Stereo Help for Honda Odyssey

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Hello all,

I'll likely be purchasing a new Odyssey EXL. This model has the VCM
feature which shuts off part of the engine during low power demand; it
also includes a stereo that works to mask any funny sounds. It also
includes an in-dash 6-disc changer.

For fixing up the stereo, what are my choices? Any appropriate head
units, or ?

Thanks.

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You are asking here one stupid question. Why not spent more bucks on
head unit?
THe money talks in this world OK. . Spend more money you get a better
head unit.
Spend less, you get a lemon.

http://carstereo.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=664876.
Here is some ass-kicking unit make you the king of the car stereo sound
in street.

If you hate spent money, do as I did. I spent around $100 for all the
unit including CD, speaker, amp, and box. It's still sound damn good
afterall :-)))

[Chris Mullins]

god i wish you and bob wald would just find a place and rant to each other,
you could amuse one another for decades.


> wrote in message
oups.com...
>
> You are asking here one stupid question. Why not spent more bucks on
> head unit?
> THe money talks in this world OK. . Spend more money you get a better
> head unit.
> Spend less, you get a lemon.
>
> http://carstereo.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=664876.
> Here is some ass-kicking unit make you the king of the car stereo sound
> in street.
>
> If you hate spent money, do as I did. I spent around $100 for all the
> unit including CD, speaker, amp, and box. It's still sound damn good
> afterall :-)))
>

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Are you serious? Never did I say money is the problem. I could afford
the van and all the stereo stuff I wanted. The point is, the stereo
produces a signal that offsets the unbalanced engine noise; this
feature is what I'm trying to preserve.

Learn how to read and write english.

[Chris Mullins]

I suggest ignoring him, if you don't it'll turn into a hater thread about
him. also it helps if you paste the old posting below yours like i have,
people will be more likely to help you that way.

As for the original question, i don't really understand what the problem is,
perhaps you could be more specific?

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> Are you serious? Never did I say money is the problem. I could afford
> the van and all the stereo stuff I wanted. The point is, the stereo
> produces a signal that offsets the unbalanced engine noise; this
> feature is what I'm trying to preserve.
>
> Learn how to read and write english.
>

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That's a good point about ignoring him.

The issue is that the radio in the van (according to Honda) emits a
specific sound when the engine is running on 3 cylinders only (by
design, to save gas) to help mask any funny noise. I'd like to
preserve this feature and thus am not sure if there is a radio out
there that would do the same thing.

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Come on....how can you expect a radio to mask an engine noise?
The engine noise is a natural that you have to stick with it.
you need to think more logically.

[MZ]

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> Come on....how can you expect a radio to mask an engine noise?
> The engine noise is a natural that you have to stick with it.
> you need to think more logically.

Ever hear of noise-cancelling headphones?

[Scott Gardner]

On 9 Oct 2005 23:10:48 -0700, wrote:

>
>Come on....how can you expect a radio to mask an engine noise?
> The engine noise is a natural that you have to stick with it.
>you need to think more logically.

Actually, active noise-cancellation systems have been around for quite
some time. There are headphones on the market that sample the noise
around you, and reproduce the noises in the headphones 180 degrees
out-of-phase, which cancels out the noise. They're great on
airplanes for reducing stuff like engine noise and wind noise.

And at least one automaker has experimented with a system to cancel
out exhaust noise using a microphone and a speaker near the exhaust
pipe. The microphone samples the noise, and then a microprocessor
generates an identical noise that's out-of-phase, which is played
through the speaker to partially cancel the exhaust noise.

The active noise cancellation in the Odyssey not only cancels out most
of the engine noise, it also reduces some of the road noise as well.
As a result, the Odyssey EX-L (the model with the noise-cancellation
system) is noticably quieter than either the Odyssey EX or LX models.

Sadly, I don't think there's any way to replace the factory stereo
with an aftermarket one and keep this feature.
--
Scott Gardner

"I will not tiptoe softly through life only to arrive safely at death."

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Who needs that stuff to wear all thet time to negate the noisy? Just
turn up the volume...I don't hear
any noise except the music...

[Scott Gardner]

On 10 Oct 2005 01:22:54 -0700, wrote:

>
> Who needs that stuff to wear all thet time to negate the noisy? Just
>turn up the volume...I don't hear
>any noise except the music...

And after a few years of that, you won't even hear the music.

Seriously, the noise-cancelling headphones are geared towards people
that spend a lot of time in noisy environments, like planes and
trains.

I've logged about 1200 hours in Navy aircraft so far, and I'd love to
get a pair of cancelling headphones, if I could figure a way to
integrate them with my flight helmet and get them to work with the
electrical system on the plane.
--
Scott Gardner

"I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bull****." (Mel Brooks)