Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:22:02 -0600
Reply-To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
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On Apr 10, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> I just hope I'm not in your van when you get that changer going.
& I thought I was sick puppy? Never even saw that 1 cuming!
Mr. BZ-where is my spell chick?
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Mike Elliott
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Very cool. Now the question is: how close is the "eject faceplate"
>> button to the ones I am more likely to be using?
>>
>> , and I mounted a 6-dick changer
>> overhead,
>> --
>>
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR
>>
>> On 4/10/2008 9:47 AM Mike S wrote:
>>
>> At 11:57 AM 4/10/2008, Mike Elliott wrote...
>>>
>>>> What I'd really like is a radio with a volume knob, a tuner
>>>> knob, five
>>>> programmable push buttons (those of you who drove cars in the
>>>> 50's or
>>>> 60's
>>>> see what I'm getting at) for my fave-o-rite stations, an iPod
>>>> bay w/
>>>> remote, and that darn remote needs to have a power off button to
>>>> shut
>>>> the
>>>> stupid radio off once I'm in bed.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Check out the Panasonic CQ-C5303U I mentioned earlier. Volume knob?
>>> Check (also a handy mute button nearby, programmable to either
>>> attenuate
>>> or mute). Power off w/remote? Check (you can even toggle the "off"
>>> display between completely off and clock display from the remote).
>>> Station presets? Check (6 per band; 3 FM, 1 AM, even has an
>>> Automatic
>>> Programming button - hold and it will program the 6 presets to the
>>> strongest received stations in the current band, handy when
>>> travelling).
>>>
>>> Doesn't have a knob for station tuning, but the buttons are in a
>>> knob-like arrangement so they're easy to locate (look at a
>>> picture and
>>> you'll understand), left/right for tune down/up, press to step,
>>> hold to
>>> seek.
>>>
>>> The CD player will handle CD-RW discs, and MP3 files. The
>>> faceplate is
>>> removable, if you need that. Has an aux line-in (RCA jacks),
>>> separate
>>> from the iPod input. 3 band parametric equalizer with 6 programmable
>>> presets. Dimmable display
>>>
>>> It will display track number/time/artist/title/album (toggle between
>>> them) when playing the iPod.
>>>
>>> You can also turn off all the moving, distracting graphics that
>>> so many
>>> decks seem to have these days (the kids apparently like bling). The
>>> glitz it does have gives you a choice between different spectrum
>>> analyzer displays, which at least do something ostensibly useful.
>>>
>>> You can even hook up an expansion unit (which costs more than the
>>> deck
>>> itself!), and then a Bluetooth adapter to that, and have
>>> handsfree for
>>> your cell phone. The same also allows the addition of Sirius/XM
>>> tuners.
>>>
>>> The manual can be downloaded here:
>>> http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/CQC5403U.PDF
>>>
>>>
>>>
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