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Aug 17, 2008 | 01:37 AM

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Does anyone install a HD radio? I have seen on the other board people buying inexpensive models, but nobody seems to be able to connect stearing volume and station controls. TIA.

Aug 17, 2008 | 10:18 PM

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You can still use the steering wheel controls with "one" make that I know of. I think It's eclipse. I saw it on here a month or so back. If you search for it you might find it. If I remember right you use a CD that you burn then it will program the unit to work with the particular eclipse model you have.

Aug 17, 2008 | 10:24 PM

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Well look what I happened to find.
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=144968

Aug 18, 2008 | 01:39 AM

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Well look what I happened to find.
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=144968

Thanks. That would keep me busy reading. I thought of getting http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Produ...ures_and_specs

Aug 18, 2008 | 04:00 AM

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Thanks again. It seems eclipse doesn't have HD and cost $100 more than some others.

Aug 22, 2008 | 09:46 PM

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Changed the radio. Very pleased with the sound now. Thanks everyone who has replied.

Aug 23, 2008 | 09:48 AM

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Haha, everyone that replied, I only see me. What do you have the head phone jack plugged into, mp3 player? Did you get that one to work with the steering wheel and what about the factory AUX port by the break handle?

Dec 13, 2008 | 09:24 AM

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LOL, thank you for that. Because of your replies I understand now how the wheels controls work. Therefore, it was not possible to connect them because this radio doesn't support it. The factory AUX port was replaced by the one that the head phone jack plugged into. That's not only because this radio doesn't have back side input, but also I do not like it down there. The head phone jack plugged into was a Satellite radio, and above that a white USB flash drive with letters CA on it for MP3s.

Dec 14, 2008 | 01:12 AM

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hd radio is lame. hd radio is not even high definition radio as they lead people to believe. it's all marketing to try and get people away from satellite

Dec 14, 2008 | 01:43 AM

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Thank you the marketing people. Went away from the satellite and will not return before they stop charging the fee and compressing the music below at least CD quality.

Dec 14, 2008 | 04:42 AM

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hd radio is lame. hd radio is not even high definition radio as they lead people to believe. it's all marketing to try and get people away from satellite

Have you had it? I was wondering what it sounded like. There's a reason for all radio stations having the bandwidth they do now, that way you can get full and clear audio. If they lower the bandwidth it would be like trying to listen to music on AM, it's bad quality.

Dec 14, 2008 | 05:06 AM

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HD radio stands for hybrid digital NOT high Def

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"HD Radio" is the proprietary trademark for iBiquity's in-band on-channel (IBOC) technology, which was selected by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2002 as a digital audio broadcasting method for the United States.[2][3] According to iBiquity's website HD Radio is simply a brand name, although their earlier whitepaper documents refer to "Hybrid Digital" radio technology.[4] There is no connection with high-definition television (HDTV), except in the sense that both HDTV and HD Radio are digital formats.

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The FM hybrid digital/analog mode offers four options which can carry approximately 100, 112, 125, or 150 kbit/s of lossy data depending upon the Station Manager's power budget and/or desired range of signal

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As defined by iBiquity these channels could be sub-divided into CD-quality (100 kbit/s), FM-quality (25-50 kbit/s), AM-quality (12 kbit/s), or Talk-quality (5 kbit/s) channels.

Dec 14, 2008 | 07:54 AM

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As I read it, she did not argue it was a high Def radio. It was that the marketing folks lead people to believe so by making the name Hybrid Digital resebmbling one of the common TV terminology. By the way, do you have any data what the sattelite Station Manager's power budget and/or desired range of signal quality would be.

Dec 14, 2008 | 02:38 PM

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hd radio is lame. hd radio is not even high definition radio as they lead people to believe. it's all marketing to try and get people away from satellite

i heard it in a friends car, but there are still commercials. i might be canceling my satellite radio, but i won't listen to regular radio except via online players where i can pickup so cal stations when i used to listen when i lived there.

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HD radio stands for hybrid digital NOT high Def

i had looked it up when it was being marketed a while back. places online do call it "hybrid digital", but this is what the HD Radio site says

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Q : WHAT DOES THE HD IN HD RADIO MEAN?

A: The ‘HD’ in ‘HD Radio’ is part of iBiquity Digital’s brand name for its digital AM and FM radio technology. It does not mean either hybrid digital or high definition, it is simply the branding language for this new technology.

they (radio companies) want the everyday person that doesn't research things to fall into thinking its high definition.