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Subject:Re: Stereo suggestions
From:Craig Cowan
Date:Tue, 28 May 2013 15:43:34 -0400

Tom, you had it "professionally installed", meaning that they used a
professional 2x4 and it was swung by a professional.

: )

-Craig

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote:

> I  had a Kenwood Excelon stereo/speakers installed in my new syncro doka
> which had never had a radio in it as best I could tell-professionally
> installed, no problems, sounds great, & the USB port in the face charges my
> I Phone while syncing the music on the remote or removable face.  It also
> plays my google maps gps verbal instructions, cuts the music when
> instructions or cell calls come in, then goes right back to playing at the
> same spot.  I haven't figured out what else it does, but I can figure out
> the bluetooth wireless play someday, but I like the single wire connection
> that charges & syncs everything.
> There are several different models in this Excelon series, so you can
> spend little or a bunch depending on your budget.
>
>
> http://www.crutchfield.com/S-bnxMmpCYxgx/shopsearch/kenwood_excelon.html?awcp=1t1&awcr=2236337273&awdv=c&awkw=kenwood%20excelon&awmt=e&awnw=g
>
> No hammer & 2x4 required!
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-Whoda thunk?
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Craig Cowan <phishman068@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Insert a 2x4 into the stereo hole.
>> Hit the bracket with a hammer
>> Repeat.
>>
>> Done.
>>
>> -craig
>>
>> On May 28, 2013, at 1:06 PM, neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> > you beat me to it.
>> >
>> > FWIW, x2 on a remote with power on/off feature.
>> >
>> > Neil.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> ..... be
>> >> sure to get a remote that will actually TURN OFF the head unit
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Neil n
>> >
>> > Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca
>> >
>> > '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p
>> >
>> > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>> >
>> > Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine Swap Group:
>> >
>> > http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Tom Buese
>