will a indash work ok at an angle?

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Topic: will a indash work ok at an angle?

Posted By: fastc4
Subject: will a indash work ok at an angle?
Date Posted: August 18, 2005 at 12:19 AM

I'm putting my car alpine cd/mp3 player in my boat, the mounting area for the indash is slanted back about 30 degrees. Do I need to make it level or will it work OK at an angle?

Thanks!

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: August 18, 2005 at 12:40 AM

It SHOULD work ok. The only thing I can think that might create a problem is the CD transport mechanism, and then it may only shorten the lifetime... or it may not matter at all.

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Posted By: raydawg357
Date Posted: August 18, 2005 at 3:38 PM

it all depends on the unit itself. Some will work fine, some will give you problems.

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Posted By: boardinbum
Date Posted: August 18, 2005 at 4:09 PM

Doesn't the spec sheet on most name brand HU's tell you the max angle they can be mounted at or something like that?

Posted By: ragoal12
Date Posted: August 18, 2005 at 7:11 PM

ur alpine should work just fine.. i have seen there dvd players and other mp3 players mounted vertically and have heard no problems of them failing

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Posted By: CCroadshoptn
Date Posted: August 22, 2005 at 5:44 PM

You should be ok. Some radios can be picky about that but 9 time out of 10 you should be fine.

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