RE: Bose

[Alexxi Cini <alexxi@magma.ca>]

Marc - Your theory is a valid one. I had a Pioneer changer in my trunk and 
though I never had skipping problems the manual did make mention of it. 
They said pretty much what you said about condensation on the laser eye 
itself.

At 04:32 PM 1/19/00 -0500, you wrote:
>I have had the same problem in mu pathfinder.  MY theory is condensation on
>the CD's due to the difference in air and player temperature.  I think warm
>air entering the player can cause condensation on the laser/CD and hence the
>skipping.  Once the laser, CD and player reach a steady temp the problem
>should go away.  But that is just a working theory right now...
>
>Marc
>97' Jetta GLX - Red/Black
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cabell_T_Treadway@res.raytheon.com
>[mailto:Cabell_T_Treadway@res.raytheon.com]
>Sent: 19 January, 2000 4:12 PM
>To: jettaglx@igtc.com
>Subject: Re: Bose
>
>
>Speaking of stereos, does anyone else have the aftermarket, plugin CD
>changer from Panasonic?  I bought mine from Autotoys.com, and it has worked
>like a charm ever since, until recently.  When cold (around -5 or so in the
>mornings), it skips a lot, and actually the stereo itself cuts out a bit if
>I turn the volume knob.  Usually when the car warms up some, it's okay, but
>the skipping really annoys me.  I did the installation myself (much better
>job than the factory jobs that mount it to the floor, IMO) and I was
>wondering if anyone had any ideas why it would skip in cold only.  Maybe a
>bad connection or something?  So I'm curious if anyone else has had similar
>problems.
>
>About the 8 vs. 10 speaker deal, I thought it was only 8 until I had reason
>to take off the grill on the dashboard, and indeed, there are two speakers
>under each grill.  But honestly, I couldn't come up with a better sounding
>system for the music I listen to, so in the end, who really cares if it's 8
>or 10?  Sounds great!
>
>Cab
>97 GLX
>72 Bug