question is: please can someone tell me how to program a CDR210 to use 100 kHz frequency steps on the FM band? I assume it's some kind of "cheat code" sequence / combination of button presses, since I can't find mention of a proper menu option.

Many thanks in advance for any help on this.

Cheers, Richard.

 

[M030]

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[Mark Elder]

Nice looking car - is that black or very dark blue.
Why do so many 993's have garish Alpines in them - only for them have to be changed back to something more appropriate...

 

[Graham-S]

Hi.

I have a PDF copy of the CDR 220 if that is any help. PM me your email address as I can't attach it here

Graham

 

[inaglasshouse]

ORIGINAL: gsimons_tel
Hi.
I have a PDF copy of the CDR 220 if that is any help. PM me your email address as I can't attach it here
Graham

Hi Graham,
Many thanks, but the CDR220 seems to have a different scheme (explicit menu item for the country / region in which it operates).
Cheers, Richard.

 

[inaglasshouse]

ORIGINAL: Mark Elder
Nice looking car - is that black or very dark blue.
Why do so many 993's have garish Alpines in them - only for them have to be changed back to something more appropriate...

It's midnight blue.
Re the Alpines - who knows. Although to be fair the one I'm about to remove does have (quite effective) iPod integration, so I'm about to take a backward step in functionality for the benefit of originality. A matter of personal preference.
Cheers, Richard.

 

[Dylan1]

is that henrys establishment i see your car pictured in??

 

[inaglasshouse]

ORIGINAL: dyllan
is that henrys establishment i see your car pictured in??

Indeed, I bought it from there. A pleasant experience.
TBH for cars I know a bit about and have driven enough of to spot a good one (which in my case means RS-series Audis) I'm happy to buy privately from an enthusiast. But being my first 993 I opted to go with a dealer, put some trust in them, and try to make use of their knowledge. Seemed to work out OK, thus far - we shall see.
Cheers, Richard.

 

[Russell Wheatley]

Richard,

How did you go with changing the step ups?

Btw, the CDR210 does not play copied cds.

Russell

 

[inaglasshouse]

Hi Russell

ORIGINAL: Russell Wheatley
How did you go with changing the step ups?

All fine, thanks.

ORIGINAL: Russell Wheatley
Btw, the CDR210 does not play copied cds.

Er... mine does!
Specifically, in case the method matters:
1) Rip original CD to iTunes in Apple Lossless format, on a Mac (usual process anyway for my whole-house audio scheme)
2) Burn CD from iTunes on a Mac to (Verbatim) CD-R

Cheers, Richard.