Miata Mailing List: March 1993, Message #151
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Subject: Re: Trunk CD player
   Date: (none)

In answer to my questions about trunk-mount CD players, Todd answers:

> Clutchfield has come out with an adapter that will all you togo
> directly into the back of the radio, thus bypassing the FM.

Is the adapter Miata specific, or are the backs of most car-radios
similiar enough that it will work on almost any radio?  (As you can see,
auto-audio is something that I'm just stepping my foot into.  I only
know enough about the radio to turn it on and off...  I'm just lucky I
haven't locked myself out of it...  :^)

> >  Does it affect sound quality? 
> 
> The FM band is narrower then a CD. On my Pioneer, it has a switch to 
> select which part of the CD sound range you want to favor most.

What is the range on the Pioneer/Mazda model? 

> > Will I be listening to
> > what the guy in the next car has? 
> 
> No, the antenna gets cut off while the CD is on.

What if he has the same FM-band transmitting CD player as I do?

Another question, and actually the one that has kept me from getting any
kind of a CD player for my car so far (Most of my home collection is on
CD...):  I've seen what extended periods of heat can do to tapes, which
is why I tend to just tape my CDs (multiple times...) to listen to them.
How will leaving my CD's in my trunk for extended periods of time affect
their lifetime?  Any horror stories of CD's warping in the players? 
Etc, etc...

Thanks for the info!

John

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