I'm not terribly familiar with the Blaupunkt line (of receivers). They
have a decent reputation as far as I've heard (but stay away from their
speakers). As the heat is concerned, Most brands get really hot. My
Alpine would leave a cd almost burning to the touch especially when I was
listening to the radio. I asked Mark (my friend from Soundz Plus) about
the heat, and he said that all Alpines, Sonys and most other brand get
pretty hot, but they're designed to withstand the heat (they'd have to be,
they're in a car), so I didn't worry about it when I bought my Sony (I had
been searching for a head unit without an amp up to that point, to try and
cut down on the heat). As far as security is concerned, the only reason I
take off my faceplate is overnight in the winter (the display freezes and
is very slow for about 10 minutes if I leave it in overnight) and when I
park my truck in Chicago (I live in Naperville). Maybe security is a
bigger concern where you live. If you want the security without the
faceplate, an alternative is Eclipse, which has a "key cd" that you
select--if the power is removed, that cd must be inserted before it will
work again. Those cards do sound kinda kewl, though. Hope that helped.
David Gloff
Computer Technician
Valcom Professional Computer Center; Kemper/Scudder/Zurich Funds
aolim: dgloff
Loaded Intense Blue '99 Dakota Sport CC 318 5-speed 3.92SG
Sony C680 CD Player and HX-504 amp
Phoenix Gold XS 10" Sub, 6 1/2" midranges, 3/4" tweeters
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, JT McBride wrote:
> >Basically, unless you have a very discerning taste, you will be more than
> >pleased with your new system (and I know you're going to love the rest of
> >your truck!!)
>
> David -
> I have a question for you. I just returned a Kenwood tape receiver.
> I was really impressed with the unitīs performance, but absolutely hated
> the control layout. Iīve already upgraded the speakers all around, and the
> new front end made it clear that the stock radio was the weak link.
> To replace it, Iīve ordered the new Blaupunkt Sydney, with the
> smart card anti-theft feature. Judging just by the specs, it seems like
> Iīll be giving up a bit of performance for this feature, but Iīve had a
> pull-out Blaupunkt in my girlfriendīs VW Bug for about eight years now, and
> the tape deck still works great. Also, I listen to the radio quite a bit,
> and the Blaupunktīs new Codem IV tuner is supposed to be pretty awesome.
> I went to Fryīs, where they "burn-in" their radios by having them
> on all the time, and the detachable-face Blaupunkts got way too hot for
> comfort. Semiconductor reliablity drops off dramatically as temp increases,
> so I stayed away from them. They didnīt have the KeyCard decks there. BTW,
> the KeyCard also stores your station presets, so you can have different
> station presets on separate cards. Pretty cool. Mostly, I didnīt want to
> worry about where I was keeping my detachable face.
> Just wondering what your opinion is. The īsisterī CD-receiver
> version is the Toronto.
>
> Jim
> ī93 4x4 CC V8
>
>
>
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