Volvo 360 Radio/Cassette

[foggyjames]

Yeah, I'm with Hugh on that one....I think the 'later' style one is nicer, and suits the dash to the point that I never realised it was an insert!

That 'third' style (I'm guessing in your GLT Hugh?) looks aftermarket to me...maybe a halfords style jobbie?

cheers

James

[5lab]

yeah, might be glt but its all working for now so i'm leaving it be

[Duvel78]

I should test the "latest style" but the first adaptator shown by 5lab isn't genuine at all and is horrible, it seems to be an adaptator from a 700 series, cut into 2 parts cause too small, really ugly

[5lab]

nono, its in 2 parts cos it snapped

[foggyjames]

I think that's the same one you have Aymat...just mashed up to make a Pioneer HU fit!

cheers

James

[brad360]

I find the original radio quite adequate, the speakers are loud enough for me. I like the turn-the-knob radio tuning, good for remote areas where a bad signal is better than nothing, electronic units often just skip over the signal, or it cuts in and out.

Could a headphone jack or something be wired into the stereo (say in place of the cassette-eating tape player) so that an MP3 player could feed a signal into it, in place of the tape player?

Somehow you'd have to activate a switch that tells it the tape should be playing instead of the radio.

Does anyone know what I mean?

I know you can get those old thingies shaped like a cassette that slot in and take a CD-player signall. I guess they lose a fair bit of signal quality?? I think i have one somewhere, maybe I should try that first.

[Cornholio]

I know you can get those old thingies shaped like a cassette that slot in and take a CD-player signall. I guess they lose a fair bit of signal quality?? I think i have one somewhere, maybe I should try that first.

I have one of those. It works better than I'd expected, it'll do until I can be bothered to fit a new stereo.

[brad360]

Has anyone tried one of the gadgets you can get that plug into a headphone jack and it broadcasts an FM signal?

I've seen one that plugs into the cigarette lighter and another that is stand-alone.

[foggyjames]

There are two types...

One broadcasts a signal for the aerial to pick up. They're strictly speaking illegal (here at least), and suck balls anyway. These are usually called FM transmitters.

The other is plugged into the aerial socket on the rear of the head unit, so nothing is actually broadcast. The audio signal is frequency modulated, and shifted into the 87.50 - 108 MHz range. These are usually called FM Modulators. These suck a bit less, but are no substitute for a proper line-input.

If your cars system is standard, any of these will work fine. I think I could only get away with a modulator in my system.

cheers

James