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Old 01-25-2007, 05:42 AM
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Y'all check this out....real nice '01 SS on eBay, but look closely. That's a Monsoon CASSETTE. Item # 140078193519
Old 01-25-2007, 09:41 AM
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thats what my car came with. so i took the cassette out and bought a kids monsoon front cd player and the cd changer for $150.
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Yeah...mine came with a plain ole am/fm radio. I mean, what cop car has a cd player? I did the same thing, bought a cd player on eBay.
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i didnt look at the car, but it prolly has a cd changer in the back. mine came with a monsoon cassette and a 12 disc changer.
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Originally Posted by wowsers
i didnt look at the car, but it prolly has a cd changer in the back. mine came with a monsoon cassette and a 12 disc changer.

Good point! I did not consider that...
Old 01-25-2007, 12:45 PM
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Mine came with a monsoon CD player, but the *** I bought it from swapped in a monsoon cassette deck before he sold it to me.
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Originally Posted by wowsers
i didnt look at the car, but it prolly has a cd changer in the back. mine came with a monsoon cassette and a 12 disc changer.
Old 01-25-2007, 12:56 PM
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I bought a 12 disk changer and a monsoon casette deck off of ebay from an SS while back, so I've still got a cassette and a CD player monsoon... too much junk
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My 98-SS came with just the Cass/Monsoon also. I still have it and just added the 12-Disc changer out back. Best of both worlds IMO.
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lol @ cassette

do anyone still play casettes?

my VHS player is in a closet. It may never see light again.
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yean my Trans Am came with cassette and with a monsoon 12 disc changer in the trunk. I like the Cassette I never use it but i do use it to hear my IPOD in the car and it sounds amazing on the monsoon system.
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Originally Posted by Finite1
lol @ cassette

do anyone still play casettes?

my VHS player is in a closet. It may never see light again.

i use the cassette for my ipod but thats about it. i still like the cassette adapter better than the fm ones.
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yeah thats hurting the stock head units dont have an AUX input, I personally would dislike having inactive steering controls.

isnt there a way to get a converter for the back and route an AUX input to the front?
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Originally Posted by Billy_B4C
Yeah...mine came with a plain ole am/fm radio. I mean, what cop car has a cd player? I did the same thing, bought a cd player on eBay.
Was it ONLY on the B4Cs that you could get an am/fm without either a cassette or cd player??
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lol, both my GTP and the WS6 have the same set-up, cassette HU and 12 disc changer in the trunk. I find it to be a HUGE pita in the GTP and end up listenin to the same cds for a month at a time. The TA is a bit better(im in the mindset to cruise, so it doesnt seem too bad to load up a few CDs before I go). If I was gonna keep the GTP, I would switch the cass deck asap!
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Originally Posted by dailydriver
Was it ONLY on the B4Cs that you could get an am/fm without either a cassette or cd player??

I think so, but I'm not 100% sure. I do remember hearing/reading that somewhere....
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mine came with cassette monsoon only, no cd changer, but FYI there is no reason to buy the input cable that runs from the cd changer to the head unit, it is stored on the opposite side of the jack even if you dont have a cd changer.
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Cassette, WTF is dat? lol
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my 2000 SS had a monsoon cassette unit too. the dealership had ordered it like that, even with cloth i just had them put a monsoon cd in when i bought it, who the hell uses cassettes, even then?
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Originally Posted by Billy_B4C
I mean, what cop car has a cd player?
my 02 b4c does which is a damn good thing. i think a lot of the 02's did but i know the 99 i was going to buy was just an am/fm.
i don't quite see the point behind it being there while it's in service though, since equipment usually renders it pretty much useless anyway.



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