Here is what I did: I bought the CustomAutoSound5, 100w unit with CD changer compatibility, thinking I would put in the CD changer later. 'Course, when I went down to RadioShack to get some electronic parts for the installation of the radio, I found a Kenwood 10CD changer on sale for $219. This unit works through an FM modulator that I mounted under my passenger seat with the cables from the CD changer (which I mounted on the back shelf of my trunk) coming in under the carpet in the sides of the wells in the rear. All I had to do was plug my radio antenna into the FM modulator and the antenna wire from the FM modulator into the radio. I got an infrared remote with the CD changer and I prefer that to trying to fat-finger those little tiny control knobs on the radio, so it all worked out better than getting a CustomAutoSound compatible CD changer (which would have worked via the tiny knobs). I can put 10 CD's into a cartridge and that keeps me going for awhile. The CD changer also has a level control that allows me to use much of the 100 watt power of the radio without an external amp (the radio has RCA pre-outs just in case I get jiggy and want to thump those kids off the pavement with The Beach Boys or Jefferson Airplane and get an amp later). For now, 100 watts is WAYYY to much for me...
Dan
Be a good dad to your kids and phone your mom twice a week...
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