I purchased a no name one from Best Buy a while back that i'm really happy
with. It has the regular input on the front, and about 3 spare
inputs/outpurts in the form of RCA plugs on the back. These are accessible
by popping out the ash tray, so if you want to hook up a TV or Playstation
or something of that nature to the car's stereo.....it's very simple.

My biggest pet peve, is the fact that its so hard to find a stereo these
days with a VOLUME KNOB. everyone has gone to buttons. This makes life
really hard in my mind, its much more challenging to make a volume
adjustment without spending half a  minute looking at the stereo face (while
driving). Of those available that i know of with a volume knob, i really
like the Sony Xpod series. I got one for my brother's volvo and its simple
to use, it was pretty affordable, and it can tell you the battery voltage, a
feature i think to be really cool and practical.

I also really enjoy having a very long cable from the headphone jack of the
ipod to the face of the stereo. This gives me free range of motion to hold
it/control it while driving (though i usually just have a playlist going). I
can then simply sit it down on the dash, or in the cupholder of my center
console.

I REALLY hate volume "buttons".

-Craig
'85GL

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Michael in San Antonio
> 91GL AT 'Gringo'
>