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pacaveli · 07-09-2005, 02:36 PM

hey i wanted to buy an in dash mp3 player, but i can't find one. All i can find is CD players that support MP3 format, does anyone have any suggestions or places to purchase a in dash car mp3 player?

Jinn · 07-09-2005, 03:33 PM

It took me a second of searching to realize.. how do you intend on getting the mp3s to play, if not on a CD? That's why they're MP3 compatible CD players, so you have a way to play them. If you want your MP3s in your car, I'd get a portable player (iRiver, iPod) and an FM broadcaster -- multiple uses that way.

However, iRiver is coming out with in-Dash players soon enough: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/12/2114210

skinnymofo · 07-09-2005, 07:10 PM

check this out
Rockford Fosgate Omnifi DMP1 20GB Jukebox Car Digital Media Player Kit
im planning on buying one of these soon
wifi to your computer and holds 20gigs of music

Bacchanal · 07-09-2005, 07:18 PM

Damn! I think I'll have to get one of those too. I have a Sony Xplod that is mp3 CD compatible, but I still end up running around with a bunch of disks in the console. That'd make things so much easier!
I had to bookmark that page...

cyrnel · 07-09-2005, 09:22 PM

WiFi and a hard drive is nice but it's getting pretty serious, and expensive. Been down the carpc road, and it isn't something I'd do for more than one vehicle.

I'd be happy if someone would just make a deck with a USB port. Let us use thumb-drives, or run a cable to a HD. Leave the damn CD's at home.

itch vaccine · 07-10-2005, 03:56 AM

Pioneer DEH-5750. Period.

catback · 07-12-2005, 06:23 AM

JVC has dvd headunits that will play mp3s on dvd. Either that or get a radio with an ipod interface and a ipod if you don't already have one.

Nelson · 07-12-2005, 07:33 AM

www.eclipse-web.com

In-dash CD/MP3/WMA disc players with smart media card. CD8445 and CD8455.
And theres a model in the AVN series that has a built in HD.

And there are several 'off brands' that are marketing in-dash removable HD systems. And I just saw another new brand marketing a unit with a USB port on the front. Once again - they are not name brand units and they are surely not prime manufacturers - so finding info may take some fishing.

ToiletDuck · 07-14-2005, 11:59 AM

Im curious, in newer vehicles with the factory alarm/killswitch design. How do you go about installing your own deck. Im afraid that if i pull out the factory unit that it will disable my truck? If thats the case then where would i go from there?

skinnymofo · 07-14-2005, 02:45 PM

mostplaces like car toys or bestbuy will install it into your car for free as long as you buy it there. would probably be much easier. or your deck may have a code (my car did) and it will just pop out

punx1325 · 07-14-2005, 09:12 PM

Alpine 7894 awesome and powerful deck. It's a damn shame they don't make it anymore. I'd recommend just getting an Ipod or something of that line. I just use my deck to plug in my Ipod now.

merkerguitars · 07-15-2005, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyrnel

WiFi and a hard drive is nice but it's getting pretty serious, and expensive. Been down the carpc road, and it isn't something I'd do for more than one vehicle.

I'd be happy if someone would just make a deck with a USB port. Let us use thumb-drives, or run a cable to a HD. Leave the damn CD's at home.

I saw one the other day at my local auto parts stores...usb port right on the front for that purpose...i might buy one only $70

keiichi451 · 08-08-2005, 09:56 PM

If you have a compatible car, you can use this MP3 harddrive in place of a CD changer with a factory head-unit.

www.phatnoise.com

Glory's Sun · 08-09-2005, 09:17 AM

damn.. that phatnoise box is pretty sweet.. just wonder if you could link more than one together.. 40gb isn't much

ratbastid · 08-09-2005, 09:33 AM

I just want a head with a 3.5 mil line-in jack so I can plug my iriver 40gb mp3 player straight in. Right now I use an FM transmitter in one car and a cassette adapter in the other.

sixate · 08-10-2005, 01:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ratbastid

I just want a head with a 3.5 mil line-in jack so I can plug my iriver 40gb mp3 player straight in. Right now I use an FM transmitter in one car and a cassette adapter in the other.

For $145 you can't beat this:
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAu...roductID=14582

biznatch · 08-26-2005, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cyrnel

WiFi and a hard drive is nice but it's getting pretty serious, and expensive. Been down the carpc road, and it isn't something I'd do for more than one vehicle.

I'd be happy if someone would just make a deck with a USB port. Let us use thumb-drives, or run a cable to a HD. Leave the damn CD's at home.

Yes. I agree. Why isn't the car mp3 business getting smarter? USB connectivity for HDs would be very nice.

biznatch · 08-26-2005, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sixate

For $145 you can't beat this:
http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAu...roductID=14582

Actually a friend of mine actually built an audio jack input on his dash radio, along with a switch to change from Radio/Aux/tape. Works perfectly, probably cost him 5 bucks...now all we have to do is figure out how to do it

07-09-2005, 02:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
pacaveli Psycho Location: MD	Car MP3 Players? hey i wanted to buy an in dash mp3 player, but i can't find one. All i can find is CD players that support MP3 format, does anyone have any suggestions or places to purchase a in dash car mp3 player? __________________ Check my blog out. Basically me talking about video games http://gginsights.blogspot.com/

07-09-2005, 03:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	It took me a second of searching to realize.. how do you intend on getting the mp3s to play, if not on a CD? That's why they're MP3 compatible CD players, so you have a way to play them. If you want your MP3s in your car, I'd get a portable player (iRiver, iPod) and an FM broadcaster -- multiple uses that way. However, iRiver is coming out with in-Dash players soon enough: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/12/2114210 __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

07-09-2005, 07:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
skinnymofo Addict ed to smack Location: Seattle	check this out Rockford Fosgate Omnifi DMP1 20GB Jukebox Car Digital Media Player Kit im planning on buying one of these soon wifi to your computer and holds 20gigs of music Last edited by skinnymofo; 07-09-2005 at 07:12 PM..

07-09-2005, 09:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	WiFi and a hard drive is nice but it's getting pretty serious, and expensive. Been down the carpc road, and it isn't something I'd do for more than one vehicle. I'd be happy if someone would just make a deck with a USB port. Let us use thumb-drives, or run a cable to a HD. Leave the damn CD's at home. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

07-10-2005, 03:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
itch vaccine Psycho Location: on my spinning computer chair	Pioneer DEH-5750. Period. __________________ "When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity." - Albert Einstein

07-09-2005, 07:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
Bacchanal Laid back Location: Jayhawkland	Damn! I think I'll have to get one of those too. I have a Sony Xplod that is mp3 CD compatible, but I still end up running around with a bunch of disks in the console. That'd make things so much easier! I had to bookmark that page...

07-12-2005, 06:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
catback Psycho Location: North America	JVC has dvd headunits that will play mp3s on dvd. Either that or get a radio with an ipod interface and a ipod if you don't already have one.

07-12-2005, 07:33 AM	#8 (permalink)
Nelson Tilted	www.eclipse-web.com In-dash CD/MP3/WMA disc players with smart media card. CD8445 and CD8455. And theres a model in the AVN series that has a built in HD. And there are several 'off brands' that are marketing in-dash removable HD systems. And I just saw another new brand marketing a unit with a USB port on the front. Once again - they are not name brand units and they are surely not prime manufacturers - so finding info may take some fishing. __________________ Nelson

07-14-2005, 11:59 AM	#9 (permalink)
ToiletDuck Insane Location: In beautiful (YOUR AREA)	Im curious, in newer vehicles with the factory alarm/killswitch design. How do you go about installing your own deck. Im afraid that if i pull out the factory unit that it will disable my truck? If thats the case then where would i go from there?

07-14-2005, 02:45 PM	#10 (permalink)
skinnymofo Addict ed to smack Location: Seattle	mostplaces like car toys or bestbuy will install it into your car for free as long as you buy it there. would probably be much easier. or your deck may have a code (my car did) and it will just pop out

07-14-2005, 09:12 PM	#11 (permalink)
punx1325 Junkie Location: San Diego	Alpine 7894 awesome and powerful deck. It's a damn shame they don't make it anymore. I'd recommend just getting an Ipod or something of that line. I just use my deck to plug in my Ipod now. __________________ If something seems too good to be true, then it probably is....

08-08-2005, 09:56 PM	#13 (permalink)
keiichi451 Upright	If you have a compatible car, you can use this MP3 harddrive in place of a CD changer with a factory head-unit. www.phatnoise.com

08-09-2005, 09:17 AM	#14 (permalink)
Glory's Sun Registered User	damn.. that phatnoise box is pretty sweet.. just wonder if you could link more than one together.. 40gb isn't much

08-09-2005, 09:33 AM	#15 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	I just want a head with a 3.5 mil line-in jack so I can plug my iriver 40gb mp3 player straight in. Right now I use an FM transmitter in one car and a cassette adapter in the other.