RE: Cheapest Pronto

["Timothy Morris" <timothy.morris@xxxxxxx>]

Because BMWs now have head units which are built into the dash, so you
can't fit aftermarket stereos to them. The only way I'll be able to use
mp3 in the car is if they update the software in the head unit AND
produce an mp3 player that interfaces with it. I would have thought (I
may be wrong it happens now and again) that the easiest way to do this
would be to offer an alternative 6 disc CD changer that plays mp3s as
well as regular CDs.

I already get over 400 minutes of playing time with the current system.

Tim.

-----Original Message-----
From: Baker, R Keith [mailto:keith.r.baker@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 27 February 2002 12:07
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Cheapest Pronto

not sure where you are heading but ... and I've probably not read your
post right but ...

why would you want a BMW, in the boot, MP3 player?  I have an MP3
playing head unit and
10 hours play on one disk is enough for all my driving. I have been
playing the same disk for ages and just leave it in the player.

keith


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:58 AM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Cheapest Pronto
>
>
> Don't get me wrong, I think the stuff has its place - I would love BMW
> to produce an mp3 player to stick in the boot of my next car
> which will
> work with their integrated head unit.
>
> On the brief tests I've done playing through my Arcam DVD player at
> sensible bit-rates, mp3 is perfectly acceptable for wallpaper
> music. The
> limitations only show up when you sit in the "hot-spot" of a
> ridiculously overpriced Hi-Fi set up properly by someone who
> has far too
> much time on his hands.
>
> On the subject of car Hi-Fi, I've been told by a mate in the car trade
> that I'd be wise to fit the GPS/widescreen TV head unit in my
> next car -
> as with all the enquiries he gets for late model high spec cars the
> first question he is asked is "does it have satnav?". I just
hope that
> by the time they actually build the thing the price has
> dropped from the
> current 2 grand!
>
> Pisses me off. Fit it in a Ford it costs 400 quid. Fit it in a BMW - 2
> grand!
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 27 February 2002 11:35
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Cheapest Pronto
>
>
> > > Dunno ... Don't use Winamp or play MP3s through my HiFi.
> > >
> > > Phil
> >
> > Glad I'm not totally alone then <g>
> >
> > Tim
>
> Nope ... However I may start to do so for just background
> stuff as I was
> round at Paul Grahamsleys yesterday evening and he's doing
> that with his
> Fujitsu as a controller and for background stuff it's great.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
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