I had to buy an antennae adapter.

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 7:15 AM, Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com> wrote:

> At 02:28 AM 4/10/2008, Jim Felder wrote...
>
> > Nothing fancy, must have aux. input for iPod.
> >
>
> Last year, I got a Panasonic CQ-C5303U for about $100 from buy.com,
> then added the iPod adapter cable (CA-DC300U) for about $50. Everything
> plugs in back, the iPod can stay in the glove box. Works great - the
> iPod goes on/off with the key and resumes playing where it left off
> (unless it's been off for over a day). You can select playlists from
> the deck, etc. That deck has a motorized tilting faceplate, which works
> out well. The low mounting in the Vanagon makes a non-tilting deck hard
> to read. Even comes with a remote, so I can change the volume, etc.
> from the back of the Westy.
>
> The dash cutout is _almost_ DIN sized. To install it, I had to slightly
> file the corners of the dash opening. They're rounded and need to be
> squared up to allow a DIN sized deck to fit. That's probably why so few
> decks are listed as fitting. At the back, it's a tight fit with the
> cables (especially the antenna cable), but it works.
>

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Michael in San Antonio
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