pricey, that model isn't avail. in the states

 

Dammit, why must Nakamichi toy with us by putting that model and its info on their site then stating that it's not available stateside. those Nakamichi sickos!!
Otherwise, that would've been perfect. Maybe it's available in Hong Kong...
Any other options?

 

alright ryan, i'll check.
but i doubt that they'll sell decks with US spec frequncies though.

 

I have a Sony 1 din MD player, it has cd changer input to it also. I never used it, had it in the box for about 3 years now, if any one want I'll sell it. Another good place to look for stuff like this would be ebay, just cuz they have a lot of stuff there.
MCL

 

just curious, how much?

 

Thanks Ed! Hey, if I remember right, FM frequencies in HK are the same as ours - it's just that radio stations "own" more than one frequency on the dial.

 

that's interesting.
i thought their radio freqs were different as well....anybody live in hong kong?

 

I've lived in HK for more than 2 years total on and off, so unless they've changed since 5/01, we work on the same frequencies. Japan's the funky one that dips into the low 80's MHz and what not.

 

As luck would have it, I will indeed be going to HK this winter So now I can go on a search for it myself. Wish me luck everyone

 

It seems that HUs from Europe might be a better idea - at least the FM band is aligned, stepping 50KHz instead of 200KHz of North America, but the AM band is screw-balled (unless they have switch of something) - because they step by 9KHz instead of 10KHz. And if it weren't for the stupid Japan FM band (76MHz-100MHz), the eclipse units look very enticing. Check out their site - get the top end CD head unit (supports MP3, CD-R/RW) and the in-dash 3 MDLP changer. That would have been it... otherwise, check the Kenwood/Pioneer decks in Europe. I'm also looking for some options to replace my Sony E900 (MDLP portable player) with car kit + stock head unit, but don't really know what kind of system I ultimately end up with. If I ever think about have a screen, it will be Pioneer, otherwise, I really liked the Eclipse units, with Kenwood and Sony rounding it out. Sony is the only manufacturer with MDLP head units (no CD or in dash changer MDLP or CD) in North America.

 

Excluding radio issues, if I don't need navigation or video or any of those fancy stuff:
Eclipse E3302CDT (1DIN CD-R/RW, no MP3 though) + E3308MDC (1DIN 3MDLP changer). Now if there is another head unit that can drive the 3MD changer and supports MP3 with North America radio band, that would be sweet... (looks like Eclipse isn't that fond of MP3 since none of their decks supports MP3)

Seems that Kenwood heads supports the most format - MP3 + WMA + CD-R/RW. Anyone have detail wiring knowledge of Eclipse units, specifically, changers like this?

 

Another option I found:
Kenwood KDC-X959 (CD-R/RW/MP3/WMA, North American Unit) + KMD-D401 (In-dash 3+1 MDLP changer, European Unit).

 

No MDLP though, and not a lot of stores have it in stock, plus it's discountinued I think. Hence the need for KMD-D401