OMG, after 18 years, the van gets a new stereo.

"McMike" (mcmike) 10/24/2013 at 08:42 • Filed to: Driveway mechanic, tutu153, vanagon

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Welcome to the 21st century.

I've always been the "if it ain't broke, leave it be" kind of guy, and because of that, the old Kenwood with the cassette deck and the sweet 10 disk changer has been in both my vans. Never had an issue, never needed an update because preamp outs.

Recently, I finally took the time to rip all my music into digital format, and wondered... "What should I do now?"

I started looked for a head unit, and OMG were they ugly. I finally found a decent looking !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! with multiple inputs (USB/BT/Aux/SD card) and picked it up.

I wanted a MP3 player to connect to the back of the thing, and leave in the car. I remembered that iPod I found in a parking lot last winter, so I reformatted it and filled it up. (of course, after removing the music from it - interesting mix of American and Middle Eastern hiphop/R&B BTW... )

I already bench tested the HU it in the garage the other day (with a 12v source and two speakers) to get familiar with it so I could save myself four hours of sitting in the driveway. Slick little unit.

Yesterday was the first step with straightening out the dashboard wiring. Hopefully I can get a little more done this afternoon.

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Sparf > McMike 10/24/2013 at 08:56

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Nice work! This just reminded me that I need to replace the 25 year-old speakers in my Celica (they really dislike the bass-heavy music of today). I might install a double-DIN Kenwood with a touch screen while I'm at it too...

Dingers Ghost, Champion Jockey > McMike 10/24/2013 at 09:33

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I agree on the ugly head units, most of them are just a complete mess.

Group B-raaaaaaaaaap! > McMike 10/25/2013 at 09:43

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Relevant!

Alex87f > McMike 09/12/2014 at 18:00

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Tell me this T3 has a flat-6. Please.

McMike > Alex87f 09/15/2014 at 16:54

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Nope, it has the stock 2.1 boxer.