Easy way to play MP3's in your car
07-31-2001, 12:31 AM
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Easy way to play MP3's in your car
I have a large amount of MP3's loaded on my laptop and I was suddenly stuck with an idea this morning. I have an old Sony Car Discman, and I connected the "fake" cassette tape device that I used to plug my Discman into my car's cassette player (back in the day before I had an in-dash cd player)and plug it into the headphone jack on my laptop. Bang!!! Instant sound from my laptop through my car speakers.
I have a pretty lightweight IBM Thinkpad that easily sits in my passenge seat or on the floorboard. The sound quality is pretty good. Sure, having an in-dash MP3 player would be nice, but connecting my laptop is just as easy and provides a lot more memory and disk capacity to store a lot more MP3's than most MP3 players alone. You can use a free tool like Real Jukebox to manage your playlists.
Just an idea for those of you with laptops.
I have a pretty lightweight IBM Thinkpad that easily sits in my passenge seat or on the floorboard. The sound quality is pretty good. Sure, having an in-dash MP3 player would be nice, but connecting my laptop is just as easy and provides a lot more memory and disk capacity to store a lot more MP3's than most MP3 players alone. You can use a free tool like Real Jukebox to manage your playlists.
Just an idea for those of you with laptops.
07-31-2001, 12:33 AM
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Hm, or you could pay $150 for a discman that plays CDs and MP3 CDs, pretty sweet, 10 hours on one CD 
I am planning on getting one.
Im sure you're laptop looks cooler and can store more songs, though.
I am planning on getting one.
Im sure you're laptop looks cooler and can store more songs, though.
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Originally posted by filly:
<STRONG>Hm, or you could pay $150 for a discman that plays CDs and MP3 CDs, pretty sweet, 10 hours on one CD
I am planning on getting one.
Im sure you're laptop looks cooler and can store more songs, though.</STRONG>
<STRONG>Hm, or you could pay $150 for a discman that plays CDs and MP3 CDs, pretty sweet, 10 hours on one CD
I am planning on getting one.
Im sure you're laptop looks cooler and can store more songs, though.</STRONG>
07-31-2001, 01:40 AM
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Originally posted by z28typeSWRXkid:
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his idea is much better</STRONG>
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his idea is much better
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07-31-2001, 01:54 AM
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should've jsut gotten a cd burner and burned mp3s into a cd (pack of 100 for what, $30 nowadays).
that way, you don't need to have anything else in the car and still have cd quality.
that way, you don't need to have anything else in the car and still have cd quality.
07-31-2001, 02:50 AM
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Originally posted by mrdeeno:
<STRONG>should've jsut gotten a cd burner and burned mp3s into a cd (pack of 100 for what, $30 nowadays).
that way, you don't need to have anything else in the car and still have cd quality.</STRONG>
<STRONG>should've jsut gotten a cd burner and burned mp3s into a cd (pack of 100 for what, $30 nowadays).
that way, you don't need to have anything else in the car and still have cd quality.</STRONG>
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07-31-2001, 03:09 AM
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Not only that (MP3s), forget video on the navi screen. You could play DVDs on the laptop and have a 15" screen to watch them on!
LarryB is right though- this setup will probably get cumbersome pretty quickly...
LarryB is right though- this setup will probably get cumbersome pretty quickly...
07-31-2001, 06:57 PM
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I don't mean to brag but...
Might I direct your attention to my own MP3 setup... (click below)
http://www.acura-cl.com/cgi-bin/ulti...&f=13&t=000168
Here, you get 30 GIGs of storage space and all your own music..easy to transfer songs from PC to CAR and NO COMMERCIALS!!
Might I direct your attention to my own MP3 setup... (click below)
http://www.acura-cl.com/cgi-bin/ulti...&f=13&t=000168
Here, you get 30 GIGs of storage space and all your own music..easy to transfer songs from PC to CAR and NO COMMERCIALS!!
07-31-2001, 07:07 PM
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I've done the laptop thing a couple times on those long road trips to SoCal..
It makes sense to do it then.. but I wouldn't have that setup on a regular basis..
The sound is OK.. it is analog coming from your laptop on the headphone jack, so it is a bit muffled..
In about 5 years, almost all new cars will have some kind of digital media format player.. next year, VW is going to sell some cars with PDAs in them as a start.. pretty soon they will be fully integrated into the car..
It makes sense to do it then.. but I wouldn't have that setup on a regular basis..
The sound is OK.. it is analog coming from your laptop on the headphone jack, so it is a bit muffled..
In about 5 years, almost all new cars will have some kind of digital media format player.. next year, VW is going to sell some cars with PDAs in them as a start.. pretty soon they will be fully integrated into the car..
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Originally posted by PhatNastyCat:
<STRONG>I have a large amount of MP3's loaded on my laptop and I was suddenly stuck with an idea this morning. I have an old Sony Car Discman, and I connected the "fake" cassette tape device that I used to plug my Discman into my car's cassette player (back in the day before I had an in-dash cd player)and plug it into the headphone jack on my laptop. Bang!!! Instant sound from my laptop through my car speakers.
I have a pretty lightweight IBM Thinkpad that easily sits in my passenge seat or on the floorboard. The sound quality is pretty good. Sure, having an in-dash MP3 player would be nice, but connecting my laptop is just as easy and provides a lot more memory and disk capacity to store a lot more MP3's than most MP3 players alone. You can use a free tool like Real Jukebox to manage your playlists.
Just an idea for those of you with laptops.</STRONG>
<STRONG>I have a large amount of MP3's loaded on my laptop and I was suddenly stuck with an idea this morning. I have an old Sony Car Discman, and I connected the "fake" cassette tape device that I used to plug my Discman into my car's cassette player (back in the day before I had an in-dash cd player)and plug it into the headphone jack on my laptop. Bang!!! Instant sound from my laptop through my car speakers.
I have a pretty lightweight IBM Thinkpad that easily sits in my passenge seat or on the floorboard. The sound quality is pretty good. Sure, having an in-dash MP3 player would be nice, but connecting my laptop is just as easy and provides a lot more memory and disk capacity to store a lot more MP3's than most MP3 players alone. You can use a free tool like Real Jukebox to manage your playlists.
Just an idea for those of you with laptops.</STRONG>
I like this idea. My laptop is in my car anyways next to me through-out the whole trip. Why not spend an extra few minutes getting my list of MP3s flowing...
Thanks for the great idea!
07-31-2001, 08:28 PM
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Originally posted by WI CL TypeS:
<STRONG>Or connect a minidisk player up through the cassette adapter. I think those are liek 40+ hrs per disk, not sure though.</STRONG>
<STRONG>Or connect a minidisk player up through the cassette adapter. I think those are liek 40+ hrs per disk, not sure though.</STRONG>
Minidisk os not compressed audio....usually 60-90 minutes per disk.
oh, and the laptop idea....that's CHEESY!
07-31-2001, 11:57 PM
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I agree that the laptop isn't the "every day" solution, but it is an alternative for occassional usage.
The sound quality isn't any worse than if I throw a cassette in (which is basically never). One of these days I am going to get myself a CD-R. That will be the best and most inexpensive solution in the long run for me for taking control of my growing MP3 collection.
But for now, its "plug and play"
One thing I can confirm is this. For those of you who have seen "Fast & the Furious" it is not possible to turn your head and type on a laptop keyboard, while gunning your engine like Bo Luke, and not come close to plowing into Uncle Jessie.
Kind of like it's not possible to put on mascara (sp?) while driving in heavy traffic. Oh, wait that theory is disproven daily in Atlanta.
[ 07-31-2001: Message edited by: PhatNastyCat ]
The sound quality isn't any worse than if I throw a cassette in (which is basically never). One of these days I am going to get myself a CD-R. That will be the best and most inexpensive solution in the long run for me for taking control of my growing MP3 collection.
But for now, its "plug and play"
One thing I can confirm is this. For those of you who have seen "Fast & the Furious" it is not possible to turn your head and type on a laptop keyboard, while gunning your engine like Bo Luke, and not come close to plowing into Uncle Jessie.
Kind of like it's not possible to put on mascara (sp?) while driving in heavy traffic. Oh, wait that theory is disproven daily in Atlanta.
[ 07-31-2001: Message edited by: PhatNastyCat ]
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i saw an ad for an mp3 player (forgot what magazine) that looks like a cassette tape.
but you can even put it in your tape player and then play the mp3s from there too.
i think it's pretty expensive and is 32mb upgradable to like 64 or something.
but you can even put it in your tape player and then play the mp3s from there too.
i think it's pretty expensive and is 32mb upgradable to like 64 or something.
08-01-2001, 02:43 AM
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Originally posted by ruvz:
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Minidisk os not compressed audio....usually 60-90 minutes per disk.
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Minidisk os not compressed audio....usually 60-90 minutes per disk.
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And its Minidisc btw.
The new MD technology, MDLP, allows up to 400 minutes on one 80 minute MD.
08-01-2001, 11:52 AM
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Originally posted by filly:
<STRONG>Hm, or you could pay $150 for a discman that plays CDs and MP3 CDs, pretty sweet, 10 hours on one CD
I am planning on getting one.
Im sure you're laptop looks cooler and can store more songs, though.</STRONG>
<STRONG>Hm, or you could pay $150 for a discman that plays CDs and MP3 CDs, pretty sweet, 10 hours on one CD
I am planning on getting one.
Im sure you're laptop looks cooler and can store more songs, though.</STRONG>
Yup... that's what I'm doing now that I have a tape deck!!
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