If the Beckers are poor, then Honda and Ford (which actually has a Blaupunkt installed) are even worse.
Allan Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> writes: > Funny that you say this, as I recall that Beckers were notoriously poor with > FM reception, at least with the GPs. > > Maybe it was another model I'm thinking of? > > Sent from my iPad > > >> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: >> >>> The radio wiring in an 83 300D is pretty simple: switched power, >>> constant power, antenna, L and R speakers. Since the front/rear balance >>> is controlled with the dial in the center console you don't need a radio >>> with built-in front-rear fade, and the wiring harness is not set up for >>> that. Good luck finding one though. You could either bring wires >>> forward from the console fader dial or just wire up the front or rear >>> channel of the radio. >>> >>> I'd try to find a working Becker before I went with anything new. The >>> Becker Grand Prix in my 300D absolutely puts the "modern" radios in our >>> newer Ford and Honda to shame in its ability to tune in distant FM >>> stations clearly (though I never have figured out how to set the clock, >>> and it has an odd "alarm clock" feature, I guess for when I'm sleeping >>> in the car????) >>> >>> Gerry Archer <arche...@embarqmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> The Becker in my '83 300D quit but I don't want to fix it or get another >>>> Becker since the car is a beater with 300K miles. >>>> Can anyone suggest an Asian radio that will pull in distant stations? >>> Years >>>> ago Pioneer was the best long range radio. >>>> I'll also replace the antenna; probably with a non-retractable. Not >>> looking >>>> forward to sorting out all the wiring. >>>> Thanks, >>>> Gerry >>> >>> -- >>> Allan Streib >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Allan Streib _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
