@DrCassette Volkswagen called a lot of their car radios "Heidelberg", even here in the USA, but those were mostly made by Matsushita (Panasonic) in Japan.
I agree! These 90's era Blaus are the bomb! I'm currently selling my Orlando on Ebay as I've since sold the 1998 Honda Civic this was installed in. I also had the Colorado model which his fairly identical in features and sound as the Orlando, but with the feather-touch solenoid transport buttons instead of the mechanical ones in the Orlando. And I must say, the AM/FM signals are fantastic. And the cassette section is quite phenomenal! Even my factory pre-recorded cassettes sounded excellent!
@Jamiep84 This was a fairly low-end model. Blaupunkt had some better models with an aux input. For some factory stereos, you can get an adapter to use the CD changer input as an aux input, and even control an iPod through the radio's display and buttons.
Nice radio... I really miss a cassette player in our cars. It's interesting how Blaupunkt called their radios. This one, being made for the USA is called "Orlando". The radios they made for the German market had names of German cities, like "Heidelberg".
Someone else who misses the look and feel of the 90s Blaupunkts!! I let mine go when I sold a car, thinking things would only get better. Big mistake. Along came the 2000s and styling that looked inspired by cheap game consoles. I bought a 2007 unit and ended up throwing it away due to poor FM reception and annoying clicks that the factory said were "normal". My 1996 Casablanca would pick up weak local FM stations from 60 miles away that I have never heard since.
Nice :) It has the smart "factory radio look", but with decent quality too. I really miss having a cassette player in my car actually. The only prob with older radios is their lack of an AUX input - of course the CD changer input is there, but normally they won't switch to it without an actual changer present on the data bus (or something to imitate it).
I also like these radios. Has anyone ever fixed the LCD screen on one of these stereos? A lot of them have LCD screens that are missing lines. I am just wondering if there is a fairly easy fix.
@DrCassette Volkswagen called a lot of their car radios "Heidelberg", even here in the USA, but those were mostly made by Matsushita (Panasonic) in Japan.
I agree! These 90's era Blaus are the bomb! I'm currently selling my Orlando on Ebay as I've since sold the 1998 Honda Civic this was installed in. I also had the Colorado model which his fairly identical in features and sound as the Orlando, but with the feather-touch solenoid transport buttons instead of the mechanical ones in the Orlando.
And I must say, the AM/FM signals are fantastic. And the cassette section is quite phenomenal! Even my factory pre-recorded cassettes sounded excellent!
Old Blaupunkt Car-Radios are fantastic. They have a very good tuner that can pic up very weak signals.
@Jamiep84 This was a fairly low-end model. Blaupunkt had some better models with an aux input.
For some factory stereos, you can get an adapter to use the CD changer input as an aux input, and even control an iPod through the radio's display and buttons.
Nice radio... I really miss a cassette player in our cars.
It's interesting how Blaupunkt called their radios. This one, being made for the USA is called "Orlando". The radios they made for the German market had names of German cities, like "Heidelberg".
That sounds fantastic!
Someone else who misses the look and feel of the 90s Blaupunkts!! I let mine go when I sold a car, thinking things would only get better. Big mistake. Along came the 2000s and styling that looked inspired by cheap game consoles. I bought a 2007 unit and ended up throwing it away due to poor FM reception and annoying clicks that the factory said were "normal". My 1996 Casablanca would pick up weak local FM stations from 60 miles away that I have never heard since.
I had a Blaupunkt Cancun in my old GTI. I think the Cancun was one of their lower-end units...
Nice :) It has the smart "factory radio look", but with decent quality too.
I really miss having a cassette player in my car actually.
The only prob with older radios is their lack of an AUX input - of course the CD changer input is there, but normally they won't switch to it without an actual changer present on the data bus (or something to imitate it).
I also like these radios. Has anyone ever fixed the LCD screen on one of these stereos? A lot of them have LCD screens that are missing lines. I am just wondering if there is a fairly easy fix.
Car radios are always good for picking up far away signals.
The nail antenna just showed up in a newer video by this guy.
@vrbas100 Can you translate that rant into English, please?
nice radio ,nice sound and none of the stupid looking flashy junk on it,you LISTEN to a radio,not watch it !
yeahhh..
mycar still using exactly this player...
erm..yup i say its work really good...
doesnt feel like want to chnge it oso..hehex
My car stereo gets terrible AM reception.