Re: [Chrysler300] FM radios in 1964 and 65

["obiwan10" <obiwan10@xxxx>]

Incidentally this approach with also work with XM Radio or Sirius just using their small tuner instead of a mini-disc. Can be unplugged when not in use and no one would ever know that car had been modified. System is totally invisible on my Corvette as front speakers(dash tweeters and kick panel 5 x 7's are where stock speaker were located) and rear speakers are in the back(if you know about Corvettes you will understand). I unplug the mini-disc and all looks stock but when plugged in sounds are excellent.

Incidentally Sirius and XM signals are all the way across country(largest early users are cross country truckers) and you not only get over 100 channels of commercial free music of all different types(country, rock, classical etc) but also Tv programming such as CNBC, CNN etc, and radio talk shows from say NYC even if you are in the middle of Nebraska. Again all of CD quality, not the poor AM and FM(fade in and out and only good for 20 miles or so) that we are accustomed to.

The technology is good and it works, whether the companies make money and will remain is another question yet to be determined. Another technology of the type that is still to be well accepted(people just do not understand it and just think it is another VCR) is TIVO(which I feel is the biggest advancement in home theatre/television to come down the pike since color). But once you go for it you will wonder how anyone could watch TV any other way. This is where I think Sat radio will be one day.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: obiwan10 
To: L.Andrew Jugle ; paul holmgren 
Cc: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] FM radios in 1964 and 65


Here is what I did in my 1971 Corvette that I was unable to put a CD player in the dash(almost all units are DIN now) because of the unique design of the Corvette face plate and radio design(old Alpine analog tuner type with built in cassette unit) that goes into it.

I. Bought a good 4 channel amp
2. Put a pair of 6 x 9 speakers co-ax for the rear in specially configured speaker boxes(gives you all the bass that you will ever need) that you can buy at any Circuit city, a pair of high quality tweeters in the dash where the stock speaker had gone, and a pair of 5 by 7 speakers in the kick panels.

3. These were all tied into the amp with proper crossovers.
4. I then purchased one of these very small Sony mini-disc players that play CD quality material on a disc about 1/4 the size of a CD. You can also record directly to these devices from your home CD player, making custom mini-disc's just as you would a custom cassette tape.
5. This device plugs into the RCA inputs on the 4 channel amp as does the am/fm/cassette deck which is in my dash of the Corvette.
6. I can play the radio or cassette thru the amp or throw a switch and play the mini-disc player thru the Amp. The mini-disc player just lays on my console connected by a single cable to the amp and I can control all functions(volume, track selection, etc) just by picking it up(about the size of a pack of cigarettes).
7. Works perfectly, sounds better then ANY factory new car high line system and for a total cost of about $600.00 for all parts, and the dash looks stock.
8. This approach will work with about any MP3 player or products such as your Apple IPOD units(which now are supported by Windows).

Roger
Calif
----- Original Message ----- 
From: paul holmgren 
To: L.Andrew Jugle 
Cc: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] FM radios in 1964 and 65


"L.Andrew Jugle" wrote:

snip

> If it was an option in '64 300, the radios are certainly rarer than
> the cars. If your find one, it would be a sin to gut it
> and "modernize". Better you just carry a "boom" box. The early FM
> units are kinda like factory 4 speeds, but rarer.

> L.Andrew Jugle, Elmhurst,IL

I have seriously considered tapping into my radio between the preamp
stage and the amp stage so I could just plug a "boom Box" into the 
factory radio. Any good radio technician can do this with the 
schematics in hand. If I want stereo its no biggy to install the
speakers with concealable plugs wired to them so that the output
of a boombox can be plugged into them. Even a small AM/FM walkman
could supply a good signal to a set of amplified speakers

-- 
Paul Holmgren
Hoosier Corps #33, L-6
2 57 300-C's in Indy

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