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Old Dec 9, 2003 | 08:22 PM
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MCS question??

Was the MCS audio standard starting in 2000? Is that the year the ML got fiber optics? Thanks.
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Old Dec 10, 2003 | 10:07 AM
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Re: MCS question??

Originally posted by sura
Was the MCS audio standard starting in 2000?
Yes.

Is that the year the ML got fiber optics? Thanks.
No, that was 2001.
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Old Dec 23, 2003 | 12:36 AM
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they got the full D2B ring (fiber optics) in the 2002 modle year
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Old Dec 23, 2003 | 03:28 PM
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Originally posted by ML God
they got the full D2B ring (fiber optics) in the 2002 modle year
No, it was 2001. See this for more info.

My MCS is a 2001 model, and it has the fiber optic connector for the CD changer.

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Old Dec 23, 2003 | 04:21 PM
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No, it was 2001. See this for more info.
Yes you are right...I went back and looked it up....I got confussed with the 2000 MY

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