Car Audio Unit

Dave also look at retro sound. you get the 60's look with all the mods, usb, aux wires etc. and they look the part, alittle more expensive though.

I found several neat units. Thanks for the tip. I already ordered the Alpine. If it does not work out I will sell it & go retro.

Thanks Chris.

Dave, Just a heads up. Most CD stereo units don't like being vertical. When I installed mine the first CD promptly got jammed and I had to take the deck out and turn it to horizontal to get my CD out. Put all my music on a mini USB and have never inserted another CD.

Doug M

Dave, I installed a Retro Sound radio and it did not work very well due to malfunctioning knobs. Next, I tried installing an Alpine CD but it did not fit because the unit was too long ( standard length) for the confined vertical space and it hit the heater coolant pipes. Also, vertically installed CD players don’t work very well. Finally, I found a JVC media player with is very compact, has a USB port and it fits and sounds good.

I have a Kenwood unit with a flip face, when switched off the closed face has the Panther head logo of the oem radio blanking plate.

Julian

Change out the antiquated center console to something that gives you the opportunity to use a sensible unit.

This is for a 1 Din unit. The potential is there for a 2 din with a video screen if you want to stretch the envelope.

You could put in a GPS so if you are like me, can get lost faster?

I have no radio, I let the engine sing for me. Sounds like Janis Joplin...

Yes.
Mikael is Right
NO radio in a race car.


Kjeld Pedersen

had no problems with my retro fwiw.

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Originally posted by No Quarter:
I have no radio, I let the engine sing for me. Sounds like Janis Joplin...

I have no radio a well. My car is way too loud to even bother.

Doug
Back in '05 the posts showed some Kenwood and Alpine units played CDs well in the vertical position. One brand that did extremely well was the Eclipse head units. I had an Alpine for a couple of years & it did work for a couple of years & then failed in the vertical playing of CDs. About 5-6 years ago I installed the Eclipse unit. It has never failed! It is perfect. Sadly Eclipse does not make single din units today (head units).

Now I like the idea of playing hundreds of tunes from a little stick, flash drive. A remote will allow me to change songs easily. No more fumbling with CDs. Hundreds of CDs on a flash drive! So if the Alpine unit I purchased, does not play CDs vertically, that is ok because I intend to use the USB port. Playing CDs would just be an extra.

Doug, Beautiful console!

Kjeld & Mikael, I agree and often never turn on the music. I enjoy the Cleveland symphony as well as Janis. In 1969 I was fortunate to talk with Janis privately backstage before her performance. Shared a little Southern Comfort & honey! She was very mellow and sweet!

I appreciate all of the help. I imagine it will be a couple of months before I can do the new install. Very cold here now. This week expected sub zero.( -18 Celsius) I will advise how it turns out. If it does not work or fit, I will put the Eclipse back into the car. If it works, I will sell the Eclipse if anyone is interested.

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Originally posted by Rick P.:

quote:

Originally posted by No Quarter:
I have no radio, I let the engine sing for me. Sounds like Janis Joplin...

I have no radio a well. My car is way too loud to even bother.

Same here!

Dave, I think you meant to say Fahrenheit.

IndyDave, you met Janis? Cool. Ball and Chain is my favorite, I have a CD with 8 versions of that tune, when I play it, in another car or in the house, everybody else looks strangely at me. Finally, finally, I've found someone that symphatizes

William,
I was trying to tell the Celsius group, sub zero here (Fahrenheit) is sub -18 Celsius I just did not do a good job with explaining. Snowing pretty hard here. Hope you are doing well. Good to hear from you. Is you car running well? Did you do upgrades or changes in 2013?
No radio in your car?

Mikael,
Ball & Chain! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1zFnyEe3nE

See this for the life and career http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM5A-uLRYao

She was pretty cool to talk with. I was twenty & she came over to me backstage. Can't believe you have 8 versions!

Yes, that Ball and Chain at Monterey, that's history being made. That was when an artist was jugded not so much on looks and maybe even not vocal superiority, but on whether they MEANT it. And boy, she meant it. Feelings. Emotions. Being real. Not like today's polished pop music.

Those of you reading this, thinking what are those old geezers rambling about, if you don't get it, I can't explain it to you. Sorry

So true!

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Originally posted by IndyDave:

So true!

Dave -

Are you talking about the geezers, or the music?

Both.
Janis was "inside" her music. The music was truly part of her when she performed. She was inside the zone.

After recording on the evening of the 3rd, she and band member Ken Pearson had a couple of drinks at Barney's Beanery. Just after midnight, they drove back to the Landmark Hotel , at 7047 Franklin. Inside room 105, she shot up her last fix of heroin. She returned to the hotel lobby to get change for a five dollar bill, for cigarettes. She chatted casually with the hotel clerk, who later said she seemed perfectly natural (and he didn't know who she was). When she returned to her room, she collapsed beside the bed, almost breaking her nose. She was wedged against a bedside table, with a cigarette in her hand.

John Cook, one of her band members, became alarmed when she didn't show up for the recording session the next morning, and after unsuccessfully trying to reach her by telephone, he went to the hotel, broke down the door and found her dead. She was 27 years old.

Coroners case #70-10463:
http://www.findadeath.com/Dece...lin/janis_joplin.htm

It is a shame she was consumed by drugs, hard drugs. She was lucky to live to 27 years old.