Tuesday, August 22, 2006
NEW CAR STEREO SYSTEM
I have had my 1996 Toyota Camry a year and a half. I bought it for a reasonable price but put some money into it to get it in excellent running order. I keep it serviced regularly and so far have had no trouble at all with the car.
When I bought the car it had an AM/FM radio, cassette tape player and, I thought, a CD player. But I could never figure out how to get the CD player to operate. Several people told me, ”Oh, you don’t have a CD player in that car.” For awhile I believed them. But no one could explain why I had all the “buttons and knobs” to operate a CD player and what looked like a place to insert a CD. That fact always puzzled me and finally I decided to put to issue to rest one way or another.
I took it to a great place in our town—about the only reliable place that will work on car sound systems. They have been in business over 30 years. They had expertly repaired the cassette tape player on my Honda for a reasonable price. They are extremely good people. They confirmed: yes, I have a CD player in my Toyota. They tried unsuccessfully to repair it. They got it working but were honest enough to tell me they couldn’t repair it to be reliable.
So I invested in a new system for just a little more money than it would have cost to repair the old CD. And this firm didn’t charge me to try to repair my old CD player.
I like having the radio/CD/cassette player combination. I listen about equally to CDs and cassette tapes. I know some of you would tell me, “Jim, cassette tapes are a thing of the past.” But they are still making them and I have a bunch. Of course the radio is a “must”. And the system even came with a remote. Can you imagine: a remote for a car stereo? My Honda has a six-CD automatic changer/cassette tape/AM/FM radio combination. But I’m content with a single CD player in my Camry. It is a great system and I am glad I invested in it. (And I like the silver look, too.)
Now if I can just get used to how it all works! I’m learning by trial and error, which is the best way I learn. I have a manual but I don’t like reading manuals and trying to figure out what they are trying to tell me. The Christian young man with whom I worked at the audio electronics firm walked me through everything and marked some things in my book. And he said he’s available anytime to answer any questions or give me a “refresher” course. The problem is that their shop isn’t very close to where I live or work.
But I’m enjoying it.
Jim
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