Car MP3 players

[Onge]

I thinking about buying an MP3 player for the car, so i dont have to mess about with CD's in and out of the car.

Any advice - are they good or not / what model is worth getting ?


Cheers

[Overseer]

i've got a clarion one.. its just a CD thing..

i filled a cd-rw with my favourite songs and a few albums months ago, it hasnt come out yet

[reserves]

Do you mean a CD/MP3 player or a straight hard disk based MP3 player?

[Onge]

Do you mean a CD/MP3 player or a straight hard disk based MP3 player?

A CD/MP3 player would be best, so i could play cd's if i wanted.
Cheers

[reserves]

Ok,

I have one of the older Kenwood CD/MP3 units and it works fine.

The 2 main things to look out for (IMHO) are:

1) Speed of access to tracks.
2) Navigation

My (old) kenwood takes about 5 seconds to read a MP3 disk when I insert it, i'm sure the newer models have improved a great deal.

Navigating through the folders/songs can be a bit of a pain.

My advice would be to burn a MP3 cd and take it down to Halfords, try out a bunch of head units, decide what you like (speed/naviagtaion) and then order it online!

R

[DubFan]

I've got a Sony CD/MP3 unit and it's superb. I now just have 1 or 2 cd's the the car filled with cool mp3s.
And if you use CDRWs you can just re-use the disc when you get bored of that collection.

I think mine is the CDX140, part of the Xplod range. Fairly cheap too, about ?160.
The speed of track change is ok, but it's a bit slow to display the actual track name.
You could try some of the car audio places, I know of a few local to me that have some units set up. Otherwise Halfords is a good bet.

[Onge]

Sounds good,

I want to avoid having a car full of CD's that end up looking like someone has used them as a scateboard.

Is there a portable MP3 that transmits a signal to your car radio, so you can use any car radio? i saw something on e-bay today, but sounds a bit star trek

[DubFan]

Yeah, there are radio adaptors for the iPod so that you can transmit the audio from your iPod directly to your radio.
I presume you can get them for other mp3 players too.

I'm not sure about the legality of them since they use the normal (regulated) FM band, but since they are low power, they probably get round it in some fashion.

Everythingipod.com has a Belkin version for a reasonable price, check this page for details http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201526&pcount=&Product_Id=166893

[reserves]

The Belkin one is better than the iRock so go for that (however it only works with the iPod)

If you have a tape player the cassette adaptors are much more reliable.

Also check if your stereo has a 'Aux in' or you can get a lead here http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/default.php?cPath=73_7_697

then you can plug the iPod straight in.

oh, and as far as Mp3 players go the iPod is really the only option...

[Onge]

Cheers guy's

I'll look into these options.
Less chance of getting stolen as the device will not be left i the car.