[R129 SL] sl500 original radio

[Peter Shelton]

Thanks George,

Never seen a Becker Mexico unit!  We have other models here in New Zealand and predominantly from the Japanese and European markets.

Have a great day.  Nice morning here - 68 degrees F and rising, and I can just see a few of the 200 windmills slowly churning out electricity on the distant horizon.

Regards, Peter S. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: George Simpson 
  To: Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 5:41 PM
  Subject: Re: [R129 SL] sl500 original radio


  Peter - my 1990 500SL had a Becker Mexico 2000 installed from new and I have the original instruction book with it. Two years ago, I purchased and installed the 'correct' Becker Silverstone 10 CD changer which went with the radio at that time. As you said, in those days they were not shockproof and it can skip on rough roads. I bought the CD changer from a guy in southern Germany who specialises in restoring 90's German radios and has always several for sale but I cannot recall his details - if I do, I will post them.

  George Simpson
  Cognac

  Eva Esquivel wrote: 
    Peter,



    Thank you so much for the info.  WOW It's quite a lot for me to diget but I believe this info is expanding my knowledge on sls, which I am glad to learn. I am not sure what was installed at the time the sls was manufactured.  When I bought the sl it came with a SONY CD player.  Then I installed an mp3 which was stolen from my apt parking garage during the holidays  Now I want the original instead of buying some fancy system.



    tks



    eva




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    From: r129list-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:r129list-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Victor R. Lopez
    Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 9:22 PM
    To: Peter Shelton; SL Mailing List
    Subject: Re: [R129 SL] Dual Exhaust?



    Speaking of radios. I have a 1999 sl500 with a stock head unit from time to time I get a erro message on the radio face that there isnt a cd cassett when I push to cd button. It will be an intermidiate problem. any ideas?

    Peter Shelton <xtr204210 at xtra.co.nz> wrote: 

    Hi Eva,



    There are a number of 'original' radios installed in the SL 129 and it depends on the specification asked for by the first customer or what was installed in the car at the time!   Mine is an original Blaupunkt CD unit ( the CD goes into a special holder) and it was possibly one of the first CD units installed in a car.  No anti 'jumping' so it skips when on rough roads.  There is the original amplifier located under the floor mats on the passengers side.  



    Need to have a look at a lot of 129's and see which one to choose.  I understand that all/most were Blaupunkt brand.



    For information, Blaupunkt GmbH (German for "point of blue" or "blue dot") is a German electronic equipment manufacturer, noted for its home and car audio equipment. It is a 100% subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH. Founded in 1923 in Berlin as "Ideal", the company changed its name to "Blaupunkt" in 1938, after the blue dot painted onto its headphones. 



    For many years, Blaupunkt car audio equipment models often carried the name of a city somewhere in the world, eg "London RDM126". In Blaupunkt model nomenclature, this can be translated as "An RDS CD player capable of controlling a Multichanger, rated at 4x30W RMS (4x30 = 120) from model year 1996". High-end models typically had German place names.



    Blaupunkt also used the brand "Velocity" to sell products aimed at a lower cost market. Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, Mercedes and BMW all fit Blaupunkt products into their cars, often branded with the car manufacturer's own mark (eg The VW Gamma or BMW Symphony lines).



    Hope this helps.  

    Kind Regards, Peter S (New Zealand). 





    ----- Original Message ----- 

      From: Eva Esquivel 

      To: 'SL Mailing List' 

      Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 3:03 PM

      Subject: Re: [R129 SL] Dual Exhaust?



      I am interested in installing an original radio on my sl500 1991.  Does anyone know where I can buy one?



      Thanks

      Eva

    
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