I have a standard cD30 with the orange display and was wondering if I can upgrade to the better screen?? And if so how difficult it would be?? Any advice very appreciated.
Tia.
I have a standard cD30 with the orange display and was wondering if I can upgrade to the better screen?? And if so how difficult it would be?? Any advice very appreciated.
Tia.
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What screen have you got there all orange unless the LEDs have been changed in it is yours the one that just shows the time and date.
When I upgraded mine I just went the hole hog and upgraded to a cdc40 and got the better screed with it plus the cdc40 is better sound quality.
The CD70's have got a colour screen, not orange.
Is the CD40 better sound with CD's or just the radio as its DAB?
DAB audio being better than FM is a fallacy to be honest with you. DAB is broadcast similar to MP2/MP3, in that it is compressed digitally in a lossy format.
Some DAB stations, while being better than MW (for stuff like TalkSPORT and 5 Live etc), can be markedly worse than their FM counterparts. Absolute 90s, as an example broadcasts at 24khz/64kbps. That bitrate is generally only acceptable for speech or very low quality audio. Some streams such as Classic FM on DAB broadcast at much higher bitrates, 128kbps or 160kbps (iirc Classic is 48khz/160kbps, Radio 3 gives (or gave, anyway) it the full fat 192kbps).
FM on the other hand, is - with a good strong signal, full range. High quality analogue radio will (99 times out of 100) completely trounce DAB. Where DAB wins over FM is choice (as you can pack more stations into one multiplexed bitstream).
Back to the matter in hand though, the CDC40 Opera has a better internal amp than the CD30/CD30MP3, so anything played through it would sound better. Also, I'm certain I've seen CD70s with a GID screen for pointy-arrow instructions rather than all being run through a CID.
Also to the OP, yes - anything is possible, it depends on how much money you spend and how difficult you like to make things for yourself really. I had a CD30 and BID as standard, I now have an aftermarket stereo with a GID and steering controls.
Last edited by ThatAudioBloke; 23rd April 2013 at 19:47.
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