Date:         Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:15:36 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
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From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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At 02:28 AM 4/10/2008, Jim Felder wrote...
>Nothing fancy, must have aux. input for iPod.

Last year, I got a Panasonic CQ-C5303U for about $100 from buy.com,
then added the iPod adapter cable (CA-DC300U) for about $50. Everything
plugs in back, the iPod can stay in the glove box. Works great - the
iPod goes on/off with the key and resumes playing where it left off
(unless it's been off for over a day). You can select playlists from
the deck, etc. That deck has a motorized tilting faceplate, which works
out well. The low mounting in the Vanagon makes a non-tilting deck hard
to read. Even comes with a remote, so I can change the volume, etc.
from the back of the Westy.

The dash cutout is _almost_ DIN sized. To install it, I had to slightly
file the corners of the dash opening. They're rounded and need to be
squared up to allow a DIN sized deck to fit. That's probably why so few
decks are listed as fitting. At the back, it's a tight fit with the
cables (especially the antenna cable), but it works.