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Date:	Sat, 10 Jul 2004 17:48:58 PDT7
From:	Steve Carter <scarter@vcnet.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: MP3 CD ?

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I think it's likely that the $80 Blaupunkt deal at Fry's has gone
with the wind. But I believe that one can commmonly find a decent
AM/FM/CD(+MP3) car radio for around $130 or so. Crutchfield's is
commonly mentioned as a source for this kind of thing. Let your
fingers do the walking (across the keyboard, that is).

I bought my first MP3-capable car stereo for ~$300 (an AIWA, and
I was real hard up (desperate) for a birthday present). The factory
radio in my 2004 Honda (recently necessitated by a high-speed crash
into the center divider) is an ugly, brain-damaged, rip-off by
comparison to aftermerket offerings.

I get around 10 hours of regular songs (~250 MP3's) onto one CD,
and I get to choose the music _I_ like. It's great for long trips
through radio wasteland -- I do _NOT_ undertand Spanish).
And I let Best Buy install it (for around $80). No crawling
around under the dash for me! Well, not any more anyway.

-- Steve (Sorry for the OT post, but _PETER_ started this thread!)

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Peter Skye writes:
> .....
> Well, the sales guy at Quick Midnight Car Stereo had only one
> question for me -- "How much money you got?"
>
Steve Carter mentioned a Blaupunkt (sp?) that plays MP3s on sale at
> Fry's for $80. Otherwise it might be a Sony CDX-M?40 for $189. I may
> change the speakers which have been in the truck for years and whose
> cones are probably deeply suntanned by now. A few brackets to make the
> thing fit. Labor, 'cause _I'm_ not crawling around under the dashboard
> after all those filthy feet have been there. And tax, to keep our
> government running as smoothly as it has been.
>
> Maybe $300. Seems pretty cheap after the $1800 engine. :)
>
> - Peter
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