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Re: Aftermarket Radios [Re: Adventurer_Sport] #1317156
10/09/12 08:31 AM
10/09/12 08:31 AM
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Marysville, O-H-I-O
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That is the same Sony unit I have in my '64 Valiant, and I hate it with a passion. For no reason, it randomly resets the color, the station settings, the display readouts, and whatever else is on the menu. The LCD display is so weak I can't see anything on the screen on a bright day, and every time I turn off the ignition, the radio beeps after a few seconds. Very annoying.

On the positive side, it has good sound and can pick up weak AM stations better than the stock unit. I could care less about amplifiers or powerful speakers, since I don't care to share my listening fare with anyone down the block or four vehicles behind me. The basic unit will crank out far more volume than my ears can handle, and I have no need to impress anyone with how much I spent on a sound system.

The bad outweighs the good on my Sony, and it will be replaced with something friendlier this winter...probably a touch screen with GPS.




I wonder if you have a power issue where the radio is losing it's battery constant feed and everything resets to the "out of the box" settings/losing preset radio stations? the red/blue swapping sounds like it goes back into "demo mode" you can turn that off in the settings. Mine is set to blue and it stays there until I unhook the battery if I'm doing electrical work. The beep can also be turned off in the settings.


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Re: Aftermarket Radios [Re: 70Cuda383] #1317157
10/09/12 12:21 PM
10/09/12 12:21 PM
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Germany, Berlin
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For no reason, it randomly resets the color, the station settings, the display readouts, and whatever else is on the menu.




Omg, i know that. I must have a bad connection inside the radio as i have double checked everything else...

More than 5 years now. Reprogramming it to my custom settings blindfolded ? Not a challenge ..... lol

Re: Aftermarket Radios [Re: 70Cuda383] #1317158
10/09/12 03:54 PM
10/09/12 03:54 PM
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I've reset it a hundred times, and nothing stays where it should, so I quit trying. I also have been unable to turn off the annoying beep.

It replaced the excellent 2000 Mopar radio only because I wanted a USB port and needed more room under the dash to route the AC ducts, but it will soon go away.

Re: Aftermarket Radios [Re: racerx] #1317159
02/20/13 12:04 PM
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I also dislike aftermarket radios for the same reason, so I installed a 2003 Mopar radio in my '73 D100.




I all so have one of those radios and thought that the wiring was just a plug-n-go and boy was i wrong so tell me how do u like the performance of the radio?


^^^This^^^any info. on it? Is there some sort of adapter available for it?

Last edited by racerx; 02/20/13 12:06 PM.
Re: Aftermarket Radios [Re: racerx] #1317160
02/20/13 02:04 PM
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if you guys are wanting to keep a stock look you could look into these. this is what im planning on using stereo

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