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I take no credit for the gif, just the opportunity to explain a great use for it.

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[JimJ 11]

I take no credit for it either, Nick M. showed it to me...

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We have a TON of those cruising around here too. Always cracks me up, especially when I pull up next to them and give them a look and they think they can run with me. Really not fair to the Honda's when it is almost always when we are already doing 65 on the highway, which from that point on my car really pulls. I love ripping them up though. Reminds me of 16 candles. When the group of asians are racing Lain and he wins, the girls with them start hitting them and such. The looks the passengers give the driver when I tear them up is similar.

[jntar 15]

Question...

What is the difference between the european and american FM?

I have the oppertunity for the japaneese pioneer p90 combo...its black

But they told me that the radio wont work...any way to fix it so that it does work?

[JimJ 11]

So it's a Japanese market radio?

The European and Japanese FM allocations are different...

Both use 100KHz channel spacing instead of the 200KHz we use here in the States, but the Japanese use 76-90MHz instead of the 88-108MHz used elsewhere.

And Europeans use 50 millisecond pre-emphasis on the MPX stereo signal instead of the 75-ms here, though I think it should be reverse compatible on the receiver side. Not sure what the Japanese do with that.

[JimJ 11]

If it's a true JDM part with only the 76-90MHz range, they do make downconverters to take the 88-108MHz signals and bring them down to a frequency the radio will take.

However, you've still got 6MHz less of coverage, so if you happen to live in an area with some strong local stations, you're going to get some nasty interference (called "intermodulation distortion") that's going to result from the radio trying to cram everything into a narrower spectrum...or I've seen some that just drop 6MHz off the top end, so you've got 88-102MHz.

[dennisp 0]

The black one is soooooo uber hot. Fudge the radio, get it anyways Justin. I don't think I've listened to the radio for more than 5 minutes in the last year or so.

[jntar 15]

Thanks for the info Jim. Someone in CA.com pointed me out a converter, but I listen to a wide range of stations...

93.3

92.5

100.3

102.1

106.3

105.3

Those are on my main set of stations, the other three sets arent as important.

I really could get by with just 102.1 and 105.3, but I would like the others too...

Dennis, I know the black is fvcking sweet... *cry*

I just wish the radio was different. I am bidding on the US version now.

[jntar 15]

here is the silver one...

http://cgi.ebay.com/pioneer-dex-p9r-silver...1QQcmdZViewItem

Seller already sent pics with username and date, so I know he has it. I <3 the bloody british!!

[Beat_Dominator 2]

Crap where's Acid when you need him?! Oh wells

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What is FM Radio?

[Godsmack 361]

Radio= a way for people with stock to have music.

J

[JimJ 11]

Only radio that's worth a crap to listen to anymore is shortwave, and that's all out of the country anyway.

Very few domestic stations are worthwhile...unless you find a pirate or some rare Class D low power station that's still in operation.

[Godsmack 361]

I hate radio...........usually staticy, and not good music.

J

[Godsmack 361]

back 2 work..........have fun dudes and dudettes

[Acidburn 10]

*wants to post this in one of Natedizzles threads*

DO IT!

[JimJ 11]

I hate radio...........usually staticy, and not good music.

J

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Static just means your antenna isn't big enough

The internet is really what's doing in broadcast radio, even on an amateur level...no real point in investing $2000 to set up even a 100-watt station that might get you 40 or 50 miles under ideal conditions when you can get a broadband connection and stream your music worldwide.

[Acidburn 10]

Crap where's Acid when you need him?! Oh wells

what do you need?

[jntar 15]

I lost the p9...by $20

[jntar 15]

dude bid at 2 sec left...

[JimJ 11]

I know where there's one for sale for $850'ish...

[Acidburn 10]

orange, orange, orange, orange

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