I have a '91 300E which should have the same Becker radio as your car. There was a 10-CD changer available for these cars that was a dealer installed option. The price was around $1,100 and the changer had a bad reputation. The unit is made by Sony for Becker and is called the Silverstone 980.

After owning my car for a while I decided that I wanted one of these changers but they were no longer available and Becker wouldn't sell what they had left.

Then last January I heard that Becker was selling these as reconditioned units. They came with new cables, a new cartridge but w/o the bracket to mount the unit in the trunk.

I bought one of these units ($370) from Becker and then bought a mounting bracket from a guy in California. The bracket was $85 plus shipping and a bit overpriced but the only other option I had was to make one (quite easy if you have one as a template).

The CD changer goes in the trunk. It mounts vertically in the curb side wheel well near the tuner and amplifier for the radio. Installation is a snap. You just remove the liner on the curb side of the trunk, plug the cables into the tuner, mount the bracket with three machine screws, plug the cables into the changer and then mount the changer in the mount.

Disconnect power from the battery before installing the unit.

Call Ed Ebel at Becker at 1-888-423-3537, X207 about the changer.

Call Walter Odemer at 1-818-846-2819 about the bracket.

My unit sounds great and has worked flawlessly. I'm convinced that any problems with the original changer were fixed before the reconditioned units were sold.