New CD/MP3 player in the Mazda

My new Mazda 323f has an old Clarion cassette player, which although sounds quite good, was not up to the job of playing CDs.  After a bit of internet research I decided to buy a new CD player with an MP3 AUX connection on the front.  I went for a Sony, that costs just £50.

Today I went to fit the unit.  First thing was to remove the Clarion.  I had an old tool which seemed to fit the holes, but it wouldn’t budge.  I tried all sorts of things but struggled to get it out.  Eventually I used a dinner knife to fold back the tabs that hold the entire assembly in the space.  Not the most elegant technique, but I got the whole unit out without any damage.

The new Sony unit went straight in and all the connectors matched perfectly.

So now I have a great sounding CD player that I can plug my MP3 player into.

New car

I have bought myself a new car, a Mazda 323f.  I’ve always liked these cars and am really enjoying it.  I did a lot of research when I got back from my travels, and settled on a few different cars to buy.  Peugeot 306′s had some good reviews and quite a few bad, Honda Civics got generally good reviews, but the Mazda definitely had the best reviews.

I looked at 2 323s before I bought this one.  It has FSH and has just been serviced and MOT’d.  It drives really well.  It has a couple of marks on the body work, but I can sort that fairly easily.

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