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Car Forum / Jeep / July 2004Compact Flash audio player?
Hi, Has anyone heard of a in-dash auto radio unit that can play digital music files from a Compact Flash card? My CD player in my Jeep is biting the dust, it skips on the slighted bump in the road, and it's the replacement...a JVC marine unit. I'm wondnering if there is such a beast that can play right off of a CF card...no moving parts, no skipping. Just wondering, since I have a couple 256MB CF cards for my digital camera, one of those would hold about 3.5 hours of CD-spec digital music. Google came up short, though there's a lot of external MP3 players that use CF cards... -- --- Matt Macchiarolo mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net AIM screen name RTI1182 > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net > AIM screen name RTI1182 check this link out: http://tinyurl.com/5m8m7 Hope this helps.. Adonis Why don't you get one a tape deck, an mp3 player, and a car adapter kit. MP3 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1056281016670&skuId=5720213&productCa tegoryId=pcmcat10200050002&type=product car adapter http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2197594&cat=4534&type=19&d ept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3983%3A4534 That's my half cent advise. Hope it helps. Robert R. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net > AIM screen name RTI1182 This: http://www.logjamelectronics.com/auxchry.html is a far better solution than a tape adapter if you have/can get a recent model year radio with CD changer controls. n. > Why don't you get one a tape deck, an mp3 player, and a car adapter kit. > MP3 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1056281016670&skuId=5720213&productCa tegoryId=pcmcat10200050002&type=product > car adapter http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2197594&cat=4534&type=19&d ept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3983%3A4534 > That's my half cent advise. Hope it helps. > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net > > AIM screen name RTI1182 Not gonna spend 60$ to be able to play tapes.... Nick > This: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Why don't you get one a tape deck, an mp3 player, and a car adapter kit. > > MP3 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1056281016670&skuId=5720213&productCa tegoryId=pcmcat10200050002&type=product > > car adapter http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2197594&cat=4534&type=19&d ept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3983%3A4534 > > That's my half cent advise. Hope it helps. > > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > > mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net > > > AIM screen name RTI1182 Um, it's not really for tapes. It plugs into the back of the head unit where the CD changer would normally plug in. It changed the CD changer control to an AUX input. I play my iPod through it. I suppose you could play tapes through it (or minidisc or portable CD player, or...) but that'd be a slightly over engineered solution. n. > Not gonna spend 60$ to be able to play tapes.... > Nick [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > Why don't you get one a tape deck, an mp3 player, and a car adapter kit. > > > MP3 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1056281016670&skuId=5720213&productCa tegoryId=pcmcat10200050002&type=product > > > car adapter http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2197594&cat=4534&type=19&d ept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3983%3A4534 > > > That's my half cent advise. Hope it helps. > > > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net > > > > AIM screen name RTI1182 > Um, it's not really for tapes. It plugs into the back of the head unit > where the CD changer would normally plug in. It changed the CD changer > control to an AUX input. I play my iPod through it. I suppose you could play > tapes through it (or minidisc or portable CD player, or...) but that'd be a > slightly over engineered solution. > n. I do the same thing, with a much cheaper RCA Lyra. $50 including the player got it done, and it plays about 2 1/2 hours of great audio. It uses the format one size smaller than compact flash, though-the security card format or whatever that cameras use. Matt Hi Matt, Looks like you've got a wait, it doesn't seem to be part of Crutchfield's stuff, they're selling the card, computer set up to High Definition Television: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-ZJxe9psg59a/cgi-bin/prodgroup.asp?s=0&cc=01&g=19015 0&est=&search=CompactFlash+player But I can't find anything under car video audio: http://www.crutchfield.com/S-ZJxe9psg59a/cgi-bin/ProdSearch.asp?Search=auto+cd+p layer&Go.x=8&Go.y=9 Are you sure you can three and half hours play time out of one card? God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net > AIM screen name RTI1182 A 256megabyte card, CD audio is approximately a little more than 1mb per minute, so 3 1/2 is a conservative estimate. Mp3 would be much, much more. But I don't like the way Mp3's sound, but I guess in the Jeep it wouldn't matter, I just want to stop the skipping. The cards are relatively expensive ($75 for a 256) but they are reusable. > Are you sure you can three and half hours play time out of one > card? [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net > > AIM screen name RTI1182 Hi Matt, I wish I spent more time reading up on the digital camera, instead of arguing here. I bought the kids digital movie cameras that use both a tape and memory card, and the TV DVD recorder that records a hundred hours for later viewing, then burn to disk if they like, in hopes the would begin to convert to disc. I have the same equipment, but the thought of converting over a thousand hours of home movies is overwhelming! At least I recorded my 8 mm. God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:LWHughes3rd@aol.com http://www.billhughes.com/ > A 256megabyte card, CD audio is approximately a little more than 1mb per > minute, so 3 1/2 is a conservative estimate. Mp3 would be much, much more. > But I don't like the way Mp3's sound, but I guess in the Jeep it wouldn't > matter, I just want to stop the skipping. The cards are relatively expensive > ($75 for a 256) but they are reusable. I had the same thought this week as my CD is becoming very balky. It's a brilliant idea, and I was sure that someone has done such a thing. Alas, I guess not. Myself, I'd prefer an SD card, since I got em for my magellan, my PDA and my camera. There has got to be something out there... > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Google came up short, though there's a lot of external MP3 players that use > CF cards... I looked for the same thing and compromised with a deck that plays MP3's on a CD-R. I can get 150+ songs on one cd-r, and by putting it on random play it's like the radio with no commercials. Daren McMorris > I had the same thought this week as my CD is becoming very balky. > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Google came up short, though there's a lot of external MP3 players that use > > CF cards... Thanks; I think we are trying to get away from mechanicals entirely. Dust gets inside and jams up mechanisms, severe bumps make skips and head crashes (fatal for any hard drive.) My cd Player won't eject CD's since our last trail ride. I just want a solid state solution with no moving parts beyond the control knobs. I don't care if it only holds as much as my CD's currently do. > I looked for the same thing and compromised with a deck that plays MP3's on > a CD-R. I can get 150+ songs on one cd-r, and by putting it on random play [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > use > > > CF cards... Saw that too but I was looking for something with no moving parts... > I looked for the same thing and compromised with a deck that plays MP3's on > a CD-R. I can get 150+ songs on one cd-r, and by putting it on random play [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > use > > > CF cards... I dont' recall any that do CF, but I think Sony has one that will take a Magic Gate memory stick. If you are looking for no skips and don't want to try an external unit like an iPod try the Kenwood Music Keg. It docks to your home computer with USB and the unit for the car interfaces like a CD chager would. The removable part is nothing more than a 2.5" laptop hard drive enclosed in a case. Notebook HDs are rated for a certain amount of shock when transporting, unlike more fragile desktop 3.5" drives that usually sit immobile all the time. You will need a Kenwood head unit, then the Keg adds on to that. Info is here: http://www.kenwoodusa.com/excelon/excelonKeg.jsp Also if you do like the idea of an iPod but just want something that's integrated a little better, Alpine is coming out with an interface for the iPod that allows it's control via an Alpine head unit. It also plugs in to the CD changer socket of the head unit. Just plug it in and throw the iPod in the glove box and it gets charged too. http://www.alpine-usa.com/products/leading_technology/leading_tech_kca-420i.htm Shawn > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net > AIM screen name RTI1182 this is what I did, it works great and simple to use while on trail. No skips, un-interrupted music lasts longer than fuel. http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=rhahn77&p=E99D&AID=1660640&Pres=Y > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > mlmacchiarolo at comcast dot net > AIM screen name RTI1182 |
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