Mazda Protege - Stereo System

I would like to replace my CD player that came with my Protege, because is failing as doesn't recognize the track, or play some CD others no, or I can change tracks and so forth.

I'm looking for a third party Systems such as Pioneer, or Kennwood, or Alpine, but I do not know which one are compatible with my car. Do you have any idea or at least can give some orientation. Thanks!

hey dude, with your stock car stereo (cd player) does it come with a tape deck as well??

if it does, chances are you will have to remove both tape and cd decks because one will not run without the other(its a security measure). you also said it wasn't reading the cd, this might be because of dirty runners/laser inside the player- i know you can get tape deck cleaner, but not sure about cd deck cleaner

as for you choice in cd third party systems...those 3 should be all compatible, and all three are top of the range brands.(any auto-electrictian/stereo installer will be able to help if still unsure)

hope this helped, sorry for the long post...good luck, let us know how it turned out k

laters,

i have a 2002 protege 5 stock stereo with cd .. no tape player for sale.. it's a double din.. lemmie know if ya wanna buy it..

if you have the wide format stock stereo.. it's a double din.. or 1.5 din.. they have black face covers you can use to cover up the extra space.. most third party stereos out there are single din... such as alpine, kenwood, sony, etc..

i have the alpine 9815... it's a mp3/cd/am/fm stereo.. kicks a.ss.. if you're into mp3s.. definately worth it..

good luck

I also had problem wz my CD changer, had send to the agent for repair but still gave same problem. Cannot be detect and only could play the radio.

right now i have 2 12' pioneer subs you can see my car on this site
http://www.cardomain.com/id/importride