I'd rather use what is in the radio. Pretty sure this is God's way of telling me to give it up and go buy an FM transmitter. Lmao 🤣
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I'd rather use what is in the radio. Pretty sure this is God's way of telling me to give it up and go buy an FM transmitter. Lmao 🤣
This one shouldn’t be too bad. Not too cheap, not too expensive
Kenwood KMM-BT328U Double-DIN Touchscreen Multimedia Receiver
Kenwood KMM-BT328U • Double-DIN Touchscreen Digital Multimedia Receiver with Bluetooth and Built-in Alexa Sirius XM Ready • Single DIN Bluetooth Digital Multimedia Receiver with USB and AUX • LCD Text Display • iPhone and Android compatible • 3 sets of 2.5 volts preamp outputs • 13-Band...
www.sonicelectronix.com
Any cheaper and you start getting JVCs and Duals.
So what's worse......... silence or the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over..,.....you get my point!
Kenwood bought JVC= all the same stuff. You can be loaded up: 50x4, USB, Bluetooth, AM/FM, CD, and EQ for less than $100. My only warning is to pay attention to the illumination. Blue sucks at night, red doesn't match sh*t, and some will do the whole freaking spectrum.
Just need AM/FM/CD and bluetooth would be really nice. Everything else in the truck is lighted green, I'd want it to match. They are all just ugly looking.
Joe, another option, which will horrify Bruce, is to buy a factory radio that's been refurbished. They are available with bluetooth added or with an auxiliary input added. I just bought a stock AM/FM/CD/Cassette for the Roadmaster with Bluetooth added to it. You could also just keep your Cassette deck and get a Bluetooth/FM modulator....
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F2RTN5Z/?tag=gbody-20
That's what I started out with in the Roadmaster but I'm upgrading. I'm keeping a stock stereo in the Roadmaster. That's non-negotiable.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F2RTN5Z/?tag=gbody-20
That's what I started out with in the Roadmaster but I'm upgrading. I'm keeping a stock stereo in the Roadmaster. That's non-negotiable.
Yeah they are available. Really pricey but it is an option. I really do prefer the appearance of a factory head unit.
The rain stopped so I went back outside and cleaned up the tools and put the tape deck head unit back in for now. It's back together for now. Honestly I might go the FM transmitter for the time being.
FYI I'm blaming this problem on iheartmedia for systematically destroying the radio market in Pittsburgh.
They are why I pay more than I should to listen to music in the truck & wife's car. I miss back when DVE had balls, promo's, T-shirt's & DJ's that didn't bend to the corprate way. They even ruined 3WS with playing "newer" classic rock dumping the cool tunes from the begaining to early '70's.
DVE wasn’t even that good to begin with then iheart shows up and suddenly there’s more ads than music. The graduation contest ads were the most abrasive thing I’ve heard on any radio station.
But back to the stereo, VDO apparently makes ones that wouldn’t look too out of place in an OBS truck in my opinion:
12V Radio | Audio | VDO Instruments and Accessories
www.vdo-gauges.com
These are a bit more expensive than those Kenwoods though.
DVE hasn't been "good" for a long time, but they have gotten drastically worse in the last few. And what in the royal f*k happened with 3WS? It used to be actual oldies, now it's Prince and Madonna 24/7
I might get lambasted for this but I don't mind listening to Mark Madden. He's pretty uncensored and I generally agree with him. If you ever meet him, he's actually pretty cool, he doesn't have the huge ego he portrays on radio.
X2. That graduation thing was vomit worthy.
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