converting a car stereo for the home

[philroe]

My 83yo mother-in-law is having trouble with the fancy stereo we bought her several years ago. Too many complicated dials and switches.

I thought a nice easy stereo system, much like a car stereo would wourk great for her. Slide in a CD and the CD player plays. Eject and the radio plays. Push a radio station button and the pre-programmed station plays. Unfortunately, there seems to be no desktop equivalent.

I would like to take a car stereo that meets my needs and built it into a case with speakers and powered by AC. I don't need much power, two reasonable sized speakers would be sufficient.

I'm told I need an AC to DC converter 12 volt but don't know much about the needed amperage. I can easily handle the case and minor electrical connections and don't want to burn down her house. Thoughts, recommendations, and caveats would be appreciated.

Thanks,
philr

 

[davesophie]

There are shelf systems that are as easy as a car stereo that will allow you to preset radio station and play a cd with the least operation possible.
how much are you willing to spend?

 

[philroe]

Less than $150. Do you have good brands to recommend?

 

[davesophie]

check out this Sony for about $140
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Sony-CMT-BX20I-Micro-Shelf-Hi-Fi-System-with-iPod-Dock-CMTBX20I/sem/rpsm/oid/208871/catOid/-12951/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do#prodspecs
panasonic is not bad or if you really want to go cheap phillips..

 

[philroe]

Thank you very much. I looked at this item and the buttons on the unit don't correspond to station selection but the Remote seems simple enough.

Much appreciated. Have a great holiday!!

 

[rexter]

Check philips micro system product as well.

http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/us/consumer/cc/_categoryid_AUDIO_PRODUCTS_CA_US_CONSUMER/#/consumer/en/us/consumer/cc/_productid_MCM275_37_US_CONSUMER/Micro-Hi-Fi-System+MCM275-37

http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/us/consumer/cc/_categoryid_AUDIO_PRODUCTS_CA_US_CONSUMER/#/consumer/en/us/consumer/cc/_productid_MC235B_37_US_CONSUMER/Micro-Hi-Fi-System+MC235B-37

Here's another Sony. http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10101441&catid=23256&test%5Fcookie=1#