Tom,

As stated in my "update"

"UPDATE: I installed this unit to check the sv # when you power it on, it is SV-4700 50. SO, again from looking at it from this angle it seems as though it has the correct firmware. Is that possible? The part # is older than the one in my car now...so, there must have been a stop in FW revisions at some point and then they restarted? For point of reference my old unit said "sv50-0142 when I checked it. "

So, is it possible that a cd player from the end of '00 would be compatible while my orig one from the end of 01 is not? The SW revisions say it is, but I find that hard to believe. Thanks for any additional info.

Joe Clark