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SUVs Mazda CX-7 Audio Stereo questions on the Mazda CX-7 (iPod, Speakers, AUX)
169 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 3:55 PM
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Replying to: steve_ (Feb 20, 2007 9:26 am) |
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Replying to: defreitasm (Feb 20, 2007 8:40 am) I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on this one point. Combining the programming is the least of their problems. There are signficant tech hurdles that have to be overcome. Consider this quote from today's Washington Post: "If the merger is approved, XM and Sirius must reconcile different forms of satellite technology. XM's two satellites are in low-angle, geo-stationary orbit in the Southern sky above the United States. Sirius's three satellites orbit in a figure-eight over North America. Because Sirius's satellites are directly overhead, their signals are less likely to be blocked by tall buildings, trees and mountain ridgelines to the south. However, because the Sirius satellites move in the sky throughout the day, Sirius customers with stationary units sometimes have to move their antennas from one side of the house to another. The problem is less pronounced for Sirius mobile units, such as in cars. Both services augment their satellite feeds with hundreds of terrestrial "repeater" devices mounted on structures around the country that help broadcast the signal in high-density areas, such as cities." I'm looking forward to better service. Keep our fingers crossed! Vince.
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Replying to: vbbuilt (Feb 20, 2007 11:13 am) "If the merger is approved, XM and Sirius must reconcile different forms of satellite technology. XM's two satellites are in low-angle, geo-stationary orbit in the Southern sky above the United States. Sirius's three satellites orbit in a figure-eight over North America. Because Sirius's satellites are directly overhead, their signals are less likely to be blocked by tall buildings, trees and mountain ridgelines to the south. However, because the Sirius satellites move in the sky throughout the day, Sirius customers with stationary units sometimes have to move their antennas from one side of the house to another. The problem is less pronounced for Sirius mobile units, such as in cars." If this goes through, we'll just have to wait and see. I'm sure they can come up with more than one approach on the technical end on how to make it work. I don't care to much how they do it as long as both my receivers work. I would have thought the simple solution would have been to combine programming and broadcast as they do now or dualbroadcast from one set of satelites if that is technically feasible. For now I have both and one is free. Actually I can live without SAT radio and revert back to FM or CDs. LOL |
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Replying to: cxrabbit (Jan 29, 2007 5:23 pm) I think I've found a solution for the CX7 with Nav so you can have inputs. Check this out. http://www.avelectronic.com/NavigationVid-Switcher.htm -----------text from site----- Product Description For SUV/Van/Car with single or multiple displays/monitors... we just release this New totally redesigned Navigation Multi Video Switcher System that works with most OEM Navigation System. Once installed, it allows factory Navigation Screen to display up to 4 external Video Sources and 3 Cameras sources. The system supports up to 4 Audio/Video inputs (1 S-Video and 3 RCA) New Mazda 3/6/RX8/CX7 (require cutting Only 4 wires). ------End Text from Site------- This just might do it. 
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Replying to: robh2 (Feb 21, 2007 6:35 pm) Depending on what's important to you, if you can live without moonroof or smart-key then just get the stock radio -- rip it out and do aftermarket. There are so many great options available... and you could do something KILLER for the amount you'd paid for the tech package. |
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Replying to: carlitos92 (Feb 07, 2007 6:45 pm) Besides any other pro's or con's anyone has to offer, I have one question which may be thought of as less significant than other factors: does the iPod link provide any power supply into the iPod for battery charging/recharging purposes? Thanks
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Replying to: dmc4343 (Feb 26, 2007 8:56 pm) Yes. It charges. Just keep in mind, it also eliminates your ability to control the iPod directly - you can ONLY control it through the stereo once it's connected. It also doesn't display track or song info, you have to find everything numerically. |
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Replying to: robh2 (Feb 21, 2007 6:35 pm) How can they make a vehicle so advanced without this feature. I was going to sell my wife on this car, but I am not sure she will go for it now. What happened here? My 2006 Armada has one!
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Replying to: parker4551 (Mar 26, 2007 2:23 pm) Fallback plan is to put native mp3's on CD's and load up 6 of them. That would give you 6 disks x 700MB for a total of 4GB of mp3's. That would cover the capacity of an ipod nano..... I've not done this yet, but it is my plan.......
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Replying to: johnny__rf (Mar 27, 2007 4:13 am) |
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