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On 5/30/2017 6:04 PM, Its Me wrote:
On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 5:46:30 PM UTC-4, True North wrote: Bill - show quoted text - "The one switch the Toyota misses on the steering wheel is the radio seek button. While traveling, have to go to the far side of the radio to seek." The last week or so has been a free preview time for Sirius XM Radio. What a treat...I favour the '60s tunes. No seeking required. The problem with Sirius and XM is that the sound quality sucks big-time. If you have the base stereo it may not be that noticeable, but with a better quality one the sound is very "flat" with almost no stereo image. It's highly compressed. I dropped my subscription. MP3's sound far better. I can rip CD's to a high bit-rate MP3 and play them from a memory stick or transfer them to the "jukebox", which is nothing but a hard drive in the car used to store music. Then there's always HD FM, which is even better. The high quality iTunes songs are good, too. Most of the original recordings from the 60's and 50's aren't exactly "High Def" anyway, so I don't mind. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 6:31:05 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/30/2017 6:04 PM, Its Me wrote: On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 5:46:30 PM UTC-4, True North wrote: Bill - show quoted text - "The one switch the Toyota misses on the steering wheel is the radio seek button. While traveling, have to go to the far side of the radio to seek." The last week or so has been a free preview time for Sirius XM Radio. What a treat...I favour the '60s tunes. No seeking required. The problem with Sirius and XM is that the sound quality sucks big-time.. If you have the base stereo it may not be that noticeable, but with a better quality one the sound is very "flat" with almost no stereo image. It's highly compressed. I dropped my subscription. MP3's sound far better. I can rip CD's to a high bit-rate MP3 and play them from a memory stick or transfer them to the "jukebox", which is nothing but a hard drive in the car used to store music. Then there's always HD FM, which is even better. The high quality iTunes songs are good, too. Most of the original recordings from the 60's and 50's aren't exactly "High Def" anyway, so I don't mind. That's true. I listen to '70s rock and modern country, so it's a bit more noticeable on the '70s stuff and in your face with any modern music. |
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On Tue, 30 May 2017 12:37:01 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: Greg doesn't trust or like anything made after 1965. With cars, make that 1967 ;-) |
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On Tue, 30 May 2017 17:00:31 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: I took a picture earlier of the back up display in the Pathfinder. The left side of the display is the area directly behind the vehicle. There's a yellow box that twists and moves to the left or right as you back up, responded to the direction the back of the car is going. Nissan calls this "Predictive Display". The bright area on the bottom is a . guard on top of the rear bumper, so you can see that the image is taken fairly high up. We have that on the Santa Fe we rented here and it has been on most of our recent rentals. (3 or 4 years anyway). I still turn around and look The only time it has really seemed useful was when I was turning around on a narrow road with a cliff behind me. |
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On Tue, 30 May 2017 14:46:29 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote: Bill - show quoted text - "The one switch the Toyota misses on the steering wheel is the radio seek button. Â*While traveling, have to go to the far side of the radio to seek." The last week or so has been a free preview time for Sirius XM Radio. What a treat...I favour the '60s tunes. No seeking required. We always bring our own tunes. I used to have to pack a cable for an MP3 player to plug into the radio and a FM modulator before that but these a these days all of the cars seem to have a USB port so I just need a thumb stick in my pocket. Plugging it in is about the first thing I do when I get in a rentacar. The Chrysler van I rented on my Ski trip had a hard drive in it and I loaded the whole stick out there. |
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On Tue, 30 May 2017 18:30:52 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: Most of the original recordings from the 60's and 50's aren't exactly "High Def" anyway, so I don't mind. Exactly Most of the "singles" were mastered to play on the radio, even up into the 70s/early 80s and unless it was re mastered the quality was pretty "thin". Some of the LP stuff was a bit better but they still re mastered what they could for CDs. |
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Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 5/30/2017 4:40 PM, Bill wrote: wrote: On Mon, 29 May 2017 22:55:46 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I didn't notice on the Highlander that I tried if the backup camera showed a "predictive" course when backing up. The one in the Pathfinder does ... meaning as you back up there is a outlined box that moves as you turn the steering wheel indicating were you are moving towards as well as additional cameras that show the front corners as well. Pretty much gives you an all around view of the vehicle. It has an 8 inch display screen, so it's pretty easy to see everything. It also has a "sonar" system warning that lets you now if you are going to hit anything. Reminds me of flying lessons when you have to rely totally on instruments rather than an actual view. :-) We watched a guy in some kind of SUV (they all look alike these days) back right into a tree limb and break out the back glass. He was staring at his camera display, depending on the beeper, I guess and the limb was above that view. I tried hollering at him but I assume the music was blasting or he just was not taking advice from red necks that day. He sure seemed ****ed that the technology failed him. I did that to a Nissan POS in Costa Rica. No camera or sonar. But a branch jutting out from a tree. Hit the spare tire on the rear door. Another stupid idea. 5 mile an hour bumper that does not come in to play. I took a picture earlier of the back up display in the Pathfinder. The left side of the display is the area directly behind the vehicle. There's a yellow box that twists and moves to the left or right as you back up, responded to the direction the back of the car is going. Nissan calls this "Predictive Display". The bright area on the bottom is a guard on top of the rear bumper, so you can see that the image is taken fairly high up. The right side is the combination of additional cameras on the vehicle that give you a 360 degree view of what's around you. If you come close to hitting something with the front or side of the car, a visual and audio warning goes off. There are also "sonar" sensors that warn of hitting anything anywhere. It's pretty cool. https://tinyurl.com/y7mwupwb --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com My daughters 2011 Sienna has that type display. The Alpine system in my truck shows cones. |
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True North wrote:
Bill - show quoted text - "The one switch the Toyota misses on the steering wheel is the radio seek button. Â*While traveling, have to go to the far side of the radio to seek." The last week or so has been a free preview time for Sirius XM Radio. What a treat...I favour the '60s tunes. No seeking required. My volt has XM for another couple months. Heard they will deal. Maybe get all 3 vehicles for $120 a year. |
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On Tue, 30 May 2017 18:29:16 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 5/30/2017 5:46 PM, True North wrote: Bill - show quoted text - "The one switch the Toyota misses on the steering wheel is the radio seek button. While traveling, have to go to the far side of the radio to seek." The last week or so has been a free preview time for Sirius XM Radio. What a treat...I favour the '60s tunes. No seeking required. Me too. I have both the 60's channel and the 50's channel preset. Holy smokes! I can't believe you folks don't all have Bluegrass Junction, channel 62, preset! |
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