draper40 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Hey, I am currently building up my MUD dash and i was going to put my Cd player- a sony CDX unit, in the upper facing hole,but the instuctions said that some units don't like this. Has anyone had any experince with this? Thanks Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holyzeus Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Mine's not in a mud console (it's an Alpine) but is on a slant it's been fine although i find the display hard to read sometimes as at an angle it's faint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Keir Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 If i remeber corectly sony cd-players can handle the slant some makes cant but pritty sure sony can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkw90 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I have a Sony head unit that works just fine in my 90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSIIA Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I've a Sony CDX unit working fine in the standard housing in my 110. The instructions say the unit can operate at angles up to 45 degrees from horizontal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Mine works on the angle fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 'Kiss FM' - bluddy head-banger Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 If you get a unit that works off memory devices rather than CD you can mount it at any angle, doesn't suffer from jumping or skipping and the media is physically smaller but you can store more music on it than you can on a CD. I bought a cheap unit (as I fully expect it to end up underwater at some point) for my comp motor, it takes either a USB stick or an SD card, I've never used the CD on it. Hopefully someone will produce one like mine that doesn't have the CD option so they can make it a lot shorter so it'll be easier to fit in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 If you get a unit that works off memory devices rather than CD you can mount it at any angle, doesn't suffer from jumping or skipping and the media is physically smaller but you can store more music on it than you can on a CD. As above - why I have mine. Even the ones that "work" on an angle work less well in my experience, and the roads here are such that in a Defender a lot of them are getting a bit grumpy after a year or two so I use a USB memory stick which does everything and will store about a dozen albums. I'm not sure if there is a size limit on the memory sticks that in car units can use but if you get one of the 8GB types and fill it with MP3s that is about as much music as anybody needs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender1234 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 i had mine horizontal in the mud dash and it would jump and skip all the time so i moved to the top bit at an angle and it doesnt skip at all now. so i would say its better at an angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 'Kiss FM' - bluddy head-banger Les. Its all about the Kisstory! None of that RnB rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRecklessEngineer Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 iPod and one of these for me. Installed the latter yesterday and very pleased Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespanner Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I installed one in a home made cubby box vertically and it was fine. That was an uber cheap Mutant jobby from motor world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Baldwin Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Got the exact same Sony unit in my truck fitted with the very first MUD dash and it works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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