Standard Radio for Motorhome
Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 15:56
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Steve
Got my new toy...Mitsubishi Canter Motorhome...but it has no radio ( been taken out ) in the cab..quess how long trips can be when you have no news or music etc !! Wonder if anyone out there can suggest a simple one to suit this environment ..I am not looking for something to blast the road with ...just a simple radio and CD player ..no stacker etc.. Can anyone help me ? The cab is all 24 volt so this may be a problem ?
Steve
Reply By: Andrew-rodeo - Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 16:21
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 16:21
Have you checked the voltage at the plug for the radio? Most trucks that i have worked on have a few 12 volt outlets in the fuse box.
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Follow Up By: Steve - Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 16:43
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 16:43
Haven't done that yet !!..on my way ..except its pouring rain today ..
Sydney !!
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Follow Up By: Mike Harding - Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 16:55
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 16:55
The 24V will be supplied by two 12V batteries in series: worst comes to worst you could simply run a wire from the positive terminal of the battery with it's negative terminal connected to the chassis. That will provide 12V for the radio.
Mike Harding
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Follow Up By: WA Joe - Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 18:09
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 18:09
VDO car stereo's make 3 different 24 volt systems, basic sets and not that expensive. Repco sell them.
Joe.
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Follow Up By: Andrew-rodeo - Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 19:19
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 19:19
Can you please send some of the rain down this way (Victoria)
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Reply By: hoyks - Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 16:56
Wednesday, Apr 25, 2007 at 16:56
I have a Kenwood AM/FM/tape player in the shed you can have for the cost of postage. It's 12V and worked when I took it out of the Sierra several years ago.
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Reply By: obee - Thursday, Apr 26, 2007 at 09:47
Thursday, Apr 26, 2007 at 09:47
I would look to one that plays mp3 if you are into collecting songs in this media. Less changing the disk and you can mix and match on the computer before you download. I like to download ABC podcasts myself and have a heap of songs collected from friends and library disks using a free program called "audio grabber" You can even copy inline from a radio or records or tapes.
Even if you dont go the mp3 route, badger all your friends for a loan of their cd collections and copy them. If the copy gets damged along the way its no big deal.
copying for personal use is legal according to the latest story I read and anyway I never heard of anyone getting pinched unless they were selling the stuff.
Owen
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Follow Up By: Muddy doe (SA) - Thursday, Apr 26, 2007 at 22:03
Thursday, Apr 26, 2007 at 22:03
Copying for personal use is legal only if you bought the original rights. This means that if you buy a CD then you are allowed to make a copy of it to other media in order to listen to it. That might be a copy into your iPod or to a writeable CD that you play in the car in case the original gets stolen or is destroyed in the sun.
In the REAL world though...... burn away!!!
Cheers
Muddy
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Reply By: Member - Rod M (NSW) - Thursday, Apr 26, 2007 at 21:55
Thursday, Apr 26, 2007 at 21:55
G'day Steve, went down the same path last year, picked up a nice cd/mp3 player at the sales , had a 24v to 12v step down box fitted by the auto sparky so we could set it up correctly. Had no dramas with it yet & it's had lots of dust & corrugations, even had some coke sprayed on it after an ill fated opening, I told her to hold it out the window but NOOOO she knew better ;-)))))
BTW would you like to meet up for a chinwag ??
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