Get one with a remote....
Larry Miller
-----Original Message-----
From: Toby Atwater <tob@taltec.net>
To: Sprite Maling List <spridgets@autox.team.net>; Mostyn Faulkner
<mostynf@earthlink.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: cd-player, ugly but where? (long)
>Ok first off, the sprite (spridget) is no ghetto blasting vehicle....but
I'm sure I
>can get good volume out of it as to understand the lyrics and sing along.
(sorry I
>gotta put some non-LBC stuff here) In my Land Cruiser, with the hard top
taken off,
>with a hurt muffler, 75 mph on the freeway, no overdrive, 3500 rpm (allot
for this
>engine) a spridget sounds like a pop gun. I found the cheapest auto
CD-player I
>could find ($75) and slapped\wrestled it in the glove box (great
anti-theft). It
>was horrible! and I had allot of interference from the engine (as I would
speed up,
>so would the interference!) It also skipped allot! I then replaced it with
the
>Cheapest SONY auto CD-Player I could find ($175) and no problems what so
ever! I've
>been off roading with and no problems what so ever. My dental fillings will
come
>out before it skips. (you get what you pay for it dentistry too) It blasts
my 100
>watt speakers no problem...
>Now obviously a little more finesse is required in the sprite. It has to be
>completely be invisible yet controllable! I have discovered this in my
Toyota. The
>driver can't reach the controls! you have to LEAN over and hit the right
button. I
>have some ideas about this I might share when I have thought this out....
>
>
>>Toby,
>>Don't you think it will only sound good with the motor off and the wheels
not
>turning.
>>
>>Otherwise ittt willl sssooounddd funnnny.( they do have 60 second skip on
some of
>the
>>discman units)
>>I wonder where you can install big enough speakers to hear the D@#%@*&M
thing and
>it
>>sure defeats the purpose of having a good exhaust note don't it?
>>I would like to put one in my car without using the dash and am thinking
the same
>>things.
>>Can anyone help us?????
>>
>>Mostyn
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