Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:24:31 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: Was Insurance now iPhones relating to Vanagons
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Oh don't get me wrong Angus, I'd do what you did ( and give up my four channel amp) if it weren't for the lack of radio. You know one of my pleasures is being camped high on the South Island, warm summer evening drink in hand, and listening to various NPR stations (almost line of sight) from the U.S.
If that nails my demographic then so be it :-)
Alistair
> On Jul 19, 2015, at 2:24 PM, Angus Gordon <birdworks@gmail.com> wrote:
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> You're way ahead of me in entertainment systems Alistair. Along with every other aspect of Syncro modification. :)
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> I find that the phone is enough for my music needs, so I thought why carry around this big box? The beauty of using a dock is in just plunking my phone into it. Charging and sound are available with no extra wires to fiddle with. Navigation is plenty visible and turn-by-turn directions come through the sound system if desired, a boon for my lousy hearing.
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> Currently the entire amp is behind the dash, including the potentiometer. Volume is controlled through the phone, though I may consider moving the pot to the dash in the future.
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> Angus
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>> On Jul 19, 2015, at 1:54 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
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>> That's pretty neat Angus.
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>> I got frustrated recently with the tight fit of my pioneer head unit in the dash. I dread pulling the head unit to do any work back there.
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>> I'm thinking of ditching it and buying one without the disc drive. They appear much shallower and I'm not using the cd drive very often anymore.
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>> I'm looking for a mech-less unit with 3 pairs of pre outs, and a remote control. USB input of course and Bluetooth would be nice.
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>> I had a home made iPad holder that replaced the ashtray and held the iPad down over the dash. But recently I found a RAM mount and I popped in a 1/4-20 riv nut beside the lighter and I can screw in the ram mount base to that. I can hold either the mini or the air 2 on that. The mini is less intrusive and works very well as an off road nav system ( Bluetooth connection to garmin glo receiver) and I lead USB cable out through ashtray to the pad.
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>> I also made a base for the ram mount that I have screwed to the underside of the rear overhead cupboard. That way I can, should I wish, lie in bed and have the iPad I'm position to watch a movie.
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>> Alistair
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>> On Jul 19, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>>> And with that... Y'all going too far off topic.;-)
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>>>> Back to Vanagons please!
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>>> Easy enough to do - the best part of my Syncro (not saying much eh?) is undoubtedly the iPhone dock, which I've shared before.
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>>> <https://picasaweb.google.com/113695512730964451253/IPhoneDock?authuser=0&feat=directlink>
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>>> Recently I freed up some valuable dash space by throwing away the (original) radio. Today's project is to install this little amplifier to play my iPhone tunes through the dock.
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>>> <https://picasaweb.google.com/113695512730964451253/IPhoneSoundSystem?authuser=0&feat=directlink>
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>>> Angus
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>>>>> On Jul 19, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>>>> well..
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>>>>> I don't have an iPhone...
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>>>>> just a cheap $19.00 prepaid cell phone...
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>>>>> I don't anybody call me... not counting I don't all the nice stuff on the
>>>>> iPhone..
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>>>>> yes know the iPhone is very very nice... but I have no use for all the
>>>>> features except to call when I have breakdown on the road...
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>>>>> a Ferrari is nice too...
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>>>>> :-)
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