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Old 12-16-2011, 08:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Doyour Cd's scratch/skip?

Now that we are into winter mode, and the cold has made every bump worse, not even to mention old hard snow/ice impactions; plus additional psi in tires as well; do any of you have this problem?

I wouldn't even try to play a CD in my K-Suburban, as it scratched one of my favorite $13.00 recent purchase.

I'm considering extensions to the wiring so the whole unit could be cushioned on the bench seat. Is there an easier answer?

Even my CRX seems to do it sometimes, and I feel like the road quality is pretty silky here!

Thank goodness I've learned to burn my own 35cent ones.

Do those $20.00 scratch, and clean remover machines actually work well?

Do you hard core 4wheelers rock crawling give up on music?

Is anything Baja proof?

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Old 12-16-2011, 08:54 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I grabbed all my CDs into mp3 and use a cheap player and fm transmitter.

You can get a combination player/transmitter that plugs into your cigarette lighter and takes sd cards for cheap:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wireless-Fm-...item2568f2f73d
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I grabbed all my CDs into mp3 and use a cheap player and fm transmitter.
Yeah, though I prefer to use a physical connector rather than an FM transmitter. I can't help but think there'd be a lot of interference from other cars doing the same thing.
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Old 12-17-2011, 12:36 PM   #4 (permalink)
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My head unit has a memory card reader and usb-port.

It also has built in hi/low pass filters so i don't need an extra amp for the subwoofer.

Edit:

One of the things that annoy me about newer cars is integrated-everything, old cars just have a DIN-slot and you can put anything you like in there.
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You can get a combination player/transmitter that plugs into your cigarette lighter and takes sd cards for cheap:
Good idea. Just ordered one like that.
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Old 12-18-2011, 03:56 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Do those $20.00 scratch, and clean remover machines actually work well?
Car wax works pretty good if the scratch isn't really deep.


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