Miata Mailing List: April 1993, Message #25
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   From: (none)
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? 

They have adapters for different radio's. Mazda is just one of them that they
support.


> > >  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? 

I payed $480 for the Pioneer model, if you buy it from Mazda its around $700



> 

> > > 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?

Doesn't matter you will have zero interferance from anything around you.

> 
> 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...

With the CD's in the trunk, I've never seen any problems from heat.


Todd