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| radio wanted [message #131164] |
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chasingsummer
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after close inspection it seems that the cassette adaptor that came with my coach 8 track my had been used by a barbarian at one time. the mechanical tuner in my radio is well bent beyond repair. i dont need to spend a lot since it is mainly noise, and i hate buggering up my dash, what radios can anyone recommend
also related, i assume the antenna on my rear view id for cb, there looks like on top of cab what was an antenna at one time, mount is there, spring loooking gizmo is there, but arial is not, is that something that can just be screwed in? no set screw is seen for to hold it?
thanks bgk
brian
asheboro, nc
75 eleganza, 74 build
119k miles and counting,
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| Re: [GMCnet] radio wanted [message #131167 is a reply to message #131164] |
Mon, 20 June 2011 21:12  |
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What you want is a Single DIN (that's the spec) radio. There are 100's
available.
JimB would probably suggest an antenna that sits at an angle to replace what
you have left.
Your turn to do some research on the web.
Personally, I had a Sony installed with an Aux-In on the front so I could
plug in iPhone and listen to my own music. I didn't get a CD player. CD's
are so 20th century.
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Byron Songer
1978 GMC Royale
Louisville, KY
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brian wrote:
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> after close inspection it seems that the cassette adaptor that came with my
> coach 8 track my had been used by a barbarian at one time. the mechanical
> tuner in my radio is well bent beyond repair. i dont need to spend a lot since
> it is mainly noise, and i hate buggering up my dash, what radios can anyone
> recommend
> also related, i assume the antenna on my rear view id for cb, there looks like
> on top of cab what was an antenna at one time, mount is there, spring loooking
> gizmo is there, but arial is not, is that something that can just be screwed
> in? no set screw is seen for to hold it?
> thanks bgk
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| Re: [GMCnet] radio wanted [message #131170 is a reply to message #131167] |
Mon, 20 June 2011 21:16 |
Dave Motorhome
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> brian wrote:
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>> after close inspection it seems that the cassette adaptor that came with my
>> coach 8 track my had been used by a barbarian at one time. the mechanical
>> tuner in my radio is well bent beyond repair. i dont need to spend a lot since
>> it is mainly noise, and i hate buggering up my dash, what radios can anyone
>> recommend
>> also related, i assume the antenna on my rear view id for cb, there looks like
>> on top of cab what was an antenna at one time, mount is there, spring loooking
>> gizmo is there, but arial is not, is that something that can just be screwed
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| Re: radio wanted [message #131173 is a reply to message #131164] |
Mon, 20 June 2011 21:32 |
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Hardie Johnson
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| chasingsummer wrote on Mon, 20 June 2011 22:02 |
after close inspection it seems that the cassette adaptor that came with my coach 8 track my had been used by a barbarian at one time. the mechanical tuner in my radio is well bent beyond repair. i dont need to spend a lot since it is mainly noise, and i hate buggering up my dash, what radios can anyone recommend
also related, i assume the antenna on my rear view id for cb, there looks like on top of cab what was an antenna at one time, mount is there, spring loooking gizmo is there, but arial is not, is that something that can just be screwed in? no set screw is seen for to hold it?
thanks bgk
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Sounds like some PO buggered up your rooftop AM/FM antenna. One of the Jims should have the parts to fix that.
I just picked up a digital Sony Xplod AM/FM/Bluetooth/MP3/XM ready/HD ready with a single CD and remote for $60 on eBay. What you do is remove the big dash faceplate (unscrews up top, tilt out, lift upwards)and then get the original radio out of the hole. You might have to actually pull the donut, no biggie. Cut or bend off the ears that held the old knobs and install the single DIN bracket that comes with the radio or get a better adapter from a radio store. Get a universal GM harness and wire it up to the various leads (solder and shrink wrap - do not just use tape and twists). The plug will become a common for DIN radios so you can do what you want from there.
An FM/CD is just for driving noise, you're right. For serious tunes when parked you might investigate compact systems running off an inverter.
I have my radio running off the house battery so I have music while working on the coach. I did upgrade speakers and wires, though.
"whistle while you work"
Hardie Johnson "Crashj"
1973 26 foot Glacier, White Thing
Raleigh NC
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| Re: [GMCnet] radio wanted [message #131175 is a reply to message #131171] |
Mon, 20 June 2011 21:35 |
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Sure. But you pay the postage. How's that for cheap?
Byron
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> Byron, Want some CD's.... cheap??? <lol>
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> Bryon wrote:
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>> Personally, I had a Sony installed with an Aux-In on the front so I could>
>> plug in iPhone and listen to my own music. I didn't get a CD player.
>> CD's> are so 20th century.>
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| Re: [GMCnet] radio wanted [message #131177 is a reply to message #131173] |
Mon, 20 June 2011 21:44 |
gmcrv1
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What kind of antenna and what is used for a ground plane on a Corvette?
Tom Eckert N2VWN
73 Glacier
Oakland, TN
> chasingsummer wrote on Mon, 20 June 2011 22:02
> > after close inspection it seems that the cassette adaptor that came with
> my coach 8 track my had been used by a barbarian at one time. the mechanical
> tuner in my radio is well bent beyond repair. i dont need to spend a lot
> since it is mainly noise, and i hate buggering up my dash, what radios can
> anyone recommend
> > also r
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Hardie Johnson <hardie.j@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> elated, i assume the antenna on my rear view id for cb, there looks like on
> top of cab what was an antenna at one time, mount is there, spring loooking
> gizmo is there, but arial is not, is that something that can just be screwed
> in? no set screw is seen for to hold it?
> > thanks bgk
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> Sounds like some PO buggered up your rooftop AM/FM antenna. One of the Jims
> should have the parts to fix that.
> I just picked up a digital Sony Xplod AM/FM/Bluetooth/MP3/XM ready/HD ready
> with a single CD and remote for $60 on eBay. What you do is remove the big
> dash faceplate (unscrews up top, tilt out, lift upwards)and then get the
> original radio out of the hole. You might have to actually pull the donut,
> no biggie. Cut or bend off the ears that held the old knobs and install the
> single DIN bracket that comes with the radio or get a better adapter from a
> radio store. Get a universal GM harness and wire it up to the various leads
> (solder and shrink wrap - do not just use tape and twists). The plug will
> become a common for DIN radios so you can do what you want from there.
> An FM/CD is just for driving noise, you're right. For serious tunes when
> parked you might investigate compact systems running off an inverter.
> I have my radio running off the house battery so I have music while working
> on the coach. I did upgrade speakers and wires, though.
> "whistle while you work"
>
> --
> Hardie Johnson "Crashj"
> 1973 26 foot Glacier, White Thing
> Raleigh NC
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| Re: radio wanted [message #131188 is a reply to message #131164] |
Mon, 20 June 2011 23:01 |
GeorgeRud
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Log onto the Crutchfield.com site, and you will find all sorts of choices. I would still recommend getting a radio with at least a front input so if you do eventually get an iPod or other player, you will be able to play it through your radio.
As far as an antenna, Jim B was able to set me up with a stubby little antenna instead of the original whip antenna, and it seems to work fine in the original location. The aluminum top of the coach is the ground plate.
George Rudawsky
Chicago, IL
75 Palm Beach
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| Re: radio wanted [message #131191 is a reply to message #131164] |
Mon, 20 June 2011 23:21 |
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| chasingsummer wrote on Mon, 20 June 2011 19:02 |
.. i dont need to spend a lot since it is mainly noise, and i hate buggering up my dash, what radios can anyone recommend ...
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To get a good modern radio that will fit in the original radio space without dash modification most likely would not be cheap.
As others have posted, the modification for a single DIN isn't that much. Then just about any single DIN radio will work. (Read you should be able to find some cheap radios with lots of variation in features and quality.)
As far as a recommendation:
Someone posted about about a single DIN radio that has no moving parts. It is a radio with USB input(s) and NO CD PLAYER. Looked like a good reliable radio/mp3 player at a good price.... (I can not find the link right now.)
Mike Miller -- Hillsboro, OR -- on the Black list
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| Re: [GMCnet] radio wanted [message #131214 is a reply to message #131167] |
Tue, 21 June 2011 06:46 |
jhbridges
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I'm just the opposite - MP3s are so scurvy when the coach is stopped and you can hear the music that I gotta have the CD player. For single DIN radios, look at the Kenwood stuff among others. Sony makes an excellent product, but they're quite proud of it. If you want 'ridiculous' buy a control head and seperate amps and speakers.. and the sky's the limit on them.
For reasonable cost and sound, my new speakers from Amazon arrived yesterday and I spent a couple hours last night mounting them on the OEM baffles after removing the dreck GM put there. Pictures on the way, I'm waiting for a couple of guages so I only have to remove the daskboard once.
--johnny
--- On Tue, 6/21/11, Byron Songer <bsonger@songerconsulting.net> wrote:
From: Byron Songer <bsonger@songerconsulting.net>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] radio wanted
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 2:12 AM
What you want is a Single DIN (that's the spec) radio. There are 100's
available.
JimB would probably suggest an antenna that sits at an angle to replace what
you have left.
Your turn to do some research on the web.
Personally, I had a Sony installed with an Aux-In on the front so I could
plug in iPhone and listen to my own music. I didn't get a CD player. CD's
are so 20th century.
--
Byron Songer
1978 GMC Royale
Louisville, KY
http://www.gmceast.com
http://web.me.com/bnsonger
brian wrote:
>
>
> after close inspection it seems that the cassette adaptor that came with my
> coach 8 track my had been used by a barbarian at one time. the mechanical
> tuner in my radio is well bent beyond repair. i dont need to spend a lot since
> it is mainly noise, and i hate buggering up my dash, what radios can anyone
> recommend
> also related, i assume the antenna on my rear view id for cb, there looks like
> on top of cab what was an antenna at one time, mount is there, spring loooking
> gizmo is there, but arial is not, is that something that can just be screwed
> in? no set screw is seen for to hold it?
> thanks bgk
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| Re: radio wanted [message #131216 is a reply to message #131212] |
Tue, 21 June 2011 06:55 |
tphipps
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If you have a previous CB-type antenna mount with just the spring left, you will find that the spring is a pretty universal fitting, and most screw-in CB antennas will work. The P.O. of my coach did the very same thing on my coach. Need to remove it and repair the damage. Holes are holes, they all will and can leak.
Tom Phipps,
MS II
2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552
KA4CSG
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