I have an SC-816 single disk cd player in my v70. Seems while playing some of the higher numbered tracks the cd player skips or mistracks.

The cd's are clean and play well on my home system and the skips happen at different points, but always on the higher numbered songs, usually the last song on the cd.

Does anybody have a solution or the same problem? This is going to be a hard one to explain to the service department.

Mike's right. Clean your lense.

Bryan

I stuck a cleaner disk in mine, and everything works fine now. Get one at any computer outlet.

Regards,

Mike Harris in Sandy Eggo

My sympathies to your problem. I got my 1998 S70 in January and I have had the SC-816 radio replaced or repaired 3 times to date. Every one has had a different problem. The first had shorts and failed illumination. The second one turned itself off when the headlights were turned on. The third one (still in the car) decided to eat a CD (I got it back and it hasn't done it since). Basically, I wouldn't put it past the SC-816 to do anything funny. It's electrics seem to rival my old Jaguar XJS's. I recomend you get it replaced by the dealer until it is out of warrenty and then when it is out of warenty and malfunctions just get an Alpine, Blau, Nakimichi, etc., radio droped in. It's an easy install.

...Speaking of failed illumination, is there any way to repair it short of replacing the entire radio?

I have no idea if you can replace the bulbs(?). The dealer just said it had to be replaced and since it was covered I saw no reason to complain. If you are out of warrenty you might consider taking a look inside the radio. Just be really careful, lord knows how they put it together. Since they just rebuild the radios when they are pulled I suspect that the bulbs(?) can be replaced. Good Luck.