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[307] Recommendations for improving standard Stereo

Apologies if this has been covered...

One thing that drives me mad is the fairly poor sound from my 307 factory fitted stereo (have the 5cd dash changer). The volume is very quiet- and when pushed it rattles so much I thought there was a lion purring from within the doors (analogies have never been by strong point). Need to really push the headunit to get any sort of volume.

I guess my options are either/all of the below

-swap speakers; but with what? and how?

-damping the lions using something...

- replace head unit- is this possible?

Any comments from experience would be great. Worth noting, I am incapable of doing any of the below myself- and would need to seek professional help...

Many thanks Martin

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marty?not
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I have purchased my 307 just 36 hours ago and gave it a test run yesterday in the country.

They certainly do not have the range as my previous car which had JBLs in them.

I am also experiencing top end distortions when playing CDs in the stacker. These CDs are CDRs (as prefer not to keep the originals in the car). The problem usually stems in the stacker 1 and 2 slot. As it gets down, it gets better. I haven't had to time to play the originals as I will do that later.

Has anyone experienced the same or is there a rectification for this?

Car was built in June 2003.

Kindest regards

Reply to
Nighthawk

....Peugeot knows the problem and they cover them self with a warning in the car manual that playing CD R's could give problems with the car stereo, what is even worse is that copy-protected original cd's won't play at all in the Clarion or VDO dayton OEM stereo!

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axl

I also had the problem with CDRs in the 5cd changer. I got top end distortion and also found that they would stutter and jump tracks.

After many weeks of experimentation I have found 2 solutions:

  1. Use "blue" CDRs. The player seems to be a lot more "compatible" with them. I use DataSafe branded CDR's from
    formatting link
    Istill have the odd problem, but far less frequently.
  2. Buy a Yamaha CD Writer and use their "Audio Master Q.R." mode. This lengthens and widens the CD pits (at the expense of loosing 10mins of space on the CDR) so that "older" players have less compatibility problems. This works a treat for me on any brand of CDR.

Regards.

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Dave D

write the discs slower! The slower the better. x8 max seems okay for me. x4 is solid.

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SimonDS

I am using an older type burner (about 5 years old) but it is still a beauty and haven't faltered.

This burner burns to a speed of 4x.

I have used BASF and Princo disks Both are blue coated as I have prefered Princos as they have been proven better for the old styled DVD players when copying VCDs.

Any advise?

BTW. Thanks for the previous information I will use them.

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Nighthawk

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