With all the talk recently about MP3 players in our Vanagons, I thought
there might be some interest in this...

Aiwa just released an in-dash CD-player that will play regular audio CD
format (.cda) as well as MP3 format recorded on CD-R and CD-RW media!   The
best part is the price.   $299 from  Crutchfield!

My biggest concern is the ability to locate tracks on a disc that could
potentially hold about 165 songs!  (about 10 hours).  Hopefully it supports
playlists or some other search function, but when I called Crutchfield, they
didn't know anything more than what was listed on the Aiwa web page.

I'll probably be ordering one next week, since I have been putting off
buying a stereo for the Syncro until I could get one that played MP3s...

Crutchfield:
http://www.crutchfield.com/cgi-bin/S-t2VeTsbFUPS/ProdView.asp?s=0&c=0&g=0&I=
570CDCMP3&o=&a=

Aiwa site:
http://www.aiwa.com/Catalog00/Products2.asp?id=94

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

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