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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 03:53 PM
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Panasonic CD deck at the bone yard... worth $50?

Ok, there's an Altima at the bone yard (ri ce cars are best for car audio there lol) with a Panasonic deck in it. The thing looks brand new, and sounds great!

Anyways, I can't find much on the model... not even any on ebay, and I can usually find anything there!

The model is DFX400U. It looks really cool with the blue colors. It comes with the wires, faceplate, remote, and the faceplate surrounding plastic for $50. Is it worth it?

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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 09:31 PM
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I think any good condition CD player for $50 is a good deal.
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Old Jun 15, 2005 | 07:03 AM
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As long as it works, $50.00 isn't a bad deal.
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Old Jun 16, 2005 | 11:15 AM
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this it?

is that is? MSRP 299.99? if it is, its rated as 4.75 out of 5
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Old Jun 16, 2005 | 11:17 AM
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http://search.ebay.com/DFX400U_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8

theres the ebay one, theres only two, and from when i posted it, it is 20, and 40, no bids, but with 4 and six days left on em, so, hmmmm
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Old Jun 16, 2005 | 11:18 AM
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Yup, that's it! Damn, what a rating! I'm going to get it in about an hour lol
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Old Jun 16, 2005 | 11:19 AM
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Also, the one for $40 has a bad display and is listed as a cassette player... weird!
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 04:33 AM
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Best listings are ones where you've done your homework and the seller hasn't!
I'd say considering the price OUR boneyards charge for radios! If the unit is pulled it will be $100 at least...upto $300 in some cases. OEM is iinflated in cost due to the supposed direct match people desire on occasion to refurb their car. The one I had asked about had a new laser, as an example, and was a late 80s/90s Delco CD with EQ
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 08:18 AM
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Yes, it's strange. Stock radios start at around $100 at the bone yard, but all the aftermarkets are $50! lol
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 08:39 AM
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not a bad radio seeing how it has 3 sets of rcas...especially for 50 bones.
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 08:42 AM
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Yah, it has sub out, front out, and rear out, AND it has RCA inputs!
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 01:13 PM
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My local boneyard only charges 6.00 for radios.Doesnt matter what kind or if it is cassette or cd.All radios are 6.00 and they give you 30 days to return it if you have a problem.
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 01:19 PM
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Wanna pick me up as many CD decks as you can?
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 01:34 PM
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Originally posted by aaron7
Wanna pick me up as many CD decks as you can?
Id love to but it seems like the mexicans beat me to them all the time....lol.Only radios i usually get are the stock delco cassette decks with the 5 band eq.Ive found about 5 or 6 that have good playing tape decks which is a very hard find
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 01:39 PM
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Yah, put those up on ebay and make a pretty penny!
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 02:35 PM
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I mentioned over in Hist/Rest recently how I refurbished a poor working cassette unit on my Firebird's factory Delco. That one has LCD light showing the scale of front to back positioning for fader and balance, etc. Vs rotary *****. Those are on the high end....I'm with ya on picking those cheapies up... Just look on eBay at some of those factory Delco auctions!
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 02:41 PM
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Ive seen those radios in trans ams and fieros.They have pushbuttons instead of ***** and the lights that move for balance and fader.I had a nice one with a great working cassette deck in my iroc that i pulled from a fiero gt.I sold it after i was able to find a good working stock delco camaro style deck with cassette and eq
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Old Jun 21, 2005 | 10:38 PM
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a buddy of mine has had an earlyer version of that deck..hes had it for 3 or 4 years and it still kicks ***...still $50 for a panasonic or anyother aftermarket deck is worth it
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