which radio????
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which radio????
I've finally decided to dump the awesomeness that is the stock radio in my 85 se and get an aftermarket radio. I'm not a huge stereo buff and don't care about having the latest greatest "system" in my car, all I want is a decent head unit with RCA inputs so I can plug my ipod in directly, anybody have any suggestions?
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Those radios look pretty nice but aren't exactly what i'm looking for. I don't want to lug around a case full of cd's to listen to, i've got every song I own on an ipod and want to plug it directly into the head unit. I could swear i've seen radios that allow you to do that and that will give me much better sound than a tape adapter or fm transmitter for an ipod (there's basically no treble of any type with a transmitter).
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Sony CDX MP70, or MP80
amd have auxuliary RCA inputs for your IPOD.
Plus, they light up in 8 different colors, to match any dash lighting.
Check out the Crutchfield site to see if there is anything you like. I noticed there are several Alpine units that have "optional AUX inputs", looks like that eliminates the XM tuner input though. You could run a mini-jack to RCA cable connected to the AUX input cable of the Alpine. When you're not using the iPod just stash the cable somewhere out of sight.
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Have you looked at any HDD-based head units which you could then copy everything over from your ipod? A looked about a year ago and wanted to give them a little more time to mature. Given that all your content is mp3 it might be a good option for you.
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if you have your deck plugged into an amp with the 2 stereo cables...(black and red) can you just unplug your deck...(or make a proper switch) and use a 1/2 inch to 2 plug adapter...and plug your ipod/whatever directly into your amp...or would that fry everything?
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I just did a quick check of the Sony cdx units and didn't notice an obvious aux hookup on them, guess I should have read a bit more in depth about them. I just want to run out of the stereo minijack to some rca ends and plug it into the unit, stash the cable when not in use like dblboinger said.
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