CD Changer Skipping

Thanks to Randy Smith:

Well, I found out what was wrong with MY CD changer anyhow, and I suspect it could help many others. A friend who works for an unnamed company drops in my office today (we were talking about car stereo goods the other day) with a Ford factory CD changer. I take it, look at it, push on the magazine, IT MOVES! The thing is damped in ALL DIRECTIONS. We go look at my car, no apparent damping. So tonight I yanked my changer out and put in the new one. Quick test drive, no skipping at all yet and it reads all discs without thinking twice. I start inspecting the old one and it is damped in 3 directions. I set it down and push on it, it slides around real nice. I look at the label on the back:

some numbers
COMPACT DISC CHANGER
SOFTWARE LEVEL : 6.2
MOUNTING : HORIZONTAL

Anyone else have any questions about this? So, the one I have here will likely work great, IF IT'S MOUNTED AS DIRECTED!!!! Looking at the label on top of the changer, I think this one is a replacement. There's a label on the top that has an order number and is dated 9/10/97. My car went into service in May of 97.

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