The sponge is really what makes the mod, though. I mean, not only is his blazingly fast CD snugly fit into the dash, but it's also protected against shock *and* moisture!

Brilliant!

Cobolman2

I give them an A+.

itchytooth

WANT!

MagnoliaBoy

Hey, it's a Pioneer!

ripfire4

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Was this the speaker system that is was hooked up to?

Mayor McRib

High classing it with 52x speeds!

Back in college I was too poor to buy a cd player for up at school, but I happened to have a spare PSU and CD-Rom Drive. Kinda felt like an 8-Track though with the three buttons.

Shnyzx

I guess an iPod mini-jacked instead of a powered CD-ROM is just illogical to this person...

liveinvt

I like it. Sort of thing I'd do myself.

VaccaFoeda

Actually, if I have this in my car a thief should give me five bucks and call it a day. He'll know that I need it.

thegadgeteer

If it works, it works.

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Samifumi

Wow, that's actually pretty awesome. I never thought of this working, but it makes sense.

SecretAZNMan

...you know, I still have a cassette player in my car...

...where's my box of spare parts?

steven522

That if absolutely, no doubt, f-ing awesome! God... The only thing that could beat this is a six-CD stereo made by the same guy. :D

froggy

Does it play HD/DVD's?

Mayor McRib

Easily beaten by a boom box taped to the dashboard completely blocking the passengers view (seen it)

Darrone

pimp!

BigViper

ow well, atleast it still looks functional.

Amiash

The difference is that using duct tape to fix a window is completely obvious and not very effective. What this person has done is clever, inexpensive (probably free) and, though simplistic, totally functional. The two are not even in the same league.

itchytooth

@liveinvt: If he could afford one of those he could have afforded a regular HU.

archercc

it works, that's all that matters. although a slot loaded one would look nicer.

...props!!

wetworker

Is this the same guy who strapped the air conditioner to his sunroof? LOL!

graffiksguru

Screw it, that's awesome. Although the cord from the headphone jack has to plug in to something. I'd love to see what he's using to amplify that signal.

aseriesoftubes

mkII VW FTW!!!!

EvilPaul

Not as ghetto as a former coworker of mine. He had a full mini-tower in the back of his SUV that he used as an mp3 player.

IphtashuFitz

I'm soooooooooo sorry everyone i just gotta post this video because this is what pops into my head whenever someone says "Ghetto"

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B1663R

how the fuck do you control that thing? is it just play/pause and eject? (I'm hoping there's a volume dial somewhere at least)

discounteggroll

What I want to know is, what do you do if you liked the previous song, and wanna play it again?

yardameus

That's actually a very common solution here in the Philippines. Jeepney drivers often use basic PC CD-ROM drives to play music. Some jeepneys even use PC cooling fans up front for the driver and passengers.

Nintenboy01

@yardameus: You wait for the CD to repeat, like God intended.

itchytooth

@wetworker: Na, then what would he use as a cupholder?

B1663R

i love it! none of that bright lcd crazyness of my installed-prior-to-owning jvc unit. just have to work on the application a bit

damnElantra

@Nintenboy01: Still won't convince Manong Ernie from replacing his 8-track and BeeGees.

ripfire4

@Mayor McRib: I actually thought about doing that once when I blew out the stereo in my car...

LastAndLeast

is that an 87 or 88 VW Jetta?

tr

this great, what a perfect solution. and it's an anti-theft device as well.

genehuntlover

It does show resourcefulness.

I would have hacked into the rear audio connections, but whatever.
Waitaminute...I wouldn't have done this at all!

(whew)

strider_mt2k

@tr:
Either an 87 - 92 Jetta, an 86 - 92 Golf, or a Corrado. I don't know if that dash was used in the Passat

rexplex

@EvilPaul:
I miss my MK II Golf. The best $800 car I ever drove.

rexplex

I've done this. I built it into a padded case, and using the 12+ voltage, it works. I had it running to a cassette adaptor, not directly mounted.

The things are dirt cheap $1-$5 used at a computer store, no need to read data.

The fancy version is to get a CD drive with a remote control.

My current one is a bit fancier, I spent $10 for a newer cassette deck that thinks my iPod is a CD changer. No wires hanging out the dash, and being a factory cassette deck, anti-theftish.

Looks like a Mk2 Jetta without A/C and with a foglight switch from the junkyard for the CD power. 1988-92, german made.

No seat belt warning light, so maybe Canadian. Automatic, perhaps, since there's no tach. Quite the base model.

I'm still driving my 1990 model. Hence my encyclopedic knowledge of obscure VW dash trivia :)

techmonkey

@B1663R:
:) It reminds me of this version...

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MountainDrew

The jeepneys here in the philippines use the same kind of cd-rom as pictured above. they're not very reliable though 'cause they tend to skip tracks when there are humps on the road.

bertoo1960

I used to have a 78' Ford T-bird with an 8-track. I used an 8-track to cassette adapter, then used a cassette to cd-player adapter to get my music. Sad :(

purplecowofDOOM

@bertoo1960: Really? Iv never seen Jeepneys that even had soundsystems in them here in Cebu

I should start riding jeppneys mor often. hhaha

kevman90

He could at least have put some effort into it and located a black faceplate and use a darker shade sponge. This is a slap in the face to modders everywhere......

@nintendoboy01

Maybe you should also explain what a "jeepney". People who have never been to the Philippines or seen a picture of one would definitely not know about is.

Para bossing.....

rcorrino

oh and about the skippng to the next song problem. Most CD players you just need to press the play button again to skip to the next song.

kevman90

taxis here in egypt have these jerry-rigged decks more often than real car cd players. Of course nowadays, what with music being considered haram by half the people here, they mostly just use 'em to play Quran...

jackbrown

I hate to admit it, but I've done worse myself. I've got a 13-year old Honda that has never had any audio components in it, ever... no speakers, no wiring, no antenna, nothing. So I bought an inexpensive set of 2.1 computer speakers and a car AC converter, adhered the speakers to the dash and stowed the subwoofer behind the driver's seat, plugged in my mp3 player and voila! Instant white-trash stereo. And it almost manages to drown out the sound of the AC converter!

ron2112

I see the ghetto charm in this mod. It goes right up there with air conditioner units in the passenger window. It's not that it's ugly. It's that it's ugly and it works. It might not impress the ladies, but it beats that old 8-track any day of the week. And while yes if I it were up to me I'd work on making it a little less grotesque.

scandalmonger

And to think this is better than my first car cd-player.. it would randomly eject cd's in the middle of a song; occasionally play damaged disks that were scratched to hell, but not play good disks; you could insert your favorite non-lesbian rock album and it would play Melissa Etheridge...

That cd-player was pure evil... I would rather have this safer "ghetto" version that probably works and won't keep asking for the soul of my firstborn while I'm trying to listen to Jim Croce.

Rabid Penguin

I think it's a VW Fox...definitely not a Jetta (ah, my beloved underpowered "Wagen")

wonder if the voltage/amp is right for that cd-rom....

joch

One man's ghetto is another man's Gold Coast. I've been there. And you know his girlfriend said, "At least use the *green* sponge."

OneEyedJack

the ral question is . . ."CAN IT PLAY CRISYS!"

riqgeez

That's from Serbia.
Gypsy hacks.

Valicious

@Samifumi: wonderful.
kudos sir.

Valicious

TECH NOTE:
A SIMPLE HOT KNIFE MOD TO THE TRAY WILL MAKE IT COMPATIBLE WITH 32 OZ. AND EVEN 48 OZ.CUPS.

THERE IS ALSO AN ANALOG OUTPUT JACK ON THE BACK OF THE DECK IF YOU CAN'T SPARE A HEADPHONE JACK FOR THE COOL FRONT HOOKUP EFFECT.

FIND A SET OF 12V CREATIVE LABS SPEAKERS WITH A VOLUME KNOB AND ROCK THE NIGHT AWAY.

THE FUTURE IS NOW.

LOLLYJOLLY