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What would you do?
Hi Everyone. I'm getting ready to build a new system. I have 2 RF
12s, already. I also have two hifonics amps which I like very much. One is a 50x4 which I plan to bridge to 100x2. The other is a 5 channel 50x4 plus 200x1 iirc. I plan to wire the 12s in parallel on the mono channel, then run maybe some 6x9s on the 5-channel bridged to 2 100amp channels. I plan to run some components for the fronts on the 50x4 bridged to 100x2. I need speakers for the back and front, and a head unit. And I have some money to spend this time around. My main question is about a head unit choice. I have a double-din opening, but it's sort of low in the dash for my liking. My goal is to get as many mp3s as possible for a reasonable price. I could get a cheaper cd/mp3 player with an ipod interface and get the 60gig ipod. That route looks like it would cost $600-$700 (just the hu & ipod, not speakers). I don't like the idea of putting mp3s on separate CDs because I think they're not big enough. I could use a changer, but I still have to burn CDs, which is annoying. With the ipod though, I could have about 2/3 of my collection there all the time and just never burn CDs. Alternatively, instead of the ipod, I could get one of those DVD players that will play mp3s off a burned dvd. I'm back to burning disks in that case, but I'd have to burn a lot less. So maybe that's ok. I'm also tempted to get a fold-out display with touch screen. That would get the display higher in the dash. But it's a lot more money. And the $700 from option 1 gets me close to the low end foldout screens. What I really want is a head unit with a large hard disk in it and a wireless network so I can connect to my PC from the driveway, then copy all the mp3s over. But then I wouldn't have the portability of the ipod. And I'm not sure anyone makes something like this anyway. I'd also like a 7" touch screen display that controls everything, and mounts on a stalk that I can put higher up. That wouldn't block the a/c controls like a foldout would. But I don't think anyone makes this. Would one of these auto PCs do this? For $700 or less? So what would you get? Is there a product like I'm describing that I havn't heard of? Would you just get the cheap cd player and ipod? brian |
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What would you do?
I run my 20gb ipod from a rear aux input and i wouldn't go any other way.
It's mess free. No cd/dvd to worry about and a tun of music. Also, if you get an ipod you can use it outside the car too if you want!!! Added Bonus!!! -- _______ /__ | ___\\___ ~| (O)_____(O)\ \ Rockford 501bf Mtx Thunder Clarion dxz765mp MTX "brianlanning" wrote in message oups.com... Hi Everyone. I'm getting ready to build a new system. I have 2 RF 12s, already. I also have two hifonics amps which I like very much. One is a 50x4 which I plan to bridge to 100x2. The other is a 5 channel 50x4 plus 200x1 iirc. I plan to wire the 12s in parallel on the mono channel, then run maybe some 6x9s on the 5-channel bridged to 2 100amp channels. I plan to run some components for the fronts on the 50x4 bridged to 100x2. I need speakers for the back and front, and a head unit. And I have some money to spend this time around. My main question is about a head unit choice. I have a double-din opening, but it's sort of low in the dash for my liking. My goal is to get as many mp3s as possible for a reasonable price. I could get a cheaper cd/mp3 player with an ipod interface and get the 60gig ipod. That route looks like it would cost $600-$700 (just the hu & ipod, not speakers). I don't like the idea of putting mp3s on separate CDs because I think they're not big enough. I could use a changer, but I still have to burn CDs, which is annoying. With the ipod though, I could have about 2/3 of my collection there all the time and just never burn CDs. Alternatively, instead of the ipod, I could get one of those DVD players that will play mp3s off a burned dvd. I'm back to burning disks in that case, but I'd have to burn a lot less. So maybe that's ok. I'm also tempted to get a fold-out display with touch screen. That would get the display higher in the dash. But it's a lot more money. And the $700 from option 1 gets me close to the low end foldout screens. What I really want is a head unit with a large hard disk in it and a wireless network so I can connect to my PC from the driveway, then copy all the mp3s over. But then I wouldn't have the portability of the ipod. And I'm not sure anyone makes something like this anyway. I'd also like a 7" touch screen display that controls everything, and mounts on a stalk that I can put higher up. That wouldn't block the a/c controls like a foldout would. But I don't think anyone makes this. Would one of these auto PCs do this? For $700 or less? So what would you get? Is there a product like I'm describing that I havn't heard of? Would you just get the cheap cd player and ipod? brian |
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What would you do?
Hi Brian,
Crutchfield is now carrying JVC head units that will play MP3s off of a DVD. 4 GB of MP3s is pretty generous.  smiles, Jamie On 2006-07-25 11:10:46 -0700, "brianlanning" said: Hi Everyone. I'm getting ready to build a new system. I have 2 RF 12s, already. I also have two hifonics amps which I like very much. One is a 50x4 which I plan to bridge to 100x2. The other is a 5 channel 50x4 plus 200x1 iirc. I plan to wire the 12s in parallel on the mono channel, then run maybe some 6x9s on the 5-channel bridged to 2 100amp channels. I plan to run some components for the fronts on the 50x4 bridged to 100x2. I need speakers for the back and front, and a head unit. And I have some money to spend this time around. My main question is about a head unit choice. I have a double-din opening, but it's sort of low in the dash for my liking. My goal is to get as many mp3s as possible for a reasonable price. I could get a cheaper cd/mp3 player with an ipod interface and get the 60gig ipod. That route looks like it would cost $600-$700 (just the hu & ipod, not speakers). I don't like the idea of putting mp3s on separate CDs because I think they're not big enough. I could use a changer, but I still have to burn CDs, which is annoying. With the ipod though, I could have about 2/3 of my collection there all the time and just never burn CDs. Alternatively, instead of the ipod, I could get one of those DVD players that will play mp3s off a burned dvd. I'm back to burning disks in that case, but I'd have to burn a lot less. So maybe that's ok. I'm also tempted to get a fold-out display with touch screen. That would get the display higher in the dash. But it's a lot more money. And the $700 from option 1 gets me close to the low end foldout screens. What I really want is a head unit with a large hard disk in it and a wireless network so I can connect to my PC from the driveway, then copy all the mp3s over. But then I wouldn't have the portability of the ipod. And I'm not sure anyone makes something like this anyway. I'd also like a 7" touch screen display that controls everything, and mounts on a stalk that I can put higher up. That wouldn't block the a/c controls like a foldout would. But I don't think anyone makes this. Would one of these auto PCs do this? For $700 or less? So what would you get? Is there a product like I'm describing that I havn't heard of? Would you just get the cheap cd player and ipod? brian |
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What would you do?
Wait a sec., you mean to say that if I burn a DVD full of MP3's my Alpine
9853 will not play it? Thanks, MOSFET "Jamie Pruden" wrote in message news:2006072515262850073%null@sumplacecom... Hi Brian, Crutchfield is now carrying JVC head units that will play MP3s off of a DVD. 4 GB of MP3s is pretty generous. smiles, Jamie On 2006-07-25 11:10:46 -0700, "brianlanning" said: Hi Everyone. I'm getting ready to build a new system. I have 2 RF 12s, already. I also have two hifonics amps which I like very much. One is a 50x4 which I plan to bridge to 100x2. The other is a 5 channel 50x4 plus 200x1 iirc. I plan to wire the 12s in parallel on the mono channel, then run maybe some 6x9s on the 5-channel bridged to 2 100amp channels. I plan to run some components for the fronts on the 50x4 bridged to 100x2. I need speakers for the back and front, and a head unit. And I have some money to spend this time around. My main question is about a head unit choice. I have a double-din opening, but it's sort of low in the dash for my liking. My goal is to get as many mp3s as possible for a reasonable price. I could get a cheaper cd/mp3 player with an ipod interface and get the 60gig ipod. That route looks like it would cost $600-$700 (just the hu & ipod, not speakers). I don't like the idea of putting mp3s on separate CDs because I think they're not big enough. I could use a changer, but I still have to burn CDs, which is annoying. With the ipod though, I could have about 2/3 of my collection there all the time and just never burn CDs. Alternatively, instead of the ipod, I could get one of those DVD players that will play mp3s off a burned dvd. I'm back to burning disks in that case, but I'd have to burn a lot less. So maybe that's ok. I'm also tempted to get a fold-out display with touch screen. That would get the display higher in the dash. But it's a lot more money. And the $700 from option 1 gets me close to the low end foldout screens. What I really want is a head unit with a large hard disk in it and a wireless network so I can connect to my PC from the driveway, then copy all the mp3s over. But then I wouldn't have the portability of the ipod. And I'm not sure anyone makes something like this anyway. I'd also like a 7" touch screen display that controls everything, and mounts on a stalk that I can put higher up. That wouldn't block the a/c controls like a foldout would. But I don't think anyone makes this. Would one of these auto PCs do this? For $700 or less? So what would you get? Is there a product like I'm describing that I havn't heard of? Would you just get the cheap cd player and ipod? brian |
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What would you do?
Forget it, dumb question on my part. Of course my Alpine won't play DVD's.
It wasn't designed for that. Duh. MOSFET "MOSFET" wrote in message ... Wait a sec., you mean to say that if I burn a DVD full of MP3's my Alpine 9853 will not play it? Thanks, MOSFET "Jamie Pruden" wrote in message news:2006072515262850073%null@sumplacecom... Hi Brian, Crutchfield is now carrying JVC head units that will play MP3s off of a DVD. 4 GB of MP3s is pretty generous. smiles, Jamie On 2006-07-25 11:10:46 -0700, "brianlanning" said: Hi Everyone. I'm getting ready to build a new system. I have 2 RF 12s, already. I also have two hifonics amps which I like very much. One is a 50x4 which I plan to bridge to 100x2. The other is a 5 channel 50x4 plus 200x1 iirc. I plan to wire the 12s in parallel on the mono channel, then run maybe some 6x9s on the 5-channel bridged to 2 100amp channels. I plan to run some components for the fronts on the 50x4 bridged to 100x2. I need speakers for the back and front, and a head unit. And I have some money to spend this time around. My main question is about a head unit choice. I have a double-din opening, but it's sort of low in the dash for my liking. My goal is to get as many mp3s as possible for a reasonable price. I could get a cheaper cd/mp3 player with an ipod interface and get the 60gig ipod. That route looks like it would cost $600-$700 (just the hu & ipod, not speakers). I don't like the idea of putting mp3s on separate CDs because I think they're not big enough. I could use a changer, but I still have to burn CDs, which is annoying. With the ipod though, I could have about 2/3 of my collection there all the time and just never burn CDs. Alternatively, instead of the ipod, I could get one of those DVD players that will play mp3s off a burned dvd. I'm back to burning disks in that case, but I'd have to burn a lot less. So maybe that's ok. I'm also tempted to get a fold-out display with touch screen. That would get the display higher in the dash. But it's a lot more money. And the $700 from option 1 gets me close to the low end foldout screens. What I really want is a head unit with a large hard disk in it and a wireless network so I can connect to my PC from the driveway, then copy all the mp3s over. But then I wouldn't have the portability of the ipod. And I'm not sure anyone makes something like this anyway. I'd also like a 7" touch screen display that controls everything, and mounts on a stalk that I can put higher up. That wouldn't block the a/c controls like a foldout would. But I don't think anyone makes this. Would one of these auto PCs do this? For $700 or less? So what would you get? Is there a product like I'm describing that I havn't heard of? Would you just get the cheap cd player and ipod? brian |
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What would you do?
And you're calling me stupid? You're so bright they should all you sunny.
In article , "MOSFET" wrote: Forget it, dumb question on my part. Of course my Alpine won't play DVD's. It wasn't designed for that. Duh. MOSFET "MOSFET" wrote in message ... Wait a sec., you mean to say that if I burn a DVD full of MP3's my Alpine 9853 will not play it? Thanks, MOSFET "Jamie Pruden" wrote in message news:2006072515262850073%null@sumplacecom... Hi Brian, Crutchfield is now carrying JVC head units that will play MP3s off of a DVD. 4 GB of MP3s is pretty generous. smiles, Jamie On 2006-07-25 11:10:46 -0700, "brianlanning" said: Hi Everyone. I'm getting ready to build a new system. I have 2 RF 12s, already. I also have two hifonics amps which I like very much. One is a 50x4 which I plan to bridge to 100x2. The other is a 5 channel 50x4 plus 200x1 iirc. I plan to wire the 12s in parallel on the mono channel, then run maybe some 6x9s on the 5-channel bridged to 2 100amp channels. I plan to run some components for the fronts on the 50x4 bridged to 100x2. I need speakers for the back and front, and a head unit. And I have some money to spend this time around. My main question is about a head unit choice. I have a double-din opening, but it's sort of low in the dash for my liking. My goal is to get as many mp3s as possible for a reasonable price. I could get a cheaper cd/mp3 player with an ipod interface and get the 60gig ipod. That route looks like it would cost $600-$700 (just the hu & ipod, not speakers). I don't like the idea of putting mp3s on separate CDs because I think they're not big enough. I could use a changer, but I still have to burn CDs, which is annoying. With the ipod though, I could have about 2/3 of my collection there all the time and just never burn CDs. Alternatively, instead of the ipod, I could get one of those DVD players that will play mp3s off a burned dvd. I'm back to burning disks in that case, but I'd have to burn a lot less. So maybe that's ok. I'm also tempted to get a fold-out display with touch screen. That would get the display higher in the dash. But it's a lot more money. And the $700 from option 1 gets me close to the low end foldout screens. What I really want is a head unit with a large hard disk in it and a wireless network so I can connect to my PC from the driveway, then copy all the mp3s over. But then I wouldn't have the portability of the ipod. And I'm not sure anyone makes something like this anyway. I'd also like a 7" touch screen display that controls everything, and mounts on a stalk that I can put higher up. That wouldn't block the a/c controls like a foldout would. But I don't think anyone makes this. Would one of these auto PCs do this? For $700 or less? So what would you get? Is there a product like I'm describing that I havn't heard of? Would you just get the cheap cd player and ipod? brian |
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What would you do?
brianlanning wrote:
snipped What I really want is a head unit with a large hard disk in it and a wireless network so I can connect to my PC from the driveway, then copy all the mp3s over. But then I wouldn't have the portability of the ipod. And I'm not sure anyone makes something like this anyway. I'd also like a 7" touch screen display that controls everything, and mounts on a stalk that I can put higher up. That wouldn't block the a/c controls like a foldout would. But I don't think anyone makes this. Would one of these auto PCs do this? For $700 or less? snipped If you want to go the PC route, Google "car pc" and "carputer". There are lots of products and support for doing integrated audio, video, navigation, mobile computing, voice, and smart car integration. If you want some links, let me know and I'll post some of the ones I have. Good luck! -- Agave /Salud, dinero, amor y tiempo para disfrutarlos/ 01 F350 PSD Crew Dually |
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