Looking for a hidden stereo for a classic car.

[Mystic Knight 10+ year member]

CustomAutoSounds.com makes some decent head units for classic installs. Most are meant to match classic American cars. Looking at their website, I see they have a headunit now that can be completly covered and uses an RF remote (don't have to have line-of-site to the HU). The remote looks like a cell phone too. Might be worth looking into. None of them will probably match the quality of a decent Alpine though.

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

you can try and mount it under the seat. or if you find a cd player with a wired remote you can put it in the trunk.

 

[xanthus 10+ year member]

Is it not possible to hook an Ipod directly to an amp?

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Is it not possible to hook an Ipod directly to an amp?

Yeah, you can do that. Just get a headphone -> RCA cable.

 

[W8 a minute 10+ year member]

Use a marine stereo and a wired marine remote. You mount the head unit out of sight and control it from these little remotes:

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SONY-RM-X55M-MARINE-RECEIVER-WIRED-REMOTE-CONTROL_W0QQitemZ270195085234QQihZ017QQcategoryZ94853QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/CLARION-CMRC1-SB-MARINE-BOAT-WIRED-REMOTE-M475-CMD5-NEW_W0QQitemZ250194581712QQihZ015QQcategoryZ12040QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/kenwood-marine-remote_W0QQitemZ220181158842QQihZ012QQcategoryZ12040QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[xanthus 10+ year member]

Any issueswith power? I have a cable to hook the iPod to the batter power of the car as well as to give it a seperate headphone output so I only need connect one thing to the iPod. I just assume I will have to have a little time with the trunk open to set the volume and whatnot on the amp and crossover I end up with.

 

[Audio Master 10+ year member]

in the states dont you guys have those little remote modules that hook up everything to eachother and have a thing about the size of an ipod somewhere within reach to control it i dont kno what they are called but its like a all in one remote for all your audio visual gear in the car aswell as the sattilite radio its alos a weird shpe not rectangle but rectangle with an oval part on one side i saw it on wreks to riches or sumthin

 

[Exploder 97 10+ year member]

why not put it under the drivers seat.

 

[xanthus 10+ year member]

No room really.

 

[pickup1 5,000+ posts]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Secret-Audio-Stereo-AM-FM-Hidden-Radio_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ80741QQihZ016QQitemZ260188825337QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

 

[xanthus 10+ year member]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Secret-Audio-Stereo-AM-FM-Hidden-Radio_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ80741QQihZ016QQitemZ260188825337QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Seen that one.

Unless I read it wrong it is not iPod capable.