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#199446 - 19/01/2004 21:30 What a miserable existence
Bolax
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Registered: 31/08/2003
Posts: 9
Here I am with my faithful 12GB mk2 #502 with it's new color (orange), new amps, new sub, new mids and highs for front and rear all set to go into my 97 Viper GTS and it all sits dormant because I still don't have a tuner. I really don't want to give up AM/FM but PCATS will never get to #270. Someone please end this torture!

I know...pathetic. But it sounds better than: WTB - tuner. Heck, you read it. :-)

Anyone willing to part with a spare? Any leads would be great. Thanks!

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#199447 - 19/01/2004 22:22 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: Bolax]
siberia37
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Registered: 09/01/2002
Posts: 702
Loc: Tacoma,WA
Just go to Target or somewhere and buy a $30 in-dash Tuner (or $5 at a flea market), get a speaker to line level converter and run to the Empeg's AUX and hook it up anywhere you can. It doesn't have to be pretty it's just radio. It's either that or spend $200 on a tuner..

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#199448 - 20/01/2004 00:23 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: Bolax]
Waterman981
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Registered: 14/02/2002
Posts: 804
Loc: Salt Lake City, UT
And make sure you post some install pr0n when its all done!
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#199449 - 20/01/2004 09:03 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: siberia37]
Bolax
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Registered: 31/08/2003
Posts: 9
Nah, I want a clean install. There's no room for 2 head units.

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#199450 - 20/01/2004 09:18 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: Bolax]
siberia37
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Registered: 09/01/2002
Posts: 702
Loc: Tacoma,WA
There's always the glove box...<g> Sorry i'm from the Midwest where duct-tape is the standard for fixing anything so I don't really get the idea of a "clean" install.

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#199451 - 20/01/2004 09:24 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: siberia37]
boxer
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Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
That's nothing other than a wire wound, stereo pot, with the low ends connected to earth, isn't it? But I can never remember what value, something deep in my conscience tells me that when you did this to put headphones on an amp, before manufacturers fitted a socket, it had 47 or 470 in the equation.
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#199452 - 20/01/2004 09:44 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: boxer]
siberia37
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Registered: 09/01/2002
Posts: 702
Loc: Tacoma,WA
I know I took one apart once and that's what it looked like - some wound wire connected to RCA plugs basically.

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#199453 - 20/01/2004 12:29 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: Bolax]
image
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Registered: 28/04/2002
Posts: 770
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
t all sits dormant because I still don't have a tuner
uhh, excuse the sarcasm, but why don't you load some mp3s in your empeg? i might be on a limb here, but i'm pretty sure that playing music from files will utilize each component of your audio system =)

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#199454 - 20/01/2004 12:46 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: siberia37]
Bolax
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Registered: 31/08/2003
Posts: 9
Actually the viper glove box is about 5" wide and by the driver's elbow. These cars are small inside!

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#199455 - 20/01/2004 12:58 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: image]
Bolax
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Registered: 31/08/2003
Posts: 9
"why don't you load some mp3s in your empeg?"

I used my empeg this way for quite some time but I like being able to listen to sports and such live. This car currently has the stock system in it but it sucks. Thus the mound of stuff awaiting installation.

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#199456 - 20/01/2004 14:57 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: Bolax]
Daria
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Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
It's also useful if you live in an urban area to be able to listen to traffic reports.

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#199457 - 20/01/2004 22:30 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: Bolax]
jimhogan
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Registered: 06/10/1999
Posts: 2591
Loc: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
all set to go into my 97 Viper GTS and it all sits dormant because I still don't have a tuner.

I have a tuner, so if you want to give me the Viper, I can help end your misery.
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#199458 - 21/01/2004 22:05 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: jimhogan]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
HAH! (sorry for wasting space with a post such as this, but that was just plain funny)
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#199459 - 23/01/2004 22:20 Re: What a miserable existence [Re: Daria]
msaeger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
Depends on the area here all you get is all the roads are blocked all the time
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