Hi Royce,
No problem - I'm contacting Harman Becker at Werners's suggestion to get
them to modify my Becker - basically they'll add a 2.5mm (??) plug so I can
plug a iPod or MP3 into it ( hidden hopefully) and keep the iPod in the
glovebox.
Werner has this setup and is happy with it. I tinkered with the idea
of putting the iPao in the trunk but there's no reason to go to that
trouble. May as well keep it where it'll be handy.
I checked the size of the files on my wifes Audio Books and they are
small enough to allow me to buy a MP3 w/ a 1,2, or 8 GB and probably never
fill it up.
I'll let everyone know what Harman-Becker says when they reply to my
email ---
IMHO, if anyone has the trunk mounted amp & tuner I have and they want
to maintain that equipment, I think the M3 or iPod is the only aternative
that makes sense. It's impossible to have the Becker Silverstone CD Changer
repaired anymore - the parts are just not available. SW Stereo are the
acknowledged experts in Becker changers & after looking for the parts for
nearly a year he threw in the towel. I found one of the cassette things
with the wire for $6.95 (free S&H) on the net.
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Royce Engler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:12 AM
Subject: [MBZ] CD changer info for Larry
Larry said...
I rec'd this answer from www.installer.com - perhaps your Becker was newer
than mine (1991)?
<<<<No parts availiable to do this.
Sorry.
Dwayne
Help Desk>>>>
Sorry Larry....I must have given the wrong impression. I did the install
on
my wife's 2002 Toyota Highlander and my daughter's 2001 Ford Expedition.
I
figured it would be a long shot for those guys to have an off the shelf
adapter for an old Becker, but worth asking.
We're now beyond my limited electronics abilities...maybe Jim Cathey has a
suggestion...What you are looking for is a way to tap an aux input into
the
connection between the head unit and the tuner/amp/changer in the trunk.
I'm not familiar with the Becker units...it is possible that either the
tuner or the amp have an aux input (too much to hope that it might be RCA
plugs...)
Royce
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