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Cheap mp3 solution for the car
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 12:55 pm
by Patrick
Just ordered one of these for my car:
http://www.avtechsolutions.com/vfmp3.htm
Total cost:
$65 = $55 + $10 (512 meg usbdrive from radio shack)
Fire up bashpodder to download my favorite podcasts before I leave the
house and listen to them on my way to work.
Update:
This thing works pretty well. No problems so far. You have 8 FM
frequencies to choose from. The unit has volume controls, next & previous
tracks, play & stop buttons. The sound quality is pretty good. This along
with bashpodder is a winning combination!
Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 3:47 am
by mrben
Personally, I have a headphone-jack-to-tape adaptor (like what people use to attach CD players) and plug my existing mp3 player into my existing tape deck
<edit>just read the product description of this - didn't understand properly at first. _Very_ cool</edit>
Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 8:49 pm
by DaveQB
Very cool indeed. I want one!!
I wonder if they sell them here in Australia.
Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 7:06 pm
by The Caja Kid
A similar device is selling as the "MP3 on channel", potentially selling for a little less. These are neat, and likely to cost a little less in a few months I bet...
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 2:39 pm
by The Caja Kid
...and now they have these sorts of devices for <$30. Look for the "VR3 MP3 FM Modulator", available from Walmart mail order or Costco brick and mortar.
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:50 pm
by bosshoff
has anyone seen one that offers scanning, as in moving through a file?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 7:20 pm
by learnix
Now this is freaking cool. I have an ipod shuffle right now so it might work if I partition part of it to be a data drive and put the MP3s on that 1/2
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=3579125
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:08 am
by Gomer_X
That is pretty cool. I wonder if this is available in stores, or just online? I've got a CD player in the car, but with my USB drive I just don't carry CDs anymore.
This would work for me, and it's cheap.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:19 am
by bosshoff
Yeah, but it doesn't allow scanning, and it resets to the first song every time you start up your car again, which is lame. Basically, you get what you pay for.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:41 pm
by Guest
bosshoff wrote:Yeah, but it doesn't allow scanning, and it resets to the first song every time you start up your car again, which is lame. Basically, you get what you pay for.
I could live with that for the price. After some time it would get old but hopefully buy that time they will have something better out.
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:59 pm
by Patrick
The one I picked up goes for $35 now. Pretty good bang for the buck. Now all we need is one that plays ogg files!
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:57 am
by Patrick
I've had issues with certain podcasts that record with really high bitrates. The file plays for the first 10-15 minutes and then takes a dump. This has happened with episode 15 of TWIT and occasionally with DSC. The other issue is that these files are pretty huge(79 meg). I know they want to get good quality but eventually you hit the law of dimishing returns. Is the file encoded at 128 kps that much better than the one encoded at 32 kps? Especially when it comes to talk shows.
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:01 pm
by CptnObvious999
Patrick wrote:I've had issues with certain podcasts that record with really high bitrates. The file plays for the first 10-15 minutes and then takes a dump. This has happened with episode 15 of TWIT and occasionally with DSC. The other issue is that these files are pretty huge(79 meg). I know they want to get good quality but eventually you hit the law of dimishing returns. Is the file encoded at 128 kps that much better than the one encoded at 32 kps? Especially when it comes to talk shows.
Yeah thats why I get the 32Kbps OGG file