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michaega(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:13 am Post subject: CD player, whats cheap but works good?

I'm not quite ready for the install but I have found some avionics on my wish list tough to get.

  On one item, there is a wait list through March of 2008. So I have become proactive to purchase before the need arises.

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MichaelGibbs(at)cox.net
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:28 am Post subject: CD player, whats cheap but works good?

I'd look for a cheap MP3 player rather than a CD player.  MP3 players 

hold a lot more music, don't involve a collection of loose discs all 

over the cabin, are smaller, lighter, not very expensive any more, 

and the solid-state ones will stand up to vibration a lot better than 

any optical drive.  I'm putting an iPod Nano in my new 'fox.



Mike G.

N728KF

Phoenix, AZ

michaega(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:54 am Post subject: CD player, whats cheap but works good?

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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:41 am Post subject: CD player, whats cheap but works good?

A little warning on MP3 Players.  I bought an IPOD to record sound for my 

videos and found that hard drive based players won't work above 10,000 ft. 

The solid state models are fine.  It seems that the rotating disc creates a 

layer of moving air that keeps the read/write arm from touching the disc. 

Above a certain altitude there isn't enough air and disc crashes are common. 

Mountaineers have had the same problem and there is lots of talk about it on 

the web.  The same is true for laptops with hard drives.



Lowell

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Fox5flyer
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:34 am Post subject: CD player, whats cheap but works good?

I second what Mike has posted.  If you install a panel mount CD player, 

eventually it'll either break or go obsolete, and you'll be left with a 

non-standard hole in your panel.  Additionally, they're heavy.  Don't ask me 

how I know all this.

Keep it simple.

Deke

S5, NE Michigan

Subject: Re: CD player, whats cheap but works good?

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 I'd look for a cheap MP3 player rather than a CD player.  MP3 players hold 

 a lot more music, don't involve a collection of loose discs all over the 

 cabin, are smaller, lighter, not very expensive any more, and the 

 solid-state ones will stand up to vibration a lot better than any optical 

 drive.  I'm putting an iPod Nano in my new 'fox.



 Mike G.

 N728KF

 Phoenix, AZ

Guy Buchanan

Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1204
Location: Ramona, CA

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:40 pm Post subject: CD player, whats cheap but works good?

At 09:13 AM 12/5/2007, you wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		  I'm not quite ready for the install but I have found some avionics 

on my wish list tough to get.


	


I use an Ipod Nano connected to my intercom via a standard three pole 

mini-plug on the center console. Next to the mini-plug I have a 12V 

DC coax jack for power, since the Ipod will only run about 8-10 hours 

on one charge. The Nano contains about 3.6 days of music. (That's 86 

hours.) Running it through the SPA-400 intercom gives me all the 

options: both, none, passenger only, pilot only. (The passenger can 

listen to music only while the pilot listens to ATC only, too.) Any 

solid state MP3 should work just as well.

Guy Buchanan

San Diego, CA

K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.

_________________
Guy Buchanan
Deceased K-IV 1200
A glider pilot too.

kitfoxmike

Joined: 05 Dec 2006
Posts: 373

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: CD player, whats cheap but works good?

This is my take.  If you put in a mp3 player by itself, the volume will be too low.  So, I installed a car stereo with input capability.  I didn't put it into the panel, instead I put it in the ceiling, on the right side, what is also great ,I put my magnetic Gps entenna on top of the radio, stuck it right to it.  The mp3 player, not a cheapy and works real nice, I got a sansa, so far I have 170 songs on it.  I'm very happy with what I have.  Oh, one more thing, I put my transponder on the left side above my head.

MichaelGibbs(at)cox.net
Guest

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject: CD player, whats cheap but works good?

Lowell sez:



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		  A little warning on MP3 Players.  I bought an IPOD to record sound 

for my videos and found that hard drive based players won't work 

above 10,000 ft.


	


I can confirm this as well.  I brought my 3rd generation iPod with me 

on an IFR flight from Phoenix to Denver in the Turbo Arrow.  At FL190 

it powered up but the hard drive did not function at all.  As soon as 

it was below about 12,000 feet it was fine again.



That's why I got a Nano for the Kitfox, it's solid-state.



Mike G.

N728KF

Phoenix, AZ

MichaelGibbs(at)cox.net
Guest

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 8:06 pm Post subject: CD player, whats cheap but works good?

kitfoxmike sez:



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		  If you put in a mp3 player by itself, the volume will be too low. 

So, I installed a car stereo with input capability.


	


You need to make sure you are using a line-level output from the MP3 

player, not the headphone jack.  If your MP3 player doesn't have a 

line-level jack, places like Radio Shack sell small adapters that can 

fix the problem for a lot less weight, size and cost.



Mike G.

N728KF

Phoenix, AZ

clint_bazzill(at)hotmail.
Guest

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:48 pm Post subject: CD player, whats cheap but works good?

If you want a nice CD player etc in your aircraft get the VR3 from Walmart.  Cost about $70 and it is great.  I bought a CD/Radio/MP3 etc to use in my Motor Home to replace the Sony.  It would play MP3's and CD's with external input, remote control, dsplays TAG files so you know what is playing.  For the price I thought it would be worth a try.  It fits into standard holder for in dash radios and it went way beyond what I expected.  It also uses SD memory chips, same as camera and GPS.  It worked so well that I went back and bought 2 more for my other cars and trashed my Kenwood.  Also has plug in for USB.  Clint

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		   Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 16:32:42 -0800

 To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

 From: bnn(at)nethere.com

 Subject: Re: CD player, whats cheap but works good?

 --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Guy Buchanan <bnn(at)nethere.com>

 At 09:13 AM 12/5/2007, you wrote:

 >I'm not quite ready for the install but I have found some avionics 

 >on my wish list tough to get.

 I use an Ipod Nano connected to my intercom via a standard three pole 

 mini-plug on the center console. Next to the mini-plug I have a 12V 

 DC coax jack for power, since the Ipod will only run about 8-10 hours 

 on one charge. The Nano contains about 3.6 days of music. (That's 86 

 hours.) Running it through the SPA-400 intercom gives me all the 

 options: both, none, passenger only, pilot only. (The passenger can 

 listen to music only while the pilot listens to ATC only, too.) Any 

 solid state MP3 should work just as well.

 Guy Buchanan

 San Diego, CA

 K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar. 

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