20 Most Recent Sony CDX-SW200 AM/FM Compact Disc PlayerCDX-SW200 Questions & Answers

you bought it from a pawn shop --and you wired it up so you have some sort of wiring instructions -yes it could have the wrong harness for your application but the correct one for some other

try pacparts.com

Most aftermarket cd players have the following wiring diagrams

(+)Red..............12v ignition
(+)Yellow...........12v battery (Memory) Constant Hot
(-)Black............12v Ground
(+)Blue.............12v Power antenna
(+)Blue/white.......12v Remote turn on
Orange...........Dashlight/dimmer
Orange/white.....Dashlight/dimmer
Orange/black.....Dashlight/dimmer
(+)White............Front left positive
(-)White/black......Front left negative
(+)Grey.............Front right positive
(-)Grey/black.......Front right negative
(+)Green............Rear left positive
(-)Green/black......Rear left negative
(+)Purple...........Rear right positive
(-)Purple/black.....Rear right negative

Hope that is what you were asking for.

The player doesn't like the brand of CDR your playing. Try using just a CD burner instead of a combo CD/DVD burner. Also use Verbatim Pastel brand, because the player recognizes these discs easier. Also, it wouldn't hurt for you to run a commercial disc laser cleaner through this thing to clean the optical lens. Burn music using Nero software because its easy and the best.

The player doesn't like the brand of CDR your playing. Try using just a CD burner instead of a combo CD/DVD burner. Also use Verbatim Pastel brand, because the player recognizes these discs easier. Also, it wouldn't hurt for you to run a commercial disc laser cleaner through this thing to clean the optical lens. Burn music using Nero software because its easy and the best.

If you buy a wiring harness from this guy he will send you a wiring diagram. Copy and paste the web address.
Here you go bud:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-wire-WIRING-Harness-XPLOD-XR-CA430-CDX-MP30-sn6_W0QQitemZ200417888633QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea9d64979

If you buy a wiring harness from this guy he will send you a wiring diagram. Copy and paste the web address.
Here you go bud:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-wire-WIRING-Harness-XPLOD-XR-CA430-CDX-MP30-sn6_W0QQitemZ200417888633QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea9d64979

Try Installing A New Antenna.

sounds like you connected the amp turn on lead to the power antenna wire coming from the deck, so the amp turns on when you have the radio on, but turns off when playing cds. you need to connect the amp turn on lead to the amp remote wire.

Not unless he unit is capable. I know that Cadence made their decks with this feature, and I haven't seen anyone else as of a year ago.

Have you tried pressing hte RESET switch?? It's behind the removeable front of the stereo, use a biro or something and hold it in for a bit.

Failing that, check that there isn't a CD already in it, could be a dodgy CD?

Press DSPL for two seconds
USE volume buttons to set hour
pres SEL
use volume buttons to set minute
press DSPL

Press DSPL for 2 seconds
Press the + or - volume buttons to set the hour
press SEL
Use the volume buttons to set the minute
Press DSPL

Do you get adequate bass on the radio, or is it a bit quiet on the low-end?

I'm not completely certain about yours, but on most Sony decks you can get to a manual tuning mode by pressing and holding the seek buttons. In other words, if you press and release the tuning button, it will automatically jump to the next channel. If you press and hold the button for a second, it should beep and possibly start flashing an "M" on the screen. After that, it should stop scanning when you release the button, without jumping to the next station.