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Thanks Mike - Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Larry, YOu can pick up cheap(way less than $100) portable CD players with an anti-shock/skip feature that prevents that annoying problem. I've seen them as low as 29 bucks at Wally World. Mike - Original Message - From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Hi Jim, When you say Walkman, I assume you're talking about a CD player? I tried that also and the skipping was so bad I couldn't enjoy the discs. I hope a iPod or MP3 player will be a lot more stable. Do you have any experience with either of those? This will be my 1st experience with an MP3 or iPod player.Actually I'm not positive about how they work - I assume they have a harddrive where music, data voice is stored? Is that close? Will a MP or iPod be more stable than a CD player? TIA - Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Those little cassette tape with a wire things work really well for that, are dirt cheap, and no mods needed. That's what I have now. The entire system: Sony discman, cassette adapter, car, and home power adapters was $5 at the thrift store, and all works. I love surfing the trailing edge! But the system is awkward with all the cables, the Alpine makes a lot of transport noise, and the audio path is easily overdriven into distortion. Something a bit more integrated would be a nice solution, but probably will never happen. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Thanks Werner -- I'm discovering a huge world of different MP3's and iPod's - including some without *any* memory sticks* - gotta watch the amd read the descriptions carefully! I've learned that 1 or 2 GBs will be plently of storage for us - mostly Debbie and her books-on-tape which I have found takes very little space. I still find it amazing to recall when PCs began to arrive in our corp tech center - the better ones had 4mb's of HDs followed 6 months later or so by 8mb's and then 16mb which meant we were hot stuff. ;-) and eveyone knows how fast things went from there - doubling every 3-9 months - in speed and capacity. When I think back to 4mbs and the need too unload some programs to make room for others. We couldn't *comprehend* a Gigabytye then (still can't) and now I have 500 or more GBs in my desktop. Things have changed a lot - * - just a few days ago I didn;t know what a memory stick was! Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Werner Fehlauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Larry - most of the large capacity MP3s (over 20 Gig) are mini-hard drives; small ones, typically 2-3 Gig are solid state memory. I've had no problem with the Phillips 30GB MP3 player, rough roads or sitting still. Werner - Original Message - From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Hi Jim, When you say Walkman, I assume you're talking about a CD player? I tried that also and the skipping was so bad I couldn't enjoy the discs. I hope a iPod or MP3 player will be a lot more stable. Do you have any experience with either of those? This will be my 1st experience with an MP3 or iPod player.Actually I'm not positive about how they work - I assume they have a harddrive where music, data voice is stored? Is that close? Will a MP or iPod be more stable than a CD player? TIA - Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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When you say Walkman, I assume you're talking about a CD player? I did say Discman, Sony's particular walkabout CD player. tried that also and the skipping was so bad I couldn't enjoy the discs. This particular one has a switch-selectable read-ahead buffer that dramatically improves its shock resistance. Presumably it was switchable because either they didn't entirely trust it, or it cuts battery life. It takes a pretty heinous bump to faze it. I think I did OK for $5! hope a iPod or MP3 player will be a lot more stable. Do you have any experience with either of those? My wife bought a friend's iPod, but I have no experience with it. She bought it to record rehearsal sessions. (It has a clip-on recorder. She got the works for $100 from a friend who was upgrading.) She's only just now getting around to trying it out. -- Jim
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Its amazing, when I bought my first computer in college it had a 40Mb harddrive which I upgraded to 640Mb and I thought I was hot stuff. When I _made_ my first real computer in college, it had two (count them, two!) 160 kByte floppies. I had to build the controller for them too, not from a kit. I _was_ hot stuff! Now I just sit here burnishing the tail lamps in my wife's car. :-) -- Jim
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What year is your MB? Even though it only says Mercedes on the radio, it is very likely a Becker. I agree having a plug input added to the stereo for the iPod/MP3 like Werner had done is preferable to using the cassette with a wire option. I wrote Becker-Harman on Monday to inquire about having a MP3/iPod input plug added to my head unit and have not heard back so I may call them today - will let ya'll know what happens - Mr Khan - the Becker Grand Prix was widely used in Mercedes and a typical one can be seen in eBay item number 230103716173 - you can search ebay for that number to see a image of it, If yours is similar, it's a Becker. ;-) Good luck, Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: M.Afzaal.Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:02 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods HiThe Griffin FM adapter for the Ipod was a disappointment purchase; it transmits a weak output and then picks up the odd static sounds too . The 'tape with a wire' gives a much cleaner sound. Would like to have a plug in aux lead for the ipod with a discreetly run cable going to the CD connector plug in the back of the unit which states, 'Mercedes Benz' on the cassette insert lid , no Becker name indication . - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:25 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Those little cassette tape with a wire things work really well for that, are dirt cheap, and no mods needed. That's what I have now. The entire system: Sony discman, cassette adapter, car, and home power adapters was $5 at the thrift store, and all works. I love surfing the trailing edge! But the system is awkward with all the cables, the Alpine makes a lot of transport noise, and the audio path is easily overdriven into distortion. Something a bit more integrated would be a nice solution, but probably will never happen. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.8/717 - Release Date: 3/10/2007 2:25 PM ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Hi Curt - you wrote I've got 24TB thats, terrabytes Wow! TB's - that's too much to comprehend. I guess it won't be long that the home user will be able to buy TB storage. I started using computers back when we used punch cards and there was no such thing as a monitor - the data or program was input had to be re-run and a paper output printed to see results. Then we moved to offsite computer useage where we had a computer input clerk who typed the data into a onsite monitor which then ransmitted the data to a mainframe - we used the McDonald-Douglas mainframe which costs the project $15k-$20k per month. The day of PCs really saved a lot of money! Having a PC (remember the suitcase IBM PCs) on our desk was a major break-thru. Of course, back then we usually had only 256k memory to work with - back in the early 80s I bought a TRS80 - does that sound right? I mostly remember having to attach a cassette player to save any programs (very crude) I had written because there was *no* memory. Ahhh, the good old days... Things have changed -- Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Hey Larry, In my classroom I've got 24TB thats, terrabytes. The system I train supports up to 192TB. Its amazing, when I bought my first computer in college it had a 40Mb harddrive which I upgraded to 640Mb and I thought I was hot stuff. -Curt Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:59:24 -0400 From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Thanks Werner -- I'm discovering a huge world of different MP3's and iPod's - including some without *any* memory sticks* - gotta watch the amd read the descriptions carefully! I've learned that 1 or 2 GBs will be plently of storage for us - mostly Debbie and her books-on-tape which I have found takes very little space. I still find it amazing to recall when PCs began to arrive in our corp tech center - the better ones had 4mb's of HDs followed 6 months later or so by 8mb's and then 16mb which meant we were hot stuff. ;-) and eveyone knows how fast things went from there - doubling every 3-9 months - in speed and capacity. When I think back to 4mbs and the need too unload some programs to make room for others. We couldn't *comprehend* a Gigabytye then (still can't) and now I have 500 or more GBs in my desktop. Things have changed a lot - * - just a few days ago I didn;t know what a memory stick was! Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ - Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Ahhh...The days of Radio Shack and Tandy corp... I started out with a Commodore 64..With a tape deck. Seemed like quite the machine over the Vic20 that my friends hadLOL Was really cool to get the floppy drive and quit typing in the games in basic language. I have never been much at typing...Took me days to make some of the silliest games work...Typos sucked. Mike - Original Message - From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Hi Curt - you wrote I've got 24TB thats, terrabytes Wow! TB's - that's too much to comprehend. I guess it won't be long that the home user will be able to buy TB storage. I started using computers back when we used punch cards and there was no such thing as a monitor - the data or program was input had to be re-run and a paper output printed to see results. Then we moved to offsite computer useage where we had a computer input clerk who typed the data into a onsite monitor which then ransmitted the data to a mainframe - we used the McDonald-Douglas mainframe which costs the project $15k-$20k per month. The day of PCs really saved a lot of money! Having a PC (remember the suitcase IBM PCs) on our desk was a major break-thru. Of course, back then we usually had only 256k memory to work with - back in the early 80s I bought a TRS80 - does that sound right? I mostly remember having to attach a cassette player to save any programs (very crude) I had written because there was *no* memory. Ahhh, the good old days... Things have changed -- Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Hey Larry, In my classroom I've got 24TB thats, terrabytes. The system I train supports up to 192TB. Its amazing, when I bought my first computer in college it had a 40Mb harddrive which I upgraded to 640Mb and I thought I was hot stuff. -Curt Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:59:24 -0400 From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Thanks Werner -- I'm discovering a huge world of different MP3's and iPod's - including some without *any* memory sticks* - gotta watch the amd read the descriptions carefully! I've learned that 1 or 2 GBs will be plently of storage for us - mostly Debbie and her books-on-tape which I have found takes very little space. I still find it amazing to recall when PCs began to arrive in our corp tech center - the better ones had 4mb's of HDs followed 6 months later or so by 8mb's and then 16mb which meant we were hot stuff. ;-) and eveyone knows how fast things went from there - doubling every 3-9 months - in speed and capacity. When I think back to 4mbs and the need too unload some programs to make room for others. We couldn't *comprehend* a Gigabytye then (still can't) and now I have 500 or more GBs in my desktop. Things have changed a lot - * - just a few days ago I didn;t know what a memory stick was! Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ - Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Actually you can get a terrabyte at home, get 2 500GB drives and boom, you're there. We made video editing hardware and software, I usually say we make the things that make TV and movies. 192TB is 666.66 DAYS (16,000 hours) of DV video which is what most news programming is made with. And yet even with all that space customers are screaming for more. One of the big TV networks in NYC that I've been to has 20,000 hours of storage right now (3 80TB systems) and is looking to up the 80TB systems to 192TB EACH... Of course they work in HD so thats actually only 9600 hours for them, still thats 400 days... It boggles the mind. When I did my last video project in college we were each given a 4GB drive to work from. Thats about 20 minutes total video, you learned to be very choosy about your shots as you worked. -Curt Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:24:31 -0400 From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Hi Curt - you wrote I've got 24TB thats, terrabytes Wow! TB's - that's too much to comprehend. I guess it won't be long that the home user will be able to buy TB storage. I started using computers back when we used punch cards and there was no such thing as a monitor - the data or program was input had to be re-run and a paper output printed to see results. Then we moved to offsite computer useage where we had a computer input clerk who typed the data into a onsite monitor which then ransmitted the data to a mainframe - we used the McDonald-Douglas mainframe which costs the project $15k-$20k per month. The day of PCs really saved a lot of money! Having a PC (remember the suitcase IBM PCs) on our desk was a major break-thru. Of course, back then we usually had only 256k memory to work with - back in the early 80s I bought a TRS80 - does that sound right? I mostly remember having to attach a cassette player to save any programs (very crude) I had written because there was *no* memory. Ahhh, the good old days... Things have changed -- Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ - TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 14 17:48:23 2007 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.184]) by server8.arterytc8.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) id 1HRXaH-00061c-JW for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:48:23 + Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id a4so311204nfc for mercedes@okiebenz.com; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:48:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.115.59.1 with SMTP id m1mr3007365wak.1173894493205; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:48:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.113.6 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:48:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:48:13 -0500 From: Gary Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] AUDIO SYSTEM PROBLEMS SOLVED IN 300D M.B. for$178plusshipping X-BeenThere: mercedes@okiebenz.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9.cp2 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes_okiebenz.com.okiebenz.com List-Unsubscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Archive: http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com List-Post: mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com List-Help: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Subscribe: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:48:23 - Sounds like a B-grade horror flick... On 3/14/07, Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I know of two. Mine and the one in my best friends 68 AMX..That one only plays a Steppenwolf tape. Eats anything else put into it.
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There is an article in the March issue of what was once MacAddict, now Maclife. Tells how to splice in a jack for your iPod On Mar 13, 2007, at 5:59 PM, LarryT wrote: Thanks Werner -- I'm discovering a huge world of different MP3's and iPod's - including some without *any* memory sticks* - gotta watch the amd read the descriptions carefully! I've learned that 1 or 2 GBs will be plently of storage for us - mostly Debbie and her books-on-tape which I have found takes very little space. I still find it amazing to recall when PCs began to arrive in our corp tech center - the better ones had 4mb's of HDs followed 6 months later or so by 8mb's and then 16mb which meant we were hot stuff. ;-) and eveyone knows how fast things went from there - doubling every 3-9 months - in speed and capacity. When I think back to 4mbs and the need too unload some programs to make room for others. We couldn't *comprehend* a Gigabytye then (still can't) and now I have 500 or more GBs in my desktop. Things have changed a lot - * - just a few days ago I didn;t know what a memory stick was! Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Werner Fehlauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Larry - most of the large capacity MP3s (over 20 Gig) are mini-hard drives; small ones, typically 2-3 Gig are solid state memory. I've had no problem with the Phillips 30GB MP3 player, rough roads or sitting still. Werner - Original Message - From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Hi Jim, When you say Walkman, I assume you're talking about a CD player? I tried that also and the skipping was so bad I couldn't enjoy the discs. I hope a iPod or MP3 player will be a lot more stable. Do you have any experience with either of those? This will be my 1st experience with an MP3 or iPod player.Actually I'm not positive about how they work - I assume they have a harddrive where music, data voice is stored? Is that close? Will a MP or iPod be more stable than a CD player? TIA - Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Clay Seattle Bioburner 1972 220D - Gump 1995 E300D - Cleo 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz
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Those little cassette tape with a wire things work really well for that, are dirt cheap, and no mods needed. Mike - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:24 AM Subject: [MBZ] Audio mods I've toyed with the idea of tapping into the guts of the old Alpine that's in the Frankenheap in order to hook the CD (or my wife's iPod) into it. I like the funky old Alpine, it sort of looks like it belongs there, as anything much newer would not, and when you use the cassette the radio antenna does not extend. The cassette also auto-ejects when the key goes off. It's also theft-proof. (Who would want it?) Another project, just what I need... -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Harman-Becker in Upper Saddle River, NJ does indeed mod the standard M-B radios for just that - an auxiliary MP3/iPod input, that then interrupts the radio's audio path and inputs the aux signal. No visible mods, and all the audio controls of the radio still work as usual. Just remember that you might need the code if your radio has the anti-theft system, since the radio has to come out of the car for them to mod it. Werner - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:24 AM Subject: [MBZ] Audio mods I've toyed with the idea of tapping into the guts of the old Alpine that's in the Frankenheap in order to hook the CD (or my wife's iPod) into it. I like the funky old Alpine, it sort of looks like it belongs there, as anything much newer would not, and when you use the cassette the radio antenna does not extend. The cassette also auto-ejects when the key goes off. It's also theft-proof. (Who would want it?) Another project, just what I need... -- Jim
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Those little cassette tape with a wire things work really well for that, are dirt cheap, and no mods needed. That's what I have now. The entire system: Sony discman, cassette adapter, car, and home power adapters was $5 at the thrift store, and all works. I love surfing the trailing edge! But the system is awkward with all the cables, the Alpine makes a lot of transport noise, and the audio path is easily overdriven into distortion. Something a bit more integrated would be a nice solution, but probably will never happen. -- Jim
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Hi Jim, When you say Walkman, I assume you're talking about a CD player? I tried that also and the skipping was so bad I couldn't enjoy the discs. I hope a iPod or MP3 player will be a lot more stable. Do you have any experience with either of those? This will be my 1st experience with an MP3 or iPod player.Actually I'm not positive about how they work - I assume they have a harddrive where music, data voice is stored? Is that close? Will a MP or iPod be more stable than a CD player? TIA - Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Those little cassette tape with a wire things work really well for that, are dirt cheap, and no mods needed. That's what I have now. The entire system: Sony discman, cassette adapter, car, and home power adapters was $5 at the thrift store, and all works. I love surfing the trailing edge! But the system is awkward with all the cables, the Alpine makes a lot of transport noise, and the audio path is easily overdriven into distortion. Something a bit more integrated would be a nice solution, but probably will never happen. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Larry, YOu can pick up cheap(way less than $100) portable CD players with an anti-shock/skip feature that prevents that annoying problem. I've seen them as low as 29 bucks at Wally World. Mike - Original Message - From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Hi Jim, When you say Walkman, I assume you're talking about a CD player? I tried that also and the skipping was so bad I couldn't enjoy the discs. I hope a iPod or MP3 player will be a lot more stable. Do you have any experience with either of those? This will be my 1st experience with an MP3 or iPod player.Actually I'm not positive about how they work - I assume they have a harddrive where music, data voice is stored? Is that close? Will a MP or iPod be more stable than a CD player? TIA - Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Those little cassette tape with a wire things work really well for that, are dirt cheap, and no mods needed. That's what I have now. The entire system: Sony discman, cassette adapter, car, and home power adapters was $5 at the thrift store, and all works. I love surfing the trailing edge! But the system is awkward with all the cables, the Alpine makes a lot of transport noise, and the audio path is easily overdriven into distortion. Something a bit more integrated would be a nice solution, but probably will never happen. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Larry - most of the large capacity MP3s (over 20 Gig) are mini-hard drives; small ones, typically 2-3 Gig are solid state memory. I've had no problem with the Phillips 30GB MP3 player, rough roads or sitting still. Werner - Original Message - From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Hi Jim, When you say Walkman, I assume you're talking about a CD player? I tried that also and the skipping was so bad I couldn't enjoy the discs. I hope a iPod or MP3 player will be a lot more stable. Do you have any experience with either of those? This will be my 1st experience with an MP3 or iPod player.Actually I'm not positive about how they work - I assume they have a harddrive where music, data voice is stored? Is that close? Will a MP or iPod be more stable than a CD player? TIA - Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
