New Stereo/cs-dvd unit install

Anyone try one of these? It seems to fill all my requirementsJenson stereo.

wa8yxm wrote:
Go to Crutchfield.com
Re-wiring for right/left/front/Rear (many units have all the fader/switches you need in the unit itself) requires that all speakers have their leads brought to the unit's location. That will be the hard part.. Option is to use RF to transmit to one room. but I'd like to avoid that for assorted reasons.

Also when it comes to the power connectors. Crutchfield will have the adapters so it's all plug and play.

Yes, Crutchfield is where I’ve been looking. And fortunately, I have 6 speakers already wired and run to the furrion unit already so, that’s no problem. I also want to change out the junky speakers and I know Crutchfield will be able to help with that also.

Go to Crutchfield.com
Re-wiring for right/left/front/Rear (many units have all the fader/switches you need in the unit itself) requires that all speakers have their leads brought to the unit's location. That will be the hard part.. Option is to use RF to transmit to one room. but I'd like to avoid that for assorted reasons.

Also when it comes to the power connectors. Crutchfield will have the adapters so it's all plug and play.

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prichardson wrote:
First. It appears from your link that when you connect the speakers properly your unit can select between living room or bedroom but not both together. As to replacement fitting existing hole; if the unit you ultimately choose is smaller than the existing you can make a blank off plate.

Thanks for checking it out. I really need a unit that will play all the speakers when needed. I didn’t catch that.

Lwiddis wrote:
Have you considered Bluetooth speakers? No wires, can move outdoors, great sound.

Good idea. I have a few already.

nickthehunter wrote:
CD/DVD you’re kidding right?

Ok, take off the CD. I have a massive collection though. And yes, I still play them.

I don't have an I-phone, I have a flip phone.

Mike

mike-uswest wrote:

nickthehunter wrote:
CD/DVD you’re kidding right?

Why would anyone throw away the older things that you like and have paid for just to get some new version that would cost a bundle of money for something that that is just a replacement and not better quality?

Mike

nickthehunter,

There is no real reason just to "throw away" perfectly good audio CDs and video DVDs. They still work and will continue to work as long as there is some means to play them back. Why should someone throw away their hard earned money just because the playback device is no longer "in vogue"?

Some of you guys must have deep pockets to throw away perfectly good stuff.. Many yrs ago I used to "dumpster dive" and find lots of high end stereo and VCRs that were tossed into the trash because they were not the current model or the right decorator color..

CDs and DVD CAN live on even as the hardware to play them on is fading into the distance. One can rip them to a different digital format.

CDs are the easiest to rip, Windows media player has the capability to rip audio CDs to MP3 or WMA files. Then you can copy those files to a USB stick..

DVDs are a bit trickier to rip, but there is a lot of freeware (free software) that can rip DVDs to digital files which also can be copied to a USB flash drive.

In both cases, it does take time to rip an entire collection to digital media files and some folks may not have a PC or MAC to do so (yes, I have friends that only have a Iphone) so there they sit with CDs and DVDs and need a player to play them..

BluRays because of the heavy handed copy protection sometimes can be sometimes ripped but it is not 100% guaranteed it will work in all cases.

Believe it or not, some people enjoy having physical media in their hands.. I prefer to buy physical media and then rip it to digital files. The physical media becomes my "backup" and the digital files become expendable so if a HD or USB stick fails or corrupts I still have the physical media that I can go back to to make a new rip. Heck, I still have vinyl records and a few cassettes although I have gotten rid of the 8tracks and reel to reels..