Date:         Mon, 1 Dec 2008 21:47:03 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: radio and stereo question - ignore previous (incomplete)
              email!
Comments: To: Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <6e95da690812011747g5e1169e7m867cf72ba3e10047@mail.gmail.com>
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Radio, although DIN size, must meet the crucial max depth requirement
for our Vanagon.  You can go to Crutchfield.com to see what fits.   If
you still have factory radio you may have to run speaker wires to the
back as the OEM radio has a common ground which anything remotely
modern will not support.   And yes, they do make radios with remote
controlls.  :-)

On 12/1/08, Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry, I accidentally sent this too soon!  Let me try again...
>
> I am thinking of splurging (given the poor state of the economy and all
> that) and getting a new stereo for my van.  Mine makes horrid scratchy
> noises a lot of the time, especially if I've been running the radio on a
> long drive - I think it overheats or something.  I don't think it's the
> speakers - I replaced them a couple of years ago, and this doesn't happen
> with tapes.  (Yeah, it's old, has a cassette player.)
>
> A couple of basic questions (I've never bought a car stereo before):
>
> -   are all car (van) stereos the same size, or are they particular to the
> vehicle?  If the latter, is it hard to find stereos for vanagons?
> -   do car stereos and speakers come in a package, or can I reuse the
> speakers I have and not pay to replace them?  (I'm not fussy about sound
> quality - I listen mostly to NPR news, not music.)
> -   do they still make car stereos with cassette players?  Or only DVDs and
> MP3 connections?
> -   and the most interesting question (to me) - do they make car stereos
> with remotes?  I'd love to be able to hang out in the back listening to the
> radio, and not have to scramble and stretch to turn it off.  A remote would
> be grand.
>
> Thanks for your advice!
>
>
>
> Joy
> and Matilda, who really can't stand that horrid old radio one day longer!
>
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