Toyota Trucks: In Dash MP3 Player for Tundra?

"Skip" <com> wrote in message
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My wife and I have both been very pleased with the pair of AIWA CDC-MP32
CD/MP3/Reciever head units I got from Crutchfield two years ago. They are
reliable and tough (hers is in a different car because the one it was in
first was totalled in a collision: one of the collar trim tabs broke but the
unit kept on keepin' on.) They work well, they have good sound, enough
gee-whiz features to be fun but not so many you can't work the darn thing,
and a really nice little steering-wheel remote. That particular model's not
available new, but lots of nice AIWA CD/MP3 players on eBay. Or you can
check www.crutchfield.com and see if anything appeals to you.

Whatever you get, be sure it can display MP3 tags (so you can find your
stuff easy) and that it has a steering wheel remote. That remote is a
necessity when you're dealing with a disk with more than twenty albums on
it: you don't want to take your eyes off the road and your hand off the
wheel long enough to navigate around the disc. Also, you may need a dash DIN
adapter (Crutchfield throws one in free, along with mounting instructions
and a wiring harness adapter, when you buy a head unit from them.) You can
get 'em from Pep Boys or AutoZone. You may have to shave the upper interior
corners to get it in if the Tundra has the same dash config as the Tacoma (I
did) but it's no big deal if you're careful.

D

Thanks. I'll look into it.

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:09:18 GMT, "Dreamer" <com> wrote:
 

Dreamer,

I just put in a Eclipse MP3 player but the music skips frequently. I
burned a high quality disk and it's not the disk; the music skips at
different places in different songs, not the same every time. Does
yours do this? Anything I can do to fix it?

Dreamer wrote: 

Skip wrote:
 


http://www.Crutchfield.com

Cheers,
- Jeff G

Seconded. Go to www.crutchfield.com to do some research, and buy it somewhere else
if $ is an issue. they have all kinds of players. I bought one, a jensen I think,
with 2 speakers on special for $130US asa present for me dear ol' ma.

Check thought the outlet, special and scratch and dent sections.on thier site as
well.

"Chris" <net> wrote in message
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Eclipse, IIRC, is a high-end system. Does it have skip protection? (This is
sometimes called buffer or read-ahead.) If it does, either it's not working
properly or there's something wrong with your discs. If it doesn't, it's
most likely being caused by vibration. My AIWA's biggest failing is that it
doesn't have skip protection and bumps often cause the music to skip. It's
unpredictable: sometimes huge bumps have no effect, sometimes tiny little
bumps cause a skip.

Things to check:

1) Do you encounter the problem with prerecorded CD's? If so, it's your
player or the environment. If not, try a different brand of CD-R, burn at a
lower speed, or convert at a higher bitrate.

2) Is your head unit secured well in the dash? All screws down tight and
even? (They must have approximately even tension or even if they're all
"tight" you still might get excessive vibration.) If you can, use the rear
anchor screw. I can't on mine, noplace to anchor and no way to access it,
but it's a good idea if you can manage it.

3) It's possible, although unlikely, that the power to the unit is
experiencing intermittent failure. Is the display fading or blinking when
the music skips? Do the speakers pop? Does it happen when you hit the brakes
or do something that causes a power drop? You might check all the
connections.

D