Jay Honeck wrote:
One alternative idea is to sell my CD Player/Intercom on Ebay and purchase
the PS Engineering audio panel with the built-in intercom, and then add
their remote CD player. This installation wouldn't really add any utility,
and I can't tell if this unit allows an alternate audio source to be plugged
in. (But I assume it does.)

I can easily recommend a PS-Engineering audio panel. We've had our
7000B for two years now and love it. Can't imagine going back to
traditional squelch controls.

Are there any audio panels with *built-in* XM radio receivers on the market?
THAT would be the ultimate solution.

That's the problem. PS-Engineering has one with Sirius, but no XM.
Garmin, of course, has the GDL-69A, but that's overkill unless you need
weather, and naturally it ain't cheap.

Personally, if I were you I'd sell the CD-player, buy this:

http://www.ps-engineering.com/pma8000SR.shtml

then ask your avionics shop to route an audio input to a 1/8" stereo
jack on the panel somewhere. This way when you find "130 channels and
nothing on", you can plug in one of these...

http://www.iriveramerica.com/prod/hd/h10_6gb_gray.aspx

Then you can hit the ICS switch to disable auto-muting and carry on a
conversation with ATC or passengers.

HTH,

-Doug

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Doug Vetter, CFIMEIA

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