Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-14 Thread LarryT
/ . - Original Message - From: Mike Canfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Larry, YOu can pick up cheap(way less than $100) portable CD players with an anti-shock/skip feature

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-14 Thread LarryT
://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: Werner Fehlauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Larry - most of the large capacity MP3s (over 20 Gig) are mini-hard drives

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-14 Thread Jim Cathey
When you say Walkman, I assume you're talking about a CD player? I did say Discman, Sony's particular walkabout CD player. tried that also and the skipping was so bad I couldn't enjoy the discs. This particular one has a switch-selectable read-ahead buffer that dramatically improves its

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-14 Thread Jim Cathey
Its amazing, when I bought my first computer in college it had a 40Mb harddrive which I upgraded to 640Mb and I thought I was hot stuff. When I _made_ my first real computer in college, it had two (count them, two!) 160 kByte floppies. I had to build the controller for them too, not from a

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-14 Thread LarryT
/webercarbs Porsche Road Test http://members.rennlist.com/roadtest/ . - Original Message - From: M.Afzaal.Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 1:02 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods HiThe Griffin FM adapter for the Ipod

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-14 Thread LarryT
:17 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Hey Larry, In my classroom I've got 24TB thats, terrabytes. The system I train supports up to 192TB. Its amazing, when I bought my first computer in college it had a 40Mb harddrive which I upgraded to 640Mb and I thought I was hot stuff. -Curt Date: Tue

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-14 Thread Mike Canfield
much at typing...Took me days to make some of the silliest games work...Typos sucked. Mike - Original Message - From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Hi Curt - you

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-14 Thread Curt Raymond
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Hi Curt - you wrote I've got 24TB thats, terrabytes Wow! TB's - that's too much to comprehend. I

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-14 Thread Redghost
List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Larry - most of the large capacity MP3s (over 20 Gig) are mini-hard drives; small ones, typically 2-3 Gig are solid state memory. I've had no problem with the Phillips 30GB MP3 player, rough roads

[MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-13 Thread Jim Cathey
I've toyed with the idea of tapping into the guts of the old Alpine that's in the Frankenheap in order to hook the CD (or my wife's iPod) into it. I like the funky old Alpine, it sort of looks like it belongs there, as anything much newer would not, and when you use the cassette the radio

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-13 Thread Mike Canfield
Those little cassette tape with a wire things work really well for that, are dirt cheap, and no mods needed. Mike - Original Message - From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:24 AM Subject: [MBZ] Audio mods

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-13 Thread Werner Fehlauer
Subject: [MBZ] Audio mods I've toyed with the idea of tapping into the guts of the old Alpine that's in the Frankenheap in order to hook the CD (or my wife's iPod) into it. I like the funky old Alpine, it sort of looks like it belongs there, as anything much newer would not, and when you use

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-13 Thread Jim Cathey
Those little cassette tape with a wire things work really well for that, are dirt cheap, and no mods needed. That's what I have now. The entire system: Sony discman, cassette adapter, car, and home power adapters was $5 at the thrift store, and all works. I love surfing the trailing edge!

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-13 Thread LarryT
mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:25 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Those little cassette tape with a wire things work really well for that, are dirt cheap, and no mods needed. That's what I have now. The entire system: Sony discman, cassette adapter, car, and home power

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-13 Thread Mike Canfield
mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Hi Jim, When you say Walkman, I assume you're talking about a CD player? I tried that also and the skipping was so bad I couldn't enjoy the discs. I hope a iPod or MP3 player will be a lot more stable. Do you

Re: [MBZ] Audio mods

2007-03-13 Thread Werner Fehlauer
] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:11 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Audio mods Hi Jim, When you say Walkman, I assume you're talking about a CD player? I tried that also and the skipping was so bad I couldn't enjoy the discs. I hope a iPod or MP3 player