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About LinkBacksI own that very FM transmitter, works perfectly in my Civic, unless you fancy changing into 2nd, 4th or 6th.Originally Posted by DanceswithUnix
I own that very FM transmitter, works perfectly in my Civic, unless you fancy changing into 2nd, 4th or 6th.
Zak, are you looking for "authentjc" OEM 1998, or just 1998?
If you just want "authentic" 1998, then I gotta say I hadn't had a cassette player for about 15 years. I had a front-mount CD player with boot-mounted autochanger when I bought a new car in 1995, and that replaced a similar but cheaper system I'd had in the previous car.
And it certainly didn't skip on bumps. Older, or cheap stuff might, but half-decent units were buffered. Oh, and it had a modern-looking electric-blue display which could, jndeed, be colour-changed a la RGB, though the choices were more limited.
By 1998, after the CD unit was nicked, I had a MD-based head unit, with boot CD autochanger. That was a front end to twin Phoenix Gold amps at £750 each, and about £1200 of speakers. Not only did engine noise and open winfows not drown out the noise, but I could have put up a credible fight with a 747's engines on take-off.
Well, maybe not quite, but it could go LOUD, as well as very high quality sound.
And it had an aux input that I connected a Creative labs MP3 player with, IIRC, a 60GB HD not long after that.
Cassette units were, IMHO, rather more 1970s than 1998 except, perhaps, basic level OEM.
My vote would be a Raspberry Pi or similar, I'm sure there will be software packages available for this sort of thing, I had a brief look around myself for exactly this sort of solution but my coding knowledge was too close to 0 and I couldn't be bothered to learn just for this.
I cant code for toffee....
it just wont occur.
A CDhead unit IS of course viable.. but I just feel like I'm... cheating ;-)
the proper car Bluetooth Amp was what I truly thought I'd find for £50 but it's a hard struggle!
My 2000 Peugeot 406 came with a cassette head unit. I don't think that deck was ever used. It did come with a CD changer (non-jumpy) and a JBL amp, so I forgave it.Zak, are you looking for "authentjc" OEM 1998, or just 1998?
If you just want "authentic" 1998, then I gotta say I hadn't had a cassette player for about 15 years. I had a front-mount CD player with boot-mounted autochanger when I bought a new car in 1995, and that replaced a similar but cheaper system I'd had in the previous car.
And it certainly didn't skip on bumps. Older, or cheap stuff might, but half-decent units were buffered. Oh, and it had a modern-looking electric-blue display which could, jndeed, be colour-changed a la RGB, though the choices were more limited.
By 1998, after the CD unit was nicked, I had a MD-based head unit, with boot CD autochanger. That was a front end to twin Phoenix Gold amps at £750 each, and about £1200 of speakers. Not only did engine noise and open winfows not drown out the noise, but I could have put up a credible fight with a 747's engines on take-off.
Well, maybe not quite, but it could go LOUD, as well as very high quality sound.
And it had an aux input that I connected a Creative labs MP3 player with, IIRC, a 60GB HD not long after that.
Cassette units were, IMHO, rather more 1970s than 1998 except, perhaps, basic level OEM.
Unplug your tape player at the back but leave it there. By a mechless unit and find somewhere under the dash to mount it. Rig up a mounting system, plug it in and away you go.
Speaker might want replacing as well if they're period...
this is close to the idea.
I'd like to use my mobile... I COULD plug in a headphone mini jack, run to an amp, then to speakers
but I wanted to use Bluetooth tbh
Mechless unit with bluetooth...? As soon as you start going down the separates route with a dedicated amp and a bluetooth control device you're away from the budget end - you'd spend as much on the amp as a head unit with a built-in amp.
Not going to be great, but £20 and compact for easier mounting: GHB Bluetooth Car Stereo 1 DIN In Dash 12V Car Player FM Receiver with USB/SD Card Slot and AUX Input
thats very good!!! thank you
Ordered... I have got to try this puppy for £20.
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