Which changer did you buy? I have often thought of getting one. The cd only ones are dirt cheap and the dvd/cd are pretty cheap too.

m-mmeyer

I bought the Sony CDP-M555ES. Its feature list isn't perfect, but it does quite a lot and is a pretty neat toy. It includes an on-screen display showing all disks that are loaded, and it also has a two-way remote that shows you the current disk and track title.

One thing that's a bit annoying is that you can't name tracks with it. You can name disks and assign an artist to each disk, but you can't name the tracks. If a CD has CD-text on it, it will show the track titles that are recorded on the disk, but you can't input them manually.

A minor annoyance, since the unit does just about everything else perfectly.

Wow, you got your replacement shipped overnight ? It took a week to get mine. Still evaluating.


Jeff

No, the replacement was shipped UPS ground on Monday. I'm still waiting for it; I'm hoping that I'll see it by Friday. Maybe that's optomistic; I really don't know how long UPS ground will take considering it's going to travel over 3,000 miles.

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Matthew J. Hill
matt@idsi.net

hey Matt,
For mine to get to Florida from Cali, it takes about 5 business days. However I sent my 2nd one back tonight. My days of Outlaw are over unfortunately. Going Yamaha RX-V2200. Must say Thumbs up for their Customer Service though !!

I had the same problem once. It was late so I gave up and went to bed. The next day it was fine. Months later, no repeat. It's good to know Outlaw will back it if it repeats.

Just FYI, it ended up taking one week to make the trip and arrived on Monday. The replacement unit has shown no problems yet. *knock on wood*

Matthew,

I am having the same problems with mine and, unbelievably, I have the same exact setup that you described (86 the changer). I didn't start happening until about 2 months after I had the unit. The strange thing is, and I can't remember if you said anything about this or not, but mine only cuts off when I am watching DVDs. Also, it will not cut off if I keep the volume at 26 or lower. If I press the power button twice, it cuts back on, but will immediately cut off again unles I turn the volume down, so I assumed it had something to do with overheating or clipping or something. The 1050 sits on its own shelf and the shelf above it is a at least 8 to 10 inches from the top of the receiver. I felt the receiver when it cut off and it felt cool, so that perplexed me as well. I am going to contact Outlaw CS since no one else has discovered a DIY solution. Thanks for posting. At least I am not the only one...

Well, I guess I get to join the club. My 1050 did the exact same thing the night after I got it. When it happened I noticed my speakers would "pop" as the display faded away. My solution was to unplug the unit for the whole night and change outlets. So far (knock on wood) it has performed fine. thats been 1 1/2 months ago. It isnt heat because my was stone cold when it happened. I never rewired my speakers so I dont think that was it. Good Luck to us all.

Well, Tweaker, your situation sounds similar to mine, except that I never did get mine to turn back on again since that night. I ended up sending it back to Outlaw for a replacement and never did find out what went bonkers with the original. The replacement has shown no signs of repeating the behavior.

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Matthew J. Hill
matt@idsi.net