I was thinking of getting an mp3 player to hook up to my car before but I
got to wondering, are there any MP3 players out there designed solely for
automobile use?  I couldnt find anything on crutchfield, bestbuy or circuit
city .com and don't know where else to look.

I'm planning on installing a couple of amps to my F-150, but thought that
I'd come to you guys for a little advice before just grabbing something off
the shelf.
I'll also be replacing the stock speakers in the doors and rear of the

After reading several posts over the last year or so I still am a bit
confused as to what frequencies should be considered sub-bass,
mid-bass, midrange, and high frequencies. I thought it would be
interesting to get some opinions from everyone into one post. I have

I have a factory stereo in my Ford ranger and recently the volume has
started going up and down on it's own. When the volume knob is turned 3/4
or higher, the problem rarely happens, but at 1/4-1/2 volume the problem
is almost constant. Is the head unit hosed?

Since I'm having trouble finding someone in the area to upgrade my
alternator I have been looking at caps on eBay as a temporary band-aid.
I've noticed some inexpensive caps with high farad claims and was
wondering if anyone here has had experience with some of the lower cost

I use a SIR-ALP1 for my Sirius radio into an Alpine 9827 via Ai-NET
connection.
Now I am in the market for an MP3 player to tie into the Ai-NET INPUT of
my SIR-ALP1 and play through my HU.

I know its kinda off topic.  But I have a raw fiberglass box I would like to
paint, but I don't know the process, and can't find a decent website or
anything.
Please explain in the best deatil you can!

First, I'm pretty stereo ignorant.  I have a 66 Pontiac Lemans which
don't want to cut the dash in.  I would like to disconnect the AM Radi
in it (leave it in place though), and build a standalone system usin
one of those portable radio/downloadable devices that everyone jog

Which ones? I'd like a list if at all possible - TIA.
Ideally, passive luminescent keycaps would be ideal vesus an actively
lighted KB which draws limited power and would probably be too bright.

I want to get a 20GB or higher MP3 player and feel that the iPOD is not
worth it,  What OTHER MP3 players in this size category are out there and
worth looking at?

Obviously Variable Bit Rate is more efficient than Constant Bit Rate.
Anybody argue that "I'd NEVER use VBR?"

I have a question regarding Equalizers.
I am confused as to what the range of frequencies to be affected would
be, even if just one "band" was raised or lowered.
For example, lets take a 7-band EQ for explanatory purposes.

Any opinions on the quality / reliability of this 10 CD MP3 capable changer?
Toyota doesn't sell an MP3 capable stereo so a dealer has offered to install
this unit so the car I'm looking at can play MP3s. I can't find any reviews
on the changer and few reviews on any changer. I ...

This one is weird, but I'm hoping somebody will know the answer.  My X859
seems to be missing all the RDS, PTY and TI functions.  Holding down PTY
does nothing (should bring up a menu), also in the setup menu, there should
be an option to turn on the TI on, but it skips over that ...

Like many of you, over the past few years I have switched from listening to
CD's to now almost exclusively listening to MP3's.  All my MP3's have a
sampling rate of 128 or higher, and generally speaking I am pleased with the
sound quality.