[W126 Coupe] Becker & Speakers for sale

[Bill Reford]

Your Right Sam,

It is a 753, and I'll fix it, rather than replace it.

My factory speakers are still in good condition so I'll not change those.

Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sam Sisic" <ssisic at Antunovich.com>
To: <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Becker & Speakers for sale


Bill,
It looks like your description of your radio fits the 753 model to a T
from Steve's link... Not the 754 as you mention.
Just an observation if it helps.
BTW, I totally understand keeping the radio original... I haven't seen
anything on the market that looks like it would fit the console quite as
well as the original Becker except maybe the Nakamichi Richard mentions,
which has some support issues here in the US. 
It's part of the car's persona... Upgrading speakers may be all I would
do along with keeping the existing components maintained. What's cool is
you can play your I-Pod or portable CD player right through the
cassette! All the flexibility of the new cheap crappy looking systems!
Sam

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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 18:03:51 -0400
From: "Bill Reford" <billreford at rogers.com>
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Becker & Speakers for sale
To: "Mercedes Coupes Mailing Lists" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>
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Hi Steve,

Thank you for your response, and the link to the different Beckers is
most interesting. 

Becker did respond, however they didn't indicate what could be wrong,
instead, suggested that I ship it to them for a look see, which I think
is appropriate from their point of view.

I did this some time ago with the Becker from my former 1988 420 SEL and
with the price tag for repairs, the shipping from Canada and back, the
taxes, and the hassle with Canada Customs, it makes me reluctant to do
it again if there is an alternative. 

Looking at your link to the various different Beckers, I believe that I
have a 754 with some variations

Mine has the same large size display screen as the 754, The 754, has
manual up & down buttons directly underneath the Automatic (frequency
station scanner)  I have the same 2 buttons under the Automatic but they
are labelled VK and DK going from left to right. VK is for tuning in
European traffic stations and DK is a mute key

The 754 has four AM station buttons labelled 7,8,9,0   Mine has (7,
labelled "K" for short wave) (8 and 9, labelled "M" which brings in AM)
and 0 labelled "L" for long wave.

So I believe I have yet another model of Becker not exactly described in
your link, (a 754 that says Mexico on the cassette door) not Grand prix,
with a Euro button configuration. I'll snap a picture and send it to you
if you want to add it to your Becker link.

Many Thanks,

Bill Reford


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