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CRE-8900 And Beyond:Ongoing Discussions

Lack of noise filtering caused by poor design in the radio. I had a CRE-8900 for a couple weeks, did the same thing in both my cars. The cars are a Lincoln Town Car and a Mercedes Benz S430. I put a President P300 in my Lincoln and a Cobra 146GTL in my Mercedes, and never had issues again. Got rid of the radio shortly after.


~Cheers~
 
ExitThirteen said:
Lack of noise filtering caused by poor design in the radio. I had a CRE-8900 for a couple weeks, did the same thing in both my cars. The cars are a Lincoln Town Car and a Mercedes Benz S430. I put a President P300 in my Lincoln and a Cobra 146GTL in my Mercedes, and never had issues again. Got rid of the radio shortly after.


~Cheers~
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Ouch! Still gonna try the chokes and maybe a cap across the terminals. The rfi is being broadcast and my antenna is picking up the noise. Other than that it's a quiet radio.
 
CRE, Anytone, MAAS, Maxlog or whatever you want to call them, are all junk.

Optima or 29XX flavors are your best bet currently. I'm waiting on the AT-6666, but it'll likely smell just as bad. I'm only talking about current production stuff. The old standards are still a good choice. I run an old Uniden PC122Xl in my mobile. Has a Galaxy Expo with clarifier mod. Quiet as a mouse and works like a champ.

Now, you'll have certain fanboys dispute my claim. That's all well and good.
 
m42duster said:
CRE, Anytone, MAAS, Maxlog or whatever you want to call them, are all junk.

Optima or 29XX flavors are your best bet currently. I'm waiting on the AT-6666, but it'll likely smell just as bad. I'm only talking about current production stuff. The old standards are still a good choice. I run an old Uniden PC122Xl in my mobile. Has a Galaxy Expo with clarifier mod. Quiet as a mouse and works like a champ.

Now, you'll have certain fanboys dispute my claim. That's all well and good.
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Thanks
I was thinking of something a little more upscale but quality made. A keeper.
The Mobile Radio Store has the Optima MK2's.
Only two things on my ride(Chevy Tracker read cheap)make noise. The condenser fan motor(a replacement)& wiper motor. I've already ordered the rf chokes from DX Engineering and could stop by Radio Shack and get a couple of .01UF caps to put across both offender's terminals.

I want to get my $300 worth out of my 8900 though.
It's just two noisy motors I have to contend with. Other than that the 8900surpasses the 959 in spades. The replacement condenser fan motor isn't a AC/Delco brand. I tend save money where I need to.
 
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Lil'Yeshua said:
Thanks
I was thinking of something a little more upscale but quality made. A keeper.
The Mobile Radio Store has the Optima MK2's.
Only two things on my ride(Chevy Tracker read cheap)make noise. The condenser fan motor(a replacement)& wiper motor. I've already ordered the rf chokes from DX Engineering and could stop by Radio Shack and get a couple of .01UF caps to put across both offender's terminals.

I want to get my $300 worth out of my 8900 though.
It's just two noisy motors I have to contend with. Other than that the 8900surpasses the 959 in spades. The replacement condenser fan motor isn't a AC/Delco brand. I tend save money where I need to.
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why look at the mk2 when you can have a new optima MK3 for only $10 more.
 
VA3ES said:
A bypass capacitor is one which is in parallel with the DC line. Typically between the + line feeding in or out of a device, and ground. A typical bypass cap would be .01uF
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You're talking about the flat disc type caps?
Camaro 1,if I can nip the noise problem in the bud ten I'm keeping my 8900. $10 more? Do you own one and how does it perform?
 
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