Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:40:20 -0400
Reply-To: BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
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From: BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Subject: Re: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
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I just wanted to note that I have this exact same stereo in my van too and I
think it has one major issue that is really annoying. The On/Off switch is
the same button as the toggle for source. Press it and hold it turns the
unit on. Press it again and depending on how long the button is pressed
determines whether the unit shuts off OR goes from radio to CD or AUX, etc.
Had I known this before buying it I would not have. Other than that it's
not bad for a cheap $79 stereo which is all I'll put in my van.
Bryan
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Mike Elliott
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 2:32 PM
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Subject: Re: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
Very cool. Now the question is: how close is the "eject faceplate"
button to the ones I am more likely to be using?
I've stopped using optical media. Though my present "radio" plays MP3
and CD from its front panel slot-o-rama, and I mounted a 6-dick changer
overhead, these days I just jack in the iPod.
--
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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