Anyone know anything about car stereos?

BigIg · October 6th, 2007

I have been thinking about installing a cd player into my 1996 chevy beretta.

Autozone, along with many online sites report that my stereo type is 1-din, but looking at 1-din stereos on a lot of sites, they look way to short to fit my car. However, a couple of the 1-din types look big enough.

A buddy of mine said it might actually be 1.5din, but I'm not sure.

Anyone familar with this model of car happen to know what kind of cd player I should buy?

Cheesus · October 6th, 2007

Just buy a casette that converts audio from your MP3 Player/IPod/MP4 Player/Zune. Casette players are dirt cheap, and this MP3 Player to Casette thing costs bout $10 at most meaning you could use the money on speakers instead.

BigIg · October 6th, 2007

My cars radio is AM/FM only. No cassete.

I've tried a FM transmitter, but there was too much static.

parman_donk · October 6th, 2007

Just make your car look screw up and then Xzibit will pimp it, if you get luck.

BigIg · October 7th, 2007

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Originally Posted by parman_donk

Just make your car look screw up and then Xzibit will pimp it, if you get luck.

I hate those "pimped cars". I just want a decent car with a decent sound system.

parman_donk · October 7th, 2007

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Originally Posted by BigIg

I hate those "pimped cars". I just want a decent car with a decent sound system.

Very......un-interesting

kinzuagolfer · October 8th, 2007

Not sure what 1-din and 1.5-din is. I just went and picked out a stereo I liked (pioneer 2900). It fits just fine in my VW.

Here look at this wiki. Just measure it to see the size and if it's 1-din (50mm high) or 1.5-din (75mm high) opening.

BigIg · October 8th, 2007

Hmm.. oddly enough, single-din is the same size as mine. They still seem to look a little short in the pictures, but that might just be me.

This is the one I am thinking about getting, nice price-to-feature ratio..
Virtual Reality Sound VR3 CD Player w/ USB and Scan Disk Inputs - Wal-Mart

Thanks for the link btw.

kinzuagolfer · October 8th, 2007

I bought mine at wallmart. It was $109 at the time. Plus 2 Sony 4-ways for the front and some cheap a$$ dual cones for the back (only thing they had that would fit). After it was all said and done I spent around $150.

All installed by me. My advice to you is get a wire harness adapter. I needed one for my antenna.
If you feel like cutting wires (what I did) don't cut the hot wire and the ground wire at the same time

BigIg · October 8th, 2007

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Originally Posted by kinzuagolfer

If you feel like cutting wires (what I did) don't cut the hot wire and the ground wire at the same time

Shouldn't you disconnect the battery before messing with your cars electric stuff?

kinzuagolfer · October 8th, 2007

Only if you don't know what your doing. In my defense I thought I knew what I was doing.

BigIg · October 8th, 2007

*THOUGHT* being the key word there.

kinzuagolfer · October 9th, 2007

Yep.
So are you gonna pay a professional? Or do it yourself?

KillerShots · October 9th, 2007

If it's 1.5 DIN you can sometimes get an adapter to get it to single-DIN. I'm looking to do some of this myself, though I'm going with a double-DIN touch screen + DVD to replace the stereo (a PC is embedded behind a panel in the side of the car with a USB radio)

Nevermore · October 9th, 2007

I no u can steal em

theartofbone · October 12th, 2007

Car stereos are like this: Any stereo works any any car.

**MiretanK** · October 12th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Nevermore

I no u can steal em

read the rulz we not do suport piracey

KillerShots · October 12th, 2007

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Originally Posted by theartofbone

Car stereos are like this: Any stereo works any any car.

Not true. Double-DIN stereos will not work in single-DIN cars. I spent months trying to find a double-DIN touchscreen for my previous car... best I could do was single-DIN plus a 1/2 DIN with a new custom console replacement.

However, any single-DIN stereo will work in single-DIN cars... as long as you have the required depth. I recommend you investigate your available depth before you go out and buy one...

theartofbone · October 12th, 2007

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Originally Posted by KillerShots

Not true. Double-DIN stereos will not work in single-DIN cars. I spent months trying to find a double-DIN touchscreen for my previous car... best I could do was single-DIN plus a 1/2 DIN with a new custom console replacement.

However, any single-DIN stereo will work in single-DIN cars... as long as you have the required depth. I recommend you investigate your available depth before you go out and buy one...

Actually it is that way. Remember one can ghetto-rig everything, most things can be pirated, and the concept that a wire can be transformed many ways and still conduce charge, sound, whatnot.

If an appropriate converter isn't easily available in the stores, it does not mean you can't install the radio and have it fucntionally work with speakers and an amp, etc. One can make their on converter by patching wires carefully guiding themselves with a tester and running new wires. I've even seen car stereos in walls of apartments... lol

October 6th, 2007	#1 (permalink)
BigIg Death Magnetic Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: It sucks. Posts: 1,014	Anyone know anything about car stereos? I have been thinking about installing a cd player into my 1996 chevy beretta. Autozone, along with many online sites report that my stereo type is 1-din, but looking at 1-din stereos on a lot of sites, they look way to short to fit my car. However, a couple of the 1-din types look big enough. A buddy of mine said it might actually be 1.5din, but I'm not sure. Anyone familar with this model of car happen to know what kind of cd player I should buy? __________________ MAIN: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4GHz, 4GB DDR2-1066, EVGA nVidia GeForce 9600GT 512MB, 320GB Seagate Barracuda, Rosewill 850 Watt Laptop: AMD Turion64 @ 2.3GHz, 2GB DDR2-43, ATi Radeon Xpress 1100, 80GB Western Digital Secondary: Intel Pentium E2200 @ 3.2GHz, 2GB DDR2-800, PNY nVidia GeForce 9600GT 512MB, 250GB Seagate Barracuda, Antec Earthwatts 430 Watt

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Cheesus Prerendered Perfect Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mediterranean Posts: 1,034	Just buy a casette that converts audio from your MP3 Player/IPod/MP4 Player/Zune. Casette players are dirt cheap, and this MP3 Player to Casette thing costs bout $10 at most meaning you could use the money on speakers instead. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4Ghz -> 3.15Ghz GeForce 8800GT 512mb @ 600/900 -> 700/950 2x1Gb Corsair Value RAM 5-5-5-15 @ 700 Windows Vista Ultimate 32Bit SP1 750GB Hard Drive

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BigIg Death Magnetic Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: It sucks. Posts: 1,014	My cars radio is AM/FM only. No cassete. I've tried a FM transmitter, but there was too much static. __________________ MAIN: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4GHz, 4GB DDR2-1066, EVGA nVidia GeForce 9600GT 512MB, 320GB Seagate Barracuda, Rosewill 850 Watt Laptop: AMD Turion64 @ 2.3GHz, 2GB DDR2-43, ATi Radeon Xpress 1100, 80GB Western Digital Secondary: Intel Pentium E2200 @ 3.2GHz, 2GB DDR2-800, PNY nVidia GeForce 9600GT 512MB, 250GB Seagate Barracuda, Antec Earthwatts 430 Watt

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BigIg Death Magnetic Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: It sucks. Posts: 1,014	Hmm.. oddly enough, single-din is the same size as mine. They still seem to look a little short in the pictures, but that might just be me. This is the one I am thinking about getting, nice price-to-feature ratio.. Virtual Reality Sound VR3 CD Player w/ USB and Scan Disk Inputs - Wal-Mart Thanks for the link btw. __________________ MAIN: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4GHz, 4GB DDR2-1066, EVGA nVidia GeForce 9600GT 512MB, 320GB Seagate Barracuda, Rosewill 850 Watt Laptop: AMD Turion64 @ 2.3GHz, 2GB DDR2-43, ATi Radeon Xpress 1100, 80GB Western Digital Secondary: Intel Pentium E2200 @ 3.2GHz, 2GB DDR2-800, PNY nVidia GeForce 9600GT 512MB, 250GB Seagate Barracuda, Antec Earthwatts 430 Watt

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BigIg Death Magnetic Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: It sucks. Posts: 1,014	THOUGHT being the key word there. __________________ MAIN: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4GHz, 4GB DDR2-1066, EVGA nVidia GeForce 9600GT 512MB, 320GB Seagate Barracuda, Rosewill 850 Watt Laptop: AMD Turion64 @ 2.3GHz, 2GB DDR2-43, ATi Radeon Xpress 1100, 80GB Western Digital Secondary: Intel Pentium E2200 @ 3.2GHz, 2GB DDR2-800, PNY nVidia GeForce 9600GT 512MB, 250GB Seagate Barracuda, Antec Earthwatts 430 Watt

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KillerShots War Games coder Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 1,918	If it's 1.5 DIN you can sometimes get an adapter to get it to single-DIN. I'm looking to do some of this myself, though I'm going with a double-DIN touch screen + DVD to replace the stereo (a PC is embedded behind a panel in the side of the car with a USB radio) __________________ Primary CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Mobo: Biostar N4SLI-A9 RAM: 2G Crucial (DDR400) Video: eVGA GeForce 7900 GTX (512M) Audio: HDA X-Mystique HD(s): Maxtor 300G SATA2, Samsung 400G SATA2 OS(s): WinXP x64 Pro, Vista x32 Ultimate, Gentoo x64 Monitor(s): Primary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Secondary - 19" Flat Panel (1280x1024) Tertiary - Zenith 42" Plasma TV (1024x768 res) Many other machines... sig too short

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