Date:         Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:59:32 -0800
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: iPods in Vanagons
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I was just about to post this and ya beat me to it...! I got mine in the
store, fwiw. Installation was straightforward and it fit right. I don't
think it actually 'controls' an iPod or any other mp3 player, but since the
mp3 player we have is also a USB flash drive we just plug that in.

The sound is quite a bit better than I expected it to be. Probably wouldn't
satisfy an audiophile but I don't know that audiophiles even acknowledge the
existence of mp3s.

So you can have your CD-R full of mp3s, your USB drive, an SD card, a
satellite radio and just about any other device (like our portable DVD
player, which also plays mp3s and .WMAs, or you can have your movie audio)
all hooked up at the same time and you just toggle between them.... if that
doesn't do ya I don't know what will.

I had intended to try to overcome any audio deficiencies with the
amp/speaker setup but now I'm not that worried about it, tho I still plan to
upgrade downstream. This thing is cheap, er... inexpensive enough that I'm
now thinking of installing one in the rear and having two systems (and
probably a way to switch them together if I want). I have little kids and
the last long trip we were on I wound up listening to hours of cartoon audio
while driving (Zoinks! Scooooby Dooby Do!). I'm not real big on headphones
for little kids- having a dual setup would give me some interesting options
and for 80 bucks to start with why not?

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Courtney Hook" <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: iPods in Vanagons


> Tom, I bought this deck for 77 bucks believe it or not, and it has a USB
> input, ipod input, SD card input, and puts out good sound! Also plays MP3
> disks so I've got one disc with about 200 songs on it. it's at Walmart
> online.
> http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4744710
>
> I see it's gone up 2 bucks, but wow, it can do everything. I am very
> pleased
> with it in my 77 Westy.
> Even has a remote!
> HTH,
> Courtney
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Salicos" <Tom@SALICOS.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 2:44 PM
> Subject: iPods in Vanagons
>
>
>> Santa brought me a 4 GB iPod Nano for Christmas.  Christmas day I had a
>> little time and copied 20 of my favorite CDs onto it.  Later I copied
>> another 10.  It's a little over half full.  Goodness me.
>>
>> Feeling kind of bad that the van didn't get anything for Christmas, I'm
>> starting to look at CD decks that can control iPods.  Has anybody gotten
>> into these yet?  Comments?  It sounds like it could be the end of 6-disk
>> changers.
>>
>> Tom Salicos
>>
>> '87 Syncro Westy EG-33