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Date:         Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:36:57 -0500
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: '87 gl stereo cheap fix
Comments: To: Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <698D2FE331FC794BB994CD03DFB28589C924A0@gmgexdc02.iogmg.ioroot.tld>
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Just get a cheap stereo with a front audio input jack. For a few bucks more you can probably find one with a CD that read MPs files off the CD.

Dennis

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Aaron Pearson Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 6:21 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: '87 gl stereo cheap fix

i hadn't thought of that. i guess i'll just keep toting around the dc computer speakers until i feel like buying a proper amp or a radio with the external jack. i'm not much of an audio feak...

aaron '87 syncro gl

-----Original Message----- From: Max Wellhouse [mailto:maxjoyce@IPA.NET] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 4:09 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: '87 gl stereo cheap fix

I'm no electronics expert, but unless you have Klipschorns for speakers, I doubt you'll hear that mp3 player without a substantial power amplifier. As I understand most portable players, they produce milliwatts of power to the headphone jack and I would guess to hear your factory speakers in a Vanagon(or even decent aftermarket speakers), you'd need 10-20 watts of power. Not even sure plugging the mp3 player to an external poewer amp would work with potential impedance mismatches. The Audi World group has a separate forum for audio freaks and they've been toying with your concept and they have suceeded.

Yeah, it's Friday, so burn some holes in my thinking here!!

Max

At 10:05 AM 1/28/2005, Aaron Pearson wrote: >my stock radio/tape player doesn't work very well (the tape player >doesn't work, even after numerous cleanings, and the antenna is gone so

>the radio reception is poor). i don't listen to tapes or radio anyway,

>so my new plan is to remove it entirely, and plug my mp3 player >directly into the speakers. the idea is to wire in a potentiometer >between the speaker plugs and an 1/8" audio jack. that way i can plug >in whaterver potable device i want. this seems like a good idea to me.

>can anyone think of why it's not, or have any suggestions to make it >better or more reliable (or why it's a bad idea in the first place)? >this is the cheapest way i can think of to get what i want. > >fyi, i'd bring along a portable weather radio on trips for emergency. > >aaron >'87 syncro gl


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