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Vintage 1st Car CD/player GenI





Here is a vintage Sanyo FT EC2 CD player. This is one of the first CD players ever produced for a car. It was manufactured December 1986. It is generation one meaning it used multi pole analog filtering instead of Digital filters. Sampling rate is 44.1khz with a 16 bit D/A converter. It has a very clean sound to it. It also features a separate tape input for a cassette. It has a built in security system as well, though I never used it. It has no amplification (front and rear pre-out with level adjustments). The tuner and power supply are separate boxes. This is a piece of automotive audio history. For those folks who don’t know about the introduction of the CD players it was a conglomeration between Philips, Sony, Sanyo and JVC. Almost all of these early CD players (if you can find one) we’re manufactured by Sony, Sanyo, or JVC no matter what name was on it. The Sanyo had the least amount of problems, and I believe was one of the first to feature 3-beam tracking.



I tested it recently and it still works, but is sold as is do to its age. It even played a CD-R that I made! It does show some ware by the buttons, after all I’ve used it for more than ten years! It comes with a copy of the owners manual and service manual and an extra sled motor belt (this was the only part that had to be replaced after a couple of years). The owner’s manual looks like it was typed on a typewriter! This would be a nice conversation piece for anyone into vintage car audio. There is no reserve, but starting bid is $25.00, a far cry from the $760 I paid for it in 1987! I don’t have the box any more unfortunately, I remember it had the price tag on it. My dad thought I was nuts paying that kind of money for it, hence the reason I’ve had it so long. Winning bidder to pay shipping costs. I reserve the right to refuse any bidder who has excessive negative feedback.