Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 11:17:28 -0500
Reply-To: George Laubach <skiplaubach@COMCAST.NET>
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From: George Laubach <skiplaubach@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Need Recommendation: Audio System for 85 Vanagon
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Jon,
Blaupunkt Atlanta 110. SO would not allow monies for higher-end model. This one allows only one CD and only allows the "cable connector" to the i-Whatever, no USB nor Bluetooth. I think it was about $140. Other brands allow more options at that price. And I don't think I got it at Crutchfield. I believe that there's only one US distributor, which I found on "the Google".
Skip
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On Aug 26, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Craig Cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Ignore the dimensions and just buy whatever. It will fit.
> Not at first, but I'll share with you the secret.
> Take a 2x4 and insert it into the radio hole with the radio out. Take a hammer, large, and smack the 2x4 repeatedly bending the stupid bracket in the back.
> Now install your stereo.
>
> I've put at least a dozen stereos in Vanagon with this method and it works. Everything I've ever used has fit.
> With that said I like pioneer.
>
> -craig
>
> On Aug 26, 2012, at 11:17 AM, Art <awa0330@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> I bought an Alpine CDE-124SXM. Crutchfield said it wouldn't fit. It fit
>> easily with room to spare, and we discovered that there are far more radios
>> that will fit the Vanagon than Crutchfield allows. The radio works great,
>> has CD, satellite, USB, iPod synch, Bluetooth, telephone integration (which
>> I don't really use because of cabin noise), BUT does not have a tape player
>> .It sold for about $160. Maybe you can look for comparable same brand
>> radios with tape, although I imagine they are getting hard(er) to find. I
>> did upgrade the speakers with inexpensive off the rack choices at Best Buy
>> as well. A true audiophile wouldn't be happy, but I just wanted something
>> that would sound good above the internal noise of the vehicle. You may want
>> to consider slowly burning CDs of your tapes at home to convert them.
>>
>> Art
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: George Laubach
>> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 10:56 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Need Recommendation: Audio System for 85 Vanagon
>>
>> Jon,
>>
>> I put in a Blaupunkt last year, if you want to go German. Crutchfield. Fits
>> fine. Maybe not the best, but I was buying name. Not premium priced,
>> either.
>>
>> Skip
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Aug 26, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Jon Durham <jon_durham@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote:
>>
>>> I replaced the original Heidelberg radio with a Sony in 92. Fit
>>> perfectly but has given up the ghost. Now I can't seem to find one that
>>> fits.
>>>
>>> I'm interested in a radio/tape combination with a CD changer but will
>>> settle on a radio/CD player if need be.
>>> --
>>> “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the
>>> way its animals are treated” --Gandhi
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