Re: audi bose replacement

[Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>]

>Why replace the whole control unit and loose the ability for tapes? I have
>installed a ton of Sony 10 disk units (including one in an 85'5k and one in a
>90(?) 200). They run through the antenna and are really easy to install.
>
>There is a control unit that comes with them and the 10 disk unit sits in the
>trunk. This is a lot cheaper (and easier) than replacing the head unit and
>having to add amps to drive the speakers. You can get them from New York photo
>places (listed in the back of Car and Driver) for less than $220 and have it
>installed in less than an hour. My own 8 year old model is still working great
>and has been changed into three cars with three different radios while my
>brother's Pioneer blewup after two years, so check out the Sony.
Sony CD dash units usually have a small connector on the back that can be
wired to a mini-phono jack.  Lets you hook up a walkman for tapes.  Very
intelligent idea; a front panel jack would have been cooler...

Brett

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Brett Dikeman
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Hostes alienigeni me abduxerunt.  Qui annus est?
Te audire non possum.  Musa sapientum fixa est in aure.
Ita, scio hunc 'sig file' veterem fieri.
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