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Thread ID: 114168	2010-11-20 22:37:00	Buying an iPod	Beemer (6956)	PC World Chat

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1154961	2010-11-21 05:55:00	I know sweet FA about MP3 players too! The stereo is a pretty basic one, not even sure it has any sockets you could plug stuff into. the other problem is, the car battery gets disconnected overnight (otherwise it seems to run the battery flat) so I don't want anything that will be a pain in the butt with that. As you are probably aware, I don't know much about loading music onto players so will be asking someone who has one once we decide which way to go! Thanks for all the suggestions so far.	Beemer (6956)
1154962	2010-11-21 06:45:00	Go for a ipod nano 8gb (not the touch screen one yuk!). Easy and simple to operate. If your stereo is old chances are it has a tape slot, then you could use one of these www.trademe.co.nz it just plugs into the headphone slot. iPods are real easy to get music onto you just install itunes (if you don't have it already from here: www.apple.com). You open iTunes put your CD in it will ask you if you want to copy it, you click yes. It copies. You plug in your ipod and it automatically copies the music onto it. TADA!	icow (15313)
1154963	2010-11-21 08:33:00	Personally, I'd go for a new car stereo, iPods are better for personal listening IMO (i.e. in your pocket all day). Not saying they're bad for cars, just a bit overkill. Just brought a new Panasonic CQ-RX320W ("") from norman ross a week or two ago, picked it up for $148 IIRC (maybe $145). Has an aux input, and plays MP3s on USB drives. Also has support for radio data, some stations broadcast it, it shows the title of the song, station name, etc etc. Only thing is that, when playing from USB, it sorts all folders and subfolders into one number, so, for example, root/album1/disc1 would show as 001, root/album1/disc2 as 002, root/album2/ as 003. Confusing, a little, but it can be configured to show the folder names, but it won't sort by them. That very minor issue aside, it's pretty rock solid so far. Although if you disconnect the battery every night, it would wipe all presets, settings, etc. No need to spend hundreds on an iPod when a flash drive can do more or less the same thing. For reference, a high-quality MP3-encoded album (VBR 320Kbps) weighs in at roughly 162Mb for 1 hour 7 minutes.	ubergeek85 (131)
1154964	2010-11-22 08:17:00	[edit: spam removed]	Crystal015 (15968)
1154965	2010-11-22 08:28:00	Any brand of car stereo that has a audio in, and a Sony Mp3 player is much better than an iPod in my view. Then you just buy the connecting cable at Dick Smith.	Twelvevolts (5457)
1154966	2010-11-22 09:42:00	Right, will look at all the options - the car stereo only has a radio and CD player and it's a brand I've never heard of so it's not that fantastic! Sounds like an updated stereo and an MP3 player or the like could be an option. Will see if we can find people with both so we can quiz them on how they work and how they like them. Thanks for all the help so far.	Beemer (6956)
1154967	2010-11-22 10:41:00	I'd go with a headunit that can read high-capacity SD cards or USB flash drives (my friend has one, it's very good)	Agent_24 (57)
1154968	2010-11-26 09:39:00	Spam much?	Agent_24 (57)
1154969	2010-11-26 19:30:00	If your car stereo system includes a USB slot, you could get a plain jane dick smith usb compatible mp player and load that up and plug that in. I carry one from Dick Smith with me, I can plug it into the laptop at a hotel or when I get a rental car I can either plug it directly into the USB or audio in on the car stereo. No tech experience required.:clap	PinoyKiw (9675)
1154970	2010-11-26 21:32:00	The problem I have found with a CD of MP3's is the time taken for the head unit to read the entire CD before it can start playing, sometimes 6 or 7 minutes, and the damn things (at least the ones I used) always reverted back to the start of the disc when the ignition was turned off and played the same pattern when on "random". Meaning I never got to hear 90% of the tracks. I have had a much better experience with a head unit that had an SD slot, But I never loaded her with more then a GB of tracks. Like Snorkbox, I also do not encounter the problems described by Metla. We have Sony and Panasonic mp3 players in our cars and a Panasonic in our kitchen - all take only about 5 - 10 seconds to first 'read' the entire CD of Mp3's, can jump to different folders, and will return to the exact part of a track after the system is turned off.	Strommer (42)
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