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From: km@emory.UUCP (Ken Mandelberg)
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Subject: Connecting CD player to Toyota Radio??
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Date: Thu, 22-May-86 09:34:56 EDT
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I want to use a Sony D-7 portable CD player in my Toyota
Camry. I posted a note about this a while back, and want
to report on my progress and solicit any new suggestions.

First, there was never any problem using any of the standard
cigarette lighter power adaptors, say from Radio Shack. This
allows you to use the player with headphones. If the player
is positioned carefully on a seat, there is no skipping on
reasonably smooth roads.

What, I really want is to play the unit through the speakers.
Although, I anticipated mediocre results, I bought a
Sparkomatic converter from K-Mart. This costs about $23 and
is easy to install and should "work" on any FM car radio.
It intercepts the antenna on the way to the radio, and when
enabled broadcasts the CD ouput on a fixed frequency. It
comes with the right cables to attach the CD player, and
simultaneously provides power to the CD. You can use all the
controls on the car radio to control volume,balance, tone, etc.

Well, again I expected mediocre results. I was wrong. The results
are terrible. There is a LOT of addtional noise added, to the
point that it is really not viable. AM stations are much clearer
and noise free. Thinking the unit was defective, I tried another
one and it did the same thing. Keep away from this unit.

I did get some other suggestion in my original posting. The
Toyota radio in my car has provisions for adding an external
cassete player, and some others have adapted it to the CD.
Unforturnately, I lost the original mail on this. If you
have done this, please write to me. In particular I would 
appreciate an address to write to for a wiring diagram for
the Toyota radio.


-- 
Ken Mandelberg
Emory University
Dept of Math and CS
Atlanta, Ga 30322

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