what is the avalibility of the Sleds? say in the near future...
I've convinced myself to order a Tuner and extra remote VERY soon,
however would'nt be able to afford a Sled at the moment as NZ has a SHOCKING exchange rate :)

cheers,
Jai

Sleds are currently in stock, and we have a pile of metalwork awaiting looms (which are on their way). I suspect that we'd post when sleds were getting low.

Hugo

Mine arrived this morning, fitted over lunch break, its a radio, it works.

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Rod , UK Mk2 64gig Red S/No.341

I received my tuner this morning, I am currently installing it (upgrading software as I post). I did not receive shipment confirmation or anything.

But I rather have a tuner without confirmation than a confirmation without a tuner! :)

Till

I got shipment confirmation plus TNT tracking number - poor old Peter M must be working his socks off this week

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Rod , UK Mk2 64gig Red S/No.341

Anyone knows how and where to track "airmail"? Link would be fine...

Ciao
Frank


Mk2 40GB #090000592

www.royalmail.co.uk and go to track & trace - but international recorded delivery has very little tracking information. It's really just regular mail with proof of delivery.

Rob

Got mine Tuesday. Installed it Wednesday (took all of 5 minutes). Decodes FM great even with a low signal (1 - 2 bars). Doesn't seem to get much on AM though. Isn't anyone transmitting on AM anymore in the UK? Ordered a Rio remote too since 'the announcement'. I just wish they'd left the Stun/Kill option on it .

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)

Yes, 693/909 (5 live) in the UK should be ok. Note that if you have a powered antenna (VW/Audi bee-sting, for example) then you will get *nothing* on AM without an antenna power adaptor - this is the case in my new beetle.

Hugo

My tuner works great, too. I am a little surprised by the bad quality of the sound (even if there is full signal strength), but that might be due to the fact that I am not used to radio anymore. I will have to test against my Kenwood unit that I was using before.

The Empeg has not quite the same reception as my Kenwood, while the Kenwood was able to decode (both the music and the RDS) of stations with a low signal strength, the Empeg gets into a little bit of trouble.

However, this was just a few minutes of testing and weather conditions might have been non-ideal for such a test. :) I will use the unit some more next week (especially on the highway) and try to see how well it performs there.

Till

AM worked fine on mine, about 5 strong signals ( 5 live, Virgin, and a few local stations ), even parked alongside the house.

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Rod , UK Mk2 64gig Red S/No.341

Thanks for the replies guys. I've got a BMW with the antenna in the rear window. Don't know if it has an amp on it. It picks up FM fine so I don't think that this is the problem. I did manage to get Virgin but it was very faint & didn't show up on the signal strength meter at all. Could there be something wrong with the AM part of the circuit in the Tuner? I've been round all the frequencies several times but it's always the same. I do get a medium strength signal right at the bottom end of the range but it's just noise. The car's in for it's MOT until tomorrow so I can't fiddle until then.

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)

Edited by beaker on 28/09/01 04:40 PM.

It's a powered antenna. My beetle picked up FM fine without power, but no AM; see:

http://www.autotoys.com/New_Tech/Misc_Info/bmwant/body_bmwant.htm

...it appears that there is a white antenna power wire in the BMW harness.

Hugo

aha!!!... Thanks Hugo. I'll have a look at this when I get the car back tomorrow. I guess the antenna is tuned more for the shorter wavelengths of FM than the longer wavelengths of AM, which is why it picks up FM reasonably well. Or am I talking complete b*ll*cks?

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)

I've no idea, which is why I wasn't doing the tuner module's PCB design with its stripline track thingummies...

Hugo

OK, I got the car back from having new rear suspension bushes fitted & a new MOT. I've added the Tuner extension cable and joined the Blue flying lead to the White on the BMW loom and I can now receive AM fine. FM is also improved. Since your last reply I've taken another look at the installation instructions and it does mention that AM reception can be particularly affected where you have an antenna amp which doesn't have any power going to it. s'pose I shouldn't have been in such a hurry to get it fitted. Classic case of RTFM.

thanks again...

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)

For anyone with poor reception you might want to try adding an amplifier if your car doesnt have one. I live in a pretty bad area for most stations but bought a little booster from Maplin (£7.99) - reception is a lot better and im able to pick up a lot more stations. Very simple to fit. Just a small pen-sized unit that plugs in between your tuner module and the antenna cable, and connects to the tuner's power feed.

RioCar 10GB RGB - can never decide

Has any Mk1 client got an email about this yet? I haven't.

Andy.

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Has any Mk1 client got an email about this yet? I haven't

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I received my tuner module last Friday, the only email I got was the one telling me it had been dispatched (apart from the email Rob sent a month or two ago saying they were available, but on the wrong side of the Atlantic!)

Geoff
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Got one of the first Mark 2 empegs...

Wow, I got my tuner yesterday. Can't believe it. Finally! I'll install it in the weekend and post my impressions.



Taym
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