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Check out the Continental radio unit, should be fine.
EDIT: I see from a later post that Continental radio below is a different model than the one mostly discussed or RL (doesn't look bad though, reviews are mixed)
Is there a particular place to get it? I see that there is one listed on Amazon for only $200 -- thought it was a lot more expensive than that, or maybe that's a different model.
To me it looks mostly correct except for the backlit LCD panel (versus orange LED of the numbers/letters only) -- that part of it seems a little too retro for the 996 (pic from Amazon -
EDIT: I see from a later post that Continental radio below is a different model than the one mostly discussed or RL (doesn't look bad though, reviews are mixed)
Is there a particular place to get it? I see that there is one listed on Amazon for only $200 -- thought it was a lot more expensive than that, or maybe that's a different model.
To me it looks mostly correct except for the backlit LCD panel (versus orange LED of the numbers/letters only) -- that part of it seems a little too retro for the 996
That's the unit I bought. It's actually much closer to the correct colors than the Amazon pic shows. I bought this model because I thought I might want to play a CD sometime but now after a few years in, that hasn't happened . It does make it seem more period correct though.
I bought this harness to make it plug and play in my '99 with hi-fi option 490.
That's the unit I bought. It's actually much closer to the correct colors than the Amazon pic shows. I bought this model because I thought I might want to play a CD sometime but now after a few years in, that hasn't happened . It does make it seem more period correct though.
I bought this harness to make it plug and play in my '99 with hi-fi option 490.
That's the unit I bought. It's actually much closer to the correct colors than the Amazon pic shows. I bought this model because I thought I might want to play a CD sometime but now after a few years in, that hasn't happened . It does make it seem more period correct though.
I bought this harness to make it plug and play in my '99 with hi-fi option 490.
My pic is also deceiving, it's a closer match than it looks here.
That looks great. I agree the CD player version does look more period correct to my eyes than then one without CD player. I'm nitpicking here, but the part I don't love (that looks like older tech than the 996) is that the whole screen is backlit orange with text/numbers in black, where the 996 era would more likely have a black background with just the letters/numbers orange (LED-like in other words like the climate control temperature above the radio). That orange seems to be a good match.
Still seems like a very good choice and reasonably priced. I wonder how it compares functionally/feature-wise to the other Continental radio. I guess we should use model numbers to distinguish.
09-16-2021 | 10:56 AM
. It does make it seem more period correct though.
