Date:         Sat, 5 Jan 2002 12:49:10 -0800
Reply-To:     80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
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From:         80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Subject:      What is the ultimate in dash toy? (Was: in dash MP3 player??)
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My vote goes to the Pioneer AVX-P7300DVD In-Dash Motorized Monitor with DVD. The monitor slides right out of the dash unit and allows you to play DVDs. If only you could play MP3 CDs...

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PioneerCanadaEng/CDA/CarProducts/POC_Eng_CarProductDetails/0,1825,2234,00.html

Thanks,
Chris

On Sat, 05 January 2002, Larry Chase wrote:

>
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 15:13:37 -0800, Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
> wrote:
>
> >anybody with an indash mp3 player?
> >
> >Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
> >Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
> >University of Idaho
> >www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
>
> Matthew,
>
> Have a Kenwood MP3/CD player that I'm very imopressed with. Was ~$350 and
> has all the important features ... folder/Tag display etc. Last week I was
> crusing this gravel "Washboard" teeth jarring road in Death Valley at 40MPH
> and the player didn't skip a beat.
>
> Long term I will replace this unit (sorry .. pre-sold) with one (Probably
> Kenwood) that has a aux in ability. Then I'll be able to feed my Laptop and
> Sat TV audio into the system. On my Laptop I have over 30K songs in MP3
> format. That will be sweet.
>
> Have figured out what speakers to install and whether to go for a amp. My
> concern is power consumption. I do a lot of dry camping and electrical
> consumptions is of course a major issue. If I go find an in dash unit with
> aux in, that could power 6-8 speakers with low amp usage ... that would be
> perfect. But perhaps unrealistic.
>
> Larry
> 85Westy

Thanks,
Chris Gronski
'80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY
'87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer
'91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertable