Date:         Sun, 7 Jan 2007 09:03:13 -0500
Reply-To:     Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
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From:         Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
Subject:      Re: iPods in Vanagons
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I saw this at Target recently also, for about the same price.  I currently
have a cheap Jensen unit in my van that has an aux in.  I have been using
that to hook up my mp3 players, but the button that switches the input to
aux has stopped working.  argh!  Some of the other buttons are also getting
less responsive.  It has a remote, which I think is a must for the
Westy.  there are a lot of buttons on the remote, but not one for that aux
switch.  The unit is probably only 3 years old.  One of my xGFs got the
cheap Jensen that I took out of the Westy when I put this one in.  It also
developed problems with the control buttons.  So I'm wondering if buying
these cheap stereos is worth it.

That being said, this "Virtual Reality Sound" brand unit for $80 sure has a
lot of features.  Being able to plug in a USB drive or SD card, or play a
CDR full of WMA music, means I would probably never use the aux input.  I
do wish the volume knob was on the left side instead of right.

Edward

At 07:14 PM 1/6/2007, Courtney Hook wrote:
>Tom, I bought this deck for 77 bucks believe it or not, and it has a USB
>input, ipod input, SD card input, and puts out good sound! Also plays MP3
>disks so I've got one disc with about 200 songs on it. it's at Walmart
>online.
>http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4744710
>
>I see it's gone up 2 bucks, but wow, it can do everything. I am very pleased
>with it in my 77 Westy.
>Even has a remote!
>HTH,
>Courtney
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tom Salicos" <Tom@SALICOS.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 2:44 PM
>Subject: iPods in Vanagons
>
>
>>Santa brought me a 4 GB iPod Nano for Christmas.  Christmas day I had a
>>little time and copied 20 of my favorite CDs onto it.  Later I copied
>>another 10.  It's a little over half full.  Goodness me.
>>
>>Feeling kind of bad that the van didn't get anything for Christmas, I'm
>>starting to look at CD decks that can control iPods.  Has anybody gotten
>>into these yet?  Comments?  It sounds like it could be the end of 6-disk
>>changers.
>>
>>Tom Salicos
>>
>>'87 Syncro Westy EG-33