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Old 02-06-2010, 01:50 PM
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Those 6 disc cd players always suck, they skip like crazy from my experience
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Old 02-06-2010, 02:19 PM
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Awesome...Well it looks like Im gonna get a new cd player soon then. Maybe Ill do something to try to strengthen the reception...I dunno
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Old 02-06-2010, 03:13 PM
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I don't get the Mach 460/1000, CD changer, sound system bashing--mine works great, good reception, good sound, no skipping unless you are on a very rough surface (as do they all)--and the speed sensitive volume control is great.

My only complaint as such is that the DSP "environment" modes are worthless and should be renamed to "toilet bowl", "55 gallon drum", and "Luray Cavern"...
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Old 02-06-2010, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by cliffyk
I don't get the Mach 460/1000, CD changer, sound system bashing--mine works great, good reception, good sound, no skipping unless you are on a very rough surface (as do they all)--and the speed sensitive volume control is great.

My only complaint as such is that the DSP "environment" modes are worthless and should be renamed to "toilet bowl", "55 gallon drum", and "Luray Cavern"...
The only problem i had with mine while it was installed for maybe 1 day max, was the volume would jump up to full blast sometimes if i quickly wanted to turn the volume up just a little bit. My buddy's did the same thing.

What i dont understand is why people are willing to pay $75 for a mach 6 disc changer... Just get an aftermarket one.
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Old 02-06-2010, 06:13 PM
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i have a 14" inch shorty antenna and im like an hr from nyc and i have good reception. it must be a location thing for some of you.

my aftermarket cd playre came with the car and sucks as does my speakers. they go out in different areas of hte car when i hit a bump...its retarded but it gives me more of a reason to listen to my exhuast
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Old 02-06-2010, 09:53 PM
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My mach 460 stereo never skips at all period. Not even on rough roads or if i hit a bump to hard or hit a speed bump harder than i was thinking i would. But seriously, the mach systems are awesome for stock systems. And just make sure that your aftermarket headunit has at least 460 watts of power in it or else your stereo will sound like ***. My car when i bought it had a jensen aftermarket headunit in it and it was like 130 watt and the stereo was the worst sound ive ever heard. So youre going to have to get a pretty good headunit to compare to the mach 460. Try something before you buy the aftermarket headunit...try taking off the antenna and cleaning the hole and the bottom of the antenna and reinstalling it and see if that helps at all.
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Old 02-07-2010, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by hpwrestler220
The only problem i had with mine while it was installed for maybe 1 day max, was the volume would jump up to full blast sometimes if i quickly wanted to turn the volume up just a little bit. My buddy's did the same thing.

What i dont understand is why people are willing to pay $75 for a mach 6 disc changer... Just get an aftermarket one.
mine does the same thing, Ill be upgrading it soon though.
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Old 02-07-2010, 05:19 PM
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My reception is relatively great. It is about 75 miles until I start to lose signal, and I can usually keep a decent reception to about 100 miles on most of the stations I listen to regularly. I don't have any problems with my cd player either. I have the mach 460 with 6 cd changer.
The only problems I have are 1)the text display when it tries to show the station and song being played... it's like it is stuck and doesn't want to scroll but jumps skipping 'pages' and 2)the amp has shorted out a time or two when the top has leaked into the storage cavity (but not all of the time).
I really don't drive on that many rough roads, but on normal roads I don't remember ever having a skip that couldn't be attributed to the disc itself being scratched etc, and it skips the same places on just about any cd player, let alone a mobile cd player.
Don't get me wrong... I would like to put an aftermarket unit in... but I haven't yet and don't have any motivation to do it other than just a want to do it.
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Old 02-08-2010, 09:57 AM
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I see they make a feww sizes, what is the stock size?
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Old 02-08-2010, 10:35 AM
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Something over 3ft i think. Its a freakin whip man. 14" looks WAY better.
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