Agreed... CDs are already passe. Get a unit with USB input instead, and
buy a cheap thumb drive.

What we use the most in the van and bus here is an iPod holder/charger/FM
transciever that I bought at Canadian Tire on sale for $12. It charges my
wife's brand new iphone at the same time as it broadcasts her playlists
onto the FM radio. When Colleen isn't along for the ride I use my own iPod
nano I bought a few years ago. Right now you can get a refurbed 8GB nano
from the Apple store for just $115.

As for radio recommendations... I spent about $200 on a Sony deck a couple
years ago and I've been quite happy with it. Before that I went through a
couple of JVC units in my bus in the same price range and so far I am
finding the Sony to be much better built. Then again it may not be
suffering quite as much since the JVC's were installed in the baywindow
where they were subjected to a lot more extremes of vibration and
temperature.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
www.pottsfamily.ca
WWW.BUSESOFTHECORN.CA   <--- NEW .CA DOMAIN!!!
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender hardtop Vanagon
1973 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"

> Gilles, assume the game will change before you get a definitive answer...
>
> my westy has a nice Sony in it that the PO installed around 5 years ago.
> has every kind of connection (mp3, cd, usb, ipod, audio jack, etc) and
> it's already out of date in some ways (e.g. apple changed some specs, so
> things like the iphone won't work with it except as "aux").
> Almost all of the new ones will be amazing compared to the original. And
> I've found that having a low-end ipod )like a nano) that you can set up
> with a trip worth of music is great and easy to update for the next
> trip... time to move on from cds?
> set a budget and go shopping. include an ipod perhaps, and be sure to set
> some $$ aside for speakers... world of difference.
>
> you could also consider a dvd or blu-ray player as also work with cds.
>
> Regards, Peter Kraiker
> kraikerphoto.com / studiofstop.com
> Toronto, ON, Canada
> '82 L Westfalia 1.9 TD 5 Spd (Babe)
> '05 Jetta Wagon 1.9 TDI 5 Spd (Blue)
>
>
>
>
> On 2010-08-23, at 7:30 PM, Gilles H Turmel wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I have an 89 Westy Syncro.  I'm looking for a radio replacement with a
>> CD reader. Does anyone have a suggestion?
>> Best regards.
>