Re: Aftermarket Red Illumination Stereo?????

["Doug Hill" <badoug@hotmail.com>]

>From: only5kgt@uswest.net
>Reply-To: only5kgt@uswest.net
>To: "Englert, Rick" <RickE@triadperform.com>
>CC: quattro@audifans.com
>Subject: Re: Aftermarket Red Illumination Stereo?????
>Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 18:46:46 -0700
>
>True, indeed. But Kenwood isn't nearly so obliging these days. I too bought 
>a
>KRC-440 in 1993- nice switchable illumination, didn't even need it in the 
>POS
>Chrysler I had at the time. (green dash lights)- I kept that radio through 
>my
>next couple of cars, then got the 5kcst with a dead Kenwood- replaced that 
>with
>a Blau in 1997.
>Fast forward to this year: I was looking for a radio in the $250 range, not 
>a
>Blaupunkt, the one in the 5k had problems. Figured it would be easy to have 
>a
>radio which would match the CGT's dash. Wrong. Aside from the Blau that 
>Gary
>Erickson helpfully pointed out, there's apparently no such thing anymore, 
>which
>is why I have an Alpine (frosty green buttons!) in the Coupe now, after two
>months of looking.
>So, if you can find a good used Kenwood, you may be in luck. Otherwise, I 
>think
>your only option is Blaupunkt...
>Regards,
>Rob
>
>Englert, Rick wrote:
>
> > Kenwood also had a couple models that you could switch from green to 
>red.  I
> > bought one around 1993-4.  I think the model was KRC-440.  There was a 
>whole
> > bunch in the KRC series.
> > Rick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joshua Van Tol [mailto:jjvantol@uswest.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 9:22 AM
> > To: quattro@audifans.com
> > Subject: Re: Aftermarket Red Illumination Stereo?????
> >
> > >I have been looking high and low for a aftermarker head unit with
> > >red illimination to match  the rest of my car.  As far as i can tell
> > >Denon made one 3 or 4 years ago and that was that.  Does anyone have
> > >any insight?  I looking in the 400-600 range if that helps.
> > >
> > >Thanks and Happy Holidays,
> > >
> > >Scott Sierakowski
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> > Blaupunkt has a few models with "variocolor" which can be set to red.
> > Check out www.contenintalimports.com. Not an endorsement, I've never
> > done business with them, but they've got a nice web page, and are
> > very quick to answer emailed questions.
> >
> > Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net
>
>
>
I have to join in your little conversation here. Sony also made a CD player 
with detachqable face about three years ago. I know because I used to have 
it in my 4kq till I got a new panisonic DFX77 to better power the system I 
sold the sony to a friend mine to put into his non-q 5k.
Doug Hill
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