oladulce
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CD player on washboard
Going to upgrade the cassette player in our truck to a CD player. Can an average in-dash player handle extended periods of washboard driving without
skipping?
Any brands or models in particular that work well?
I've read about an anti-skip technology, but I could only find it on the high-end units and didn't know if it was really necessary.
thanks
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JZ
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I have Sony Xplod changer in my boat. It takes some serious waves to make it skip.
But even the cheap portables are no skip today.
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oladulce
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I was going to go with an in-dash player because it seemed more convenient for the 8-12 hours days of Baja driving . (Cd changers are usually kept
under a car seat aren't they?)
Any opinions on whether an in-dash model would be more prone to off-road vibration ?
Depending on the route we take, each Baja trip involves 3-7 hours of washboard driving.
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Bruce R Leech
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I bought a Nocamichi seven disk system and you can not make it skip. it is the one they put in the H1 hummers. at the factory. it is a 2 part system
the box with the disks mounts separate.
Nocamichi is probably spelled wrong
Bruce R Leech
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The Sculpin
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Forget the CD and go with an ipod!! You can rig any system with audio in (RCA jacks) plugs to work with an ipod. If no plugs, you can probably figure
something out. You can run the ipod through the lighter instead of using up it's batteries, and it will never skip.
Yes, it's expensive, but so is a new in dash CD system, and the ipod is more versatile.
Yes, you need a PC, but who doesn't have one of those! ok..lot's of people....anyway, I've done it, and I will never go back to lugging cd's around..
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Packoderm
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Maybe Sirius or XM?
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oladulce
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Audiobooks
Actually this player will be for Audiobooks.
Wouldn't do the peninsula drive without them anymore- what a difference the diversion makes through the long stretches of desert.
We've got a pretty big collection of books now and I'm trying to get our neighbors to start a audiobook trading group.
I want to switch to Cds instead of books on tape because after driving on washboard for hours, I often find an entire books-worth of tapes unraveled
off the cassettes.
I've heard that both itunes and one of the satellite radios have downloadable audiobooks, but I haven't looked in to that yet.
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oladulce
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Our current Ford factory cassette deck doesn't have aux. jacks on the front to plug the ipod in to. I've got the H. K speakers and dock for the ipod
but don't want that to be bouncing around the cab of the truck.
If we go with a new in-dash unit I'll make sure it has a front Aux. jack.
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BajaNomad
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Some of the Costcos and Wal-Marts have what's called an MP3 Modulator for around $25-30 USD.
You plug in either an audio plug (from the MP3 player), or a USB memory stick (with your MP3s) to the modulator and it'll broadcast it to the FM radio
in your vehicle.
The modulator plugs into your cigarette lighter (and could fall out I guess depending on your vehicle and how rough the road).
Anyway, FYI.
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iPOD, XM, or Cirus. It's the only way to fly.
subvert the dominant paradigm
"If you travel with a man, you must either fall out with him or make him your good friend."
JBL Noel
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Geothermal-Shane
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I use a Discman, securely mounted, plugged into a radio transistor that plays on FM. Only disadvantage is ocassional hiss, if the transistor runs off
its own AAA batteries, but some are available with cigarette lighter plugs.
If you go all out, you can get a cigartte lighter adaptor which will enable you to run multiple power sources simultaneously- i.e. the discman, the
transistor, and whatever else you might need(spotlight, air compressor etc)
It's a lot of cables running everywhere, but saves on batteries and much less skipping, if any, on washboard-corrugations.
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