OK, I'm in a quandry. I just got a new car, and I haggled the dealership to get me a CD player installed. At the dealership, they said it would be a six disc CD changer. Well, my friend also had a six disc CD changer in his truck, and the changer is right there in the dash with the stereo, so I thought that is where they would put the CD changer in my car. Well, I pick it up last week from the dealership, and the new CD changer was installed in the trunk with the normal tape player still in the car. I've been driving it for a few days now, and I just can't seem to get used to it. Whenever I get a new CD and I want to listen to in the car, I have to open the trunk, pull out the changer, fumble with the cassette, and put the new CD in. Also, in my old truck, I had a CD wallet with 12 CDs that I attached to the visor. When I wanted to listen to a CD while driving, I had 12 to choose from, rather than the six that are in the changer. My wife also has her CDs that she likes to listen to, and I don't want to have to open the trunk just to change one CD that will be in the changer for a few hours, tops...Plus, the controls for the CD changer are out of reach a little bit, instead of right there on the dash. I would rather have the simple to operate regular single disc CD player than the CD changer, but the guy that sold me the car insists that the CD changer is better, and will raise the resale value of the car. I have to go back to the dealership this weekend to pick up the new license plates, and if I want the regular CD player put in, that would be the best time to do it... Oh yeah, the 6 disc changer was also cheaper for the dealership to install, so that's probably why they put it in... Any advice? Keep the six disc or go with the single disc?
I prefer single disk...easier to bring CD's from house to vehicle and stuff...and you get to pick out of ALL your CD's to listen to instead of only 6. Cuz once people put 6 CD's in the changer, they tend to be lazy and just leave them there even if they wanna hear a different CD.
I'd go with the in dash CD player. Just easier to access and change what you are listening to. Then go get you an ipod, digitize all your music, get a fm modulator hooked up to your car stereo and you will never run out of music in your car. That's how I use mine and I have converted parts of 361 albums (3355 songs, 9.1 days of music, 14.09 GB) and I still have 6 gb to transfer files back and forth from home to work.
Sorry A-train...no advice here, but does anyone know where I can find some good 8 tracks? Seriously, I still have the factory cassete player on my stang. I had a Discman hooked up for a while, but I got tired of the wires all over the place. If I could get the multiple changer installed where I could easily access it in the car, I would go with that, but a mustang hatchback is not the biggest of cars, so in my car, I would go with the single disc changer. I haven't bought a cd since before my divorce. I have plenty of children's DVD's though! Lilo & Stitch is great!...now, back on topic.
I've got a 10-disc changer in my SUV and it's great. The speed at which I can go from Pat Green to Counting Crows to Sasha & Digweed to Nelly is remarkable. I just hit the little button on the steering wheel and it's done. With a single-cd you've got to take your eyes off the road and fumble around with your carrying case to get the job done. UNACCEPTABLE
I've got the 10 D in the trunk & its worth it, you rotate disc like twice a week at the most, doesn't skip as much as the one I had in the dash, and only complicated the 1st time or two
Get a MP3 player for your car. You can hold 100 times as much as the regular cd changer, and you dont have to lug cd's all around.
I'd go for an in-dash cd player also... it's just more convenient when you have the ability to change your cd's on the fly. Also you can get one of those decks that can also play mp3 so in that way if its quantity you want... well you can have as much as you can fit in a CD. EDIT: also if you have a lot of CDs and can't bare changing on the fly... well they also sell in-dash changers... were the actual player can hold multiple cds...
Dude, the last tape I bought was a Pearl Jam tape back in high school! I listened to my Soul Asylum (remember them?) tape in the car on the way to the dealership...it sounded HORRIBLE! I would never go back to a tape player if you paid me... You got the 5.0?? That's the only reason I'd see in keeping a Mustang hatchback...
I know you're joking a little...but my reply's the same. It's called a stop light. Theres ample time to switch on the fly.
GT stick...I need to work on the body and paint her, but I keep putting money into either fixing what I blow out, buying tires, or upgrading. That being said, maybe I should just wash her for now...and fix the air con...dangit, why do we have 85 degree weather in December?
My car came with one of those in-dash 6-disc players, so I guess I have the best of both worlds. If I had to choose between a trunk-mounted multi-disc and a single-disc in-dash, I'd go with the in-dash.
I want to live where you live! I'm freezing my a$$ off in this fifty degree weather (ok, you northerners can stop your snickering... I'm a Texan, ok?)
Drive to to southernmost tip of Texas...I'll be the one in a dirty red 5.0 with a cassette player and a child car seat with toys thrown ALL over the car.
Does the FM modulator work like this: 1. Attach modulator to the antenna input on your car stereo. 2. Attach car antenna to FM modulator. 3. Tune Car stereo to a pre-assigned FM station (e.g. 88.1). 4. Hook auxiliary device (e.g. Rio Riot, IPOD) into FM modulator. 5. Listen to music from your auxiliary device on station 88.1. If not, how? Thanks
Am FM Modulator does work well, if you're satisfied with the "digital" music being played over an "analog" FM signal... it is at best, only radio quality... I'd choose an in dash CD player, with a directly input CD changer option... you can upgrade later, and have one in dash, plus your favorite standby discs (6 discs, 10, even 12 in changer [I have a Clarion 12 disc])... this gives you one to change at stop signs and red lights, and if you just love the disc, and find yourself never taking it out of the in dash... put it in your changer magazine. Best of both worlds... and still, you can downgrade your digital MP3's or ipod through a modulator if you want... Furthermore, I believe some Alpine, Clarion and Eclipse model head units have new "external device" inputs which allow you to totally bypass the hazard of downgrading your digital to analog. In Dallas look up EARMARK Car Audio for the best ideas on this... I worked there a few years back. I think it's earmarkcaraudio.com
In dash for sure. As much as I change music at home, a 6 or even 10 disc changer wouldn't be enough in my car. I love playing DJ! good luck, let us know what you get!
