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Car Forum / Mercedes-Benz Cars / December 2005

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mp3 player in '95 S

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a b - 17 Nov 2005 10:14 GMT
i have a '95 S420. equipped for CD, but no changer installed. bought a palm
pilot (Tungsten E2) with RealPlayer built in. since i'm virtually certain
nobody makes a cable and adapter to connect the palm to the radio, i was
thinking that i could 'borrow' the car's speakers by connectng the palm to
them via the headphone jack. not sure if the output would be high enough to
power the car's speakers, though. any ideas how i could 'borrow' the radio's
amp, too?

Thanks in advance.
Bob - 17 Nov 2005 16:44 GMT
Check Crutchfield.Com and Periperal.Com.  I've got a 95 S320, same
situation.  I used an adapter cable from peripheral to connect an
Alpine CD changer to the system for a fraction of the cost and works
perfectly.  I cut into the cable and brought wires up to the center
console where I installed a female mini stereo jack under the lid of
the arm rest.  Allows me to pug in laptop, portable dvd, ipod or
anything else and sounds great!

Crutchfield offers a cable (Mbus to RCA) that allows you to use the
factory CD connection as an auxillary input.

Both of these methods are MUCH better than using an RF (radio adapter)
Adapter.  Been there, done that, hated it.....

All the best,
BOB

>i have a '95 S420. equipped for CD, but no changer installed. bought a palm
>pilot (Tungsten E2) with RealPlayer built in. since i'm virtually certain
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>Thanks in advance.
Galen Pope - 22 Nov 2005 19:36 GMT
Hi fellas,

I've got a '95 W124.  I'm in Switzerland.  I've just bought a Iriver radio
transmittor for my mp3 player.  Although the sound is great, the bandwidth
is VERY crowded and I'm now thinking about a solution such as Bob has
suggested.  The problem is that, to my knowledge, Crutchfield does not
deliver outside of North America.

Would you know of a European outlet for the "Mbus to RCA"?

Many thanks,
Galen

> Check Crutchfield.Com and Periperal.Com.  I've got a 95 S320, same
> situation.  I used an adapter cable from peripheral to connect an
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>>Thanks in advance.
The Spanish Inquisition - 02 Dec 2005 08:17 GMT
> I've got a '95 W124.  I'm in Switzerland.  I've just bought a Iriver radio
> transmittor for my mp3 player.  Although the sound is great, the bandwidth
> is VERY crowded and I'm now thinking about a solution such as Bob has
> suggested.  The problem is that, to my knowledge, Crutchfield does not
> deliver outside of North America.

I've only bought car radios with Line IN in recent times, so I don't
have this problem myself.

There are FM modulators (transmitters) that are plugged inbetween the
car antenna and the radio. I believe they filter out one channel and
replace it with your MP3 player's output. Not as good as Line IN but
probably preferable to a simple transmitter.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1866732,00.asp

Ximinez
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Peter W Peternouschek - 02 Dec 2005 18:01 GMT
There are a lot of FM transmitters on the market that work reasonably well.
The only problem is that you will get interference  depending on location
and proximity to stations close to the frequency you are on.
I found however that the cassette adapter works better for me.

Peter

> > I've got a '95 W124.  I'm in Switzerland.  I've just bought a Iriver radio
> > transmittor for my mp3 player.  Although the sound is great, the bandwidth
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> and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope....
> http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/t1.html
The Spanish Inquisition - 03 Dec 2005 09:38 GMT
> There are a lot of FM transmitters on the market that work reasonably well.
> The only problem is that you will get interference  depending on location
> and proximity to stations close to the frequency you are on.
> I found however that the cassette adapter works better for me.

Yes, but this particular one is placed between the antenna and the radia
and FILTERS OUT any interfering frequencies before adding the signal.
This addresses this exact issue.

Cassette adapters are wonderful if you have a cassette player.

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Peter W Peternouschek - 03 Dec 2005 18:15 GMT
I may be wrong but I thought that the standard MB radio included a cassette
player in 95.?

> > There are a lot of FM transmitters on the market that work reasonably well.
> > The only problem is that you will get interference  depending on location
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> and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope....
> http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/t1.html
The Spanish Inquisition - 04 Dec 2005 08:48 GMT
> I may be wrong but I thought that the standard MB radio included a cassette
> player in 95.?

Not this one apparently:
>>> i have a '95 S420. equipped for CD, but no changer installed.

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x - 05 Dec 2005 04:54 GMT
that's not what i meant. there is a jack for the CD changer in the trunk,
but there's no changer installed. there is also a cassette in the radio.
sounds like the best solution is going to be the line-in jack, assuming i
can find one.

thanks for all the tips.

> > I may be wrong but I thought that the standard MB radio included a cassette
> > player in 95.?
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> and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope....
> http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/t1.html
 
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