In all honesty, an in-dash MP3 player is more of a novelty than anything
else because of their limited capabilities. If you want an MP3 player in
your truck, simply get a regular in-dash stereo that has an auxillary
input and get a portable MP3 player that has a hard drive in it. Hard
drive based MP3 players don't skip or suffer other shock related
oddities. You can only store 700 megabytes of MP3s on a CDR, hard drive
based MP3 players with a 20 Gig hard drive are relatively cheap and you
can get about 500 complete CDs on one of those using 128K encoded MP3s.
Ken Allgood wrote:
> Ok,the bad
>
> On my way back from Delaware on Sunday, I get back in my truck at a rest
> stop, swap CD's, player scans it, kicks it back out.. uh oh... try another
> CD, same thing.. ARRGGHHH. This CD deck actually did this exact same thing
> when it was brand new (parents bought it for me when I was out of country).
> When I got around to fixing it originally, had no receipt, but Kenwood was
> cool about it, and gave me a one-time repair warranty. So anyway, my CD
> player looks to be fubar. Well, guess I cannot complain after 7 years of
> flawless CD playback :-) Think I'm going to get an MP3 player instead of
> just a CD receiver, any suggestions or ones to avoid? I'm partial to
> Kenwood (Ken Would, get it? *groan*), but I'll consider other brands. I
> have a Sony eXplode in my Probe, and while the function of the flip-down
> keyless display is sweet, the blue/red color on that thing is ugly, and it's
> ultra high treble and ultra low bass, with 0 mid-range, EQ on that thing is
> a nightmare to set, but love the remote :-)
>
> Ok, the good, well, kinda. Dropped $400 at tirerack.com to get some Pirelli
> Scorpion Zero's 255/60R15's, those will replace the well worn BFG T/A
> 255/60R15's that are currently on there. Should get those and have them on
> Friday or Saturday.
>
> So, guess there's another ton of cash I'm dropping into the Dakota once
> again.. These things are money pits ya know :-)
>
> Ken Allgood
> 97 CC SLT 5.2L
>
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