List,
I will be installing a CD player in my Sprite in the near future and have
decided to use one of those with a detachable face plate. I was told that this
was a
good idea because when you get to where you are going, you can simply
detach the face and take it with you. Other than having to carry the face plate
around, is there something that I should know that makes this a bad idea?
For those of you who are experiencing a high pitched noise from
your stereo which increases in pitch as engine speed increases,
this noise if from the alternator (and I guess, generator). Stereo
shops (and Radio Shaft) carry a line of in-line noise suppressors
which install between the hot lead from the car and the stereo.
These devices are simply capacitors and cost around $15. Oh
yeah, if given a choice, buy the heavy-duty model.
Just my 2 cents.
Paul
From: "Toby Atwater" <tob@taltec.net>
> Ok first off, the sprite (spridget) is no ghetto blasting vehicle....but I'm
>sure I
> can get good volume out of it as to understand the lyrics and sing along.
>(sorry I
> gotta put some non-LBC stuff here) In my Land Cruiser, with the hard top
>taken off,
> with a hurt muffler, 75 mph on the freeway, no overdrive, 3500 rpm (allot for
>this
> engine) a spridget sounds like a pop gun. I found the cheapest auto CD-player
>I
> could find ($75) and slapped\wrestled it in the glove box (great
>anti-theft). It
> was horrible! and I had allot of interference from the engine (as I would
>speed up,
> so would the interference!) It also skipped allot! I then replaced it with
>the
> Cheapest SONY auto CD-Player I could find ($175) and no problems what so
>ever! I've
> been off roading with and no problems what so ever. My dental fillings will
>come
> out before it skips. (you get what you pay for it dentistry too) It blasts my
>100
> watt speakers no problem...
> Now obviously a little more finesse is required in the sprite. It has to be
> completely be invisible yet controllable! I have discovered this in my
>Toyota. The
> driver can't reach the controls! you have to LEAN over and hit the right
>button. I
> have some ideas about this I might share when I have thought this out....
>
>
> >Toby,
> >Don't you think it will only sound good with the motor off and the wheels not
> turning.
> >
> >Otherwise ittt willl sssooounddd funnnny.( they do have 60 second skip on
>some of
> the
> >discman units)
> >I wonder where you can install big enough speakers to hear the D@#%@*&M
>thing and
> it
> >sure defeats the purpose of having a good exhaust note don't it?
> >I would like to put one in my car without using the dash and am thinking the
>same
> >things.
> >Can anyone help us?????
> >
> >Mostyn
>
>
>
>
>
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Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D.
East Kentucky Power Cooperative
P. O. Box 707
Winchester, KY 40392-0707
606/744-4812 ext. 389 office
606/744-6008 fax
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