[R129 SL] sl500 original radio

[Eva Esquivel]

New Zealand must be beautiful at 68!  Thanks for all the tips.  I have
several emails to some shops but I have not received a response yet.  I
believe it's a Becker from Germany.

 

Will see what happens.  Let me know if you know of any other shops that sell
the fm/am radios.  Tks

 

Eva

 

 

From: r129list-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:r129list-bounces at mbcoupes.com]
On Behalf Of Peter Shelton
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 12:11 PM
To: SL Mailing List
Subject: Re: [R129 SL] sl500 original radio

 

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 <mailto:george.simpson.r129 at tiscali.fr>  

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  <mailto:xtr204210 at xtra.co.nz> <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 (
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language> German for "point of blue" or
"blue dot") is a  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany> German
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics> electronic equipment
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturer> manufacturer, noted for its
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home> home and
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile> car
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_equipment> audio equipment. It is a 100%
subsidiary of  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bosch_GmbH> Robert Bosch
GmbH. Founded in  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923> 1923 in
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin> Berlin as "Ideal", the company changed
its name to "Blaupunkt" in  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938> 1938, after
the blue dot painted onto its  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headphones>
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
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Data_System> RDS CD player capable of
controlling a Multichanger, rated at 4x30W
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_power> 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.  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi> Audi,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen> Volkswagen,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche> Porsche,
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz> Mercedes and
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW> 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 <mailto:evaesquivel at cox.net>  

To: 'SL Mailing List' <mailto:r129list at mbcoupes.com>  

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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