I am interested in purchasing a tuner kit. I've sent messages e-mails to PCATS and get no response. Anyone know where I can get one or have one to sell?

I'm also looking for a tuner for my new Rio Car, either original or PCATS - can anyone tell me where I can get one? Eviltazz, did you get any answers to your question on this?

Incidentally, what exactly is the difference between the original and the PCATS tuners? I couldn't figure it out from the PCATS website, and the photos on their site are broken.

Thanks!

Thanks for the tip! On the PCATS website, it states that their tuner contains "built-in expansion capability for controlling two 12V relay outputs and interfacing four 12V switch inputs. There is also a connectivity option for future upgrade kits which could add further processing and I/O hardware..."

What exactly does that mean - ie. what exactly would these two things give me, particularly the "two 12V relay outputs" and the "four 12V switch inputs"?? What advantage to me are they, what would I use them for? Sorry, when it comes to electrical and audio components I'm quite a newbie...!

Also, are there any other 3rd-party FM tuners that will work with the Rio Car, or only the original one and the PCATS one?

Cheers!

But I would add that you can always get a secondary tuner / car stereo and connect it to the aux in of your player. This is a matter of your installation, though - if you have space for another full radio in your dash.

That is not really how it works.

Line-in inputs only carry sound. These are like the ones you would find on an amp or such device. The outputs from another stereo would be connected to these inputs, and they simply carry the sound over through the Empeg to the amp that it is connected to.

When it is hooked up right, the Empeg will work just as it always has done. But now, you can go to 'source' in the menu, and then 'Aux' and you should now be able to listen to the Radio/CD Player/Whatever that you have plugged in. If your other radio shows RDS information, it will be displaying that. The Empeg will not be displaying anything all that useful (you could turn the visuals on or something).

Hope that makes a little bit of sense now. This kind of setup would look a bit like this.

I have one of PCATS unassembled kits. I bought it as a backup to my original tuner. Since I'm not using either one, I'll sell Patrick's kit.
PM me if you're interested.