Thread: incar music??

Sorry about talking simple, I am from Qld.

Originally Posted by jbarracl

Sorry about talking simple, I am from Qld.

No its a good thing , everyone talking about plugging their phone into their GPS that access' the internet that feeds the cat that operates the climate control that opens and close the shed..........

Originally Posted by rovercare

No its a good thing , everyone talking about plugging their phone into their GPS that access' the internet that feeds the cat that operates the climate control that opens and close the shed..........

ok now ya takin the pizz

http://www.clarion.com/au/en/product...866251876.html

even simpler than needing an FM transmitter, and you can go to bluetooth when the wowser effect wears off

or...

http://www.clarion.com/au/en/product...866286059.html

Originally Posted by EchiDna

ok now ya takin the pizz

http://www.clarion.com/au/en/product...866251876.html

even simpler than needing an FM transmitter, and you can go to bluetooth when the wowser effect wears off

or...

http://www.clarion.com/au/en/product...866286059.html

Looks good but I want to use it in numerous cars

Think I'm pretty sold on using an FM transmitter for simplicity, but not sure on whether an Ipod or what other options there are

Originally Posted by rovercare

Looks good but I want to use it in numerous cars

Think I'm pretty sold on using an FM transmitter for simplicity, but not sure on whether an Ipod or what other options there are

1 song = less than 1mb/minute of playing time, therefore a 10 hour journey requires less than 1gb of capacity.... 1gb (or more) mp3 players are a dime a dozen...

eg: http://www.auspcmarket.com.au search for IRocks in car mp3 player, costs $72, then search for USB flash drives - $99 will get you a 4gb, $140 will get 8gb... thats 70 hours or more of music for each 4gb ... so there ya go, simple, cheap, portable and for less than $200...

maybe Inc can provide the thumb drive so supporting him keeps this place afloat

ok I've skimmed over most of these pages so I'm sorry if I'm repeating what others have said.

I have and use an iPod Nano, I thoroughly recommend them. They use what's called "Solid State RAM" - that means that there are no moving parts inside.

The largest solid state player I am aware of at the moment is 8Gb. Anything over 8Gb and it's probably got a computer Hard Disk Drive in it (similar if not the same as the one in laptops).

Whilst players with Hard Disk Drives are good because they can store heaps more songs, there is a downside. Hard Disk Drives are mechanical, they contain moving parts - even worse they contain sensitive moving parts that spin and don't like getting bounced around voraciously, such as when you're travelling along corrugations in the outback.

Solid State devices don't care as they don't have any moving parts at all.

Pros and Cons either way. I prefer to have Solid State because I know I will be travelling in extremely rough terrain for extended periods of time and I want the confidence to know I can play my music regardless. I have a 4Gb iPod Nano and that contains 90% of my music collection - it was certainly enough to keep us occupied whilst we went on a 5 week trip up to Cape York last year.

However others prefer having a lot more space to store a lot more songs as well as other things (such as movies etc.). If you want to watch movies on your player then you need a Hard Disk Drive simply because the movies take up so much space. Personally I don't see the attraction to watching movies on a screen so small, especially when out camping - but it may keep your kids happy.

With regards to being able to play the music in car, well it depends on what radio you have in the vehicle. I have had experience with FM transmitters and personally have had little or no success with any of them. In fact I've got one sitting around here somewhere that I just don't use. One thing you need to be aware of when looking at FM transmitters is window tinting - today's window tinting is generally metallic and that screws up the signal badly. That's my experience, others may have had more success.

The radio in the defender has a tape deck and when I bought my first MP3 player 7 or so years ago it came with a "travel pack". One of the accessories in the travel pack was an tape adapter that you put in your car radio and it had a lead coming out of it that plugged into the line-out of *any* MP3 player. I am still using that little gadget today with my iPod and the radio in the defender - gives perfect sound (as perfect as the radio in the defender can give) as there is no signal loss because there is a direct connection to the tape deck in the vehicle.

An example of such a piece of equipment can be found by searching for "tape mp3 travel adapter" on google. Here's an example I found earlier - though I hold my doubts it's Apple and it's certainly not ipod specific like it implies by the title as it just plugs into the line-out / headphone jack of any mp3 device.

The reason I keep thumping on about being able to plug into any mp3 device is just because I like the iPod Nano doesn't mean you will and this gives you the freedom to use it on any mp3 player.

Great info there so an ipod nano will be the most robust with the largest storage capacity, I know the tape thing you speak of, problem is I have 1 CD player 1 MD player that no longer plays and another MD player when the plug arrives, hence the FM transmitter, the only thing I've had to do with them, is when I had another CD player that packed it in and only the tuner worked, my mate had an FM transmitter, so i tuned in and followed him the rest of the trip, seemed ok, except I had to listen when he scrolled through his choice in music

The FM transmitter seems cheap on ebay at around 25buck, might give 1 a go, can always bin it

Originally Posted by EchiDna

1 song = less than 1mb/minute of playing time, therefore a 10 hour journey requires less than 1gb of capacity.... 1gb (or more) mp3 players are a dime a dozen...

eg: http://www.auspcmarket.com.au search for IRocks in car mp3 player, costs $72, then search for USB flash drives - $99 will get you a 4gb, $140 will get 8gb... thats 70 hours or more of music for each 4gb ... so there ya go, simple, cheap, portable and for less than $200...

maybe Inc can provide the thumb drive so supporting him keeps this place afloat

Definately in the cheap and simple category, but what about control over which songs you listen to, doesn't look like much of a display