Car electronics - mp3/DVD player from here?

pala69 · Post by **pala69** » Thu May 24, 2007 11:47 pm

If I send a Car indash CD/MP3 Player from here ( USA) to India can my folks there in India use it in their Car ? Anyone have any firsthand experience doing it .

Thanks

DosaiLvr · Post by **DosaiLvr** » Fri May 25, 2007 12:05 am

I took a Sony CD/MP3/AM-FM stereo to B'lore from here. The FM radio does not receive the signals of one of the most popular station in B'lore.

My folks were told by the Sony, that it had something to do w/ the way the radio's were made for the US vs the Indian (Asian) mkts?!?

abuSibu · Post by **abuSibu** » Fri May 25, 2007 12:46 am

I bought one for $99 from circuit city couple of years ago. My BIL had a mechanic install it in his car, and it worked fine.

pala69 · Post by **pala69** » Fri May 25, 2007 1:02 am

abuSibu : Do you know if the FM station works ? As there are now so many good FM station in India and if the CD/FM player cant receive the FM station there then it is not worth.

As per the size of the player does it exactly fit in the Indian Car dash boards oor do we have to be creative to fit it ?

Hyderabadi · Post by **Hyderabadi** » Fri May 25, 2007 2:00 am

The car stereo systems work in India, including FM ( Its not like the FM is NTSC/PAL for it not to work) I have taken 3 of them and all of them work just fine, including the size.

Hyd

adanti · Post by **adanti** » Fri May 25, 2007 2:11 am

pala69;26029abuSibu : Do you know if the FM station works ? As there are now so many good FM station in India and if the CD/FM player cant receive the FM station there then it is not worth.

As per the size of the player does it exactly fit in the Indian Car dash boards oor do we have to be creative to fit it ?

Take it to JC road, you will be surprised by 2 things. One is they can repair any thing and every thing and they will fit it easily.
second is chaos out there.

I am sure such streets exists in almost every major city.

abuSibu · Post by **abuSibu** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:41 pm

pala69;26029abuSibu : Do you know if the FM station works ? As there are now so many good FM station in India and if the CD/FM player cant receive the FM station there then it is not worth.

As per the size of the player does it exactly fit in the Indian Car dash boards oor do we have to be creative to fit it ?

The receiver receives FM stations. As far exact fit, I don't know if installer made any tweaks, but the installed stereo had no unusual look/feel.

sundarpn · Post by **sundarpn** » Tue May 29, 2007 6:28 am

Rings a bell...

there is someting called an "FM step" (the increment in the MHZ) and it slightly different between asia and america.

I noticed this is an AM/FM walkman my folks wanted and also in my MP3 players FM reception in india.

restlessdesi · Post by **restlessdesi** » Tue May 29, 2007 11:08 am

pala69,
Agree with sundar, the FM step is different, FM reception will not be very good. CD will work. FM you may get only a subset of the stations, and that too, with some static. Suggest buy the player from india, given that there is good content on FM these days.

pala69 · Post by **pala69** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:06 am

Thanks everyone .
I think I will just buy one and try it there