RE: In car MP3

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

I've got an Alpine CHA-634 6 CD changer in my boot which plays mp3s. It
supports all the stuff you'd expect CD-Text, VBR encoding etc. The only
limitation that mine has, is that in order to connect it up to my BMW
head unit (SatNav screen), I have to use an AI-Net -> MBus converter, and then an MBus to BMW converter. Unfortunately CD-text isn't supported over Mbus, so I just get track read-outs in the vein of 6-113! Doesn't
bother me though, I just listen to the stuff.

The best bit is that you can pick one up for around =A3230 quid, and
adapters can be sourced to connect it into most makes of car.

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Broughton [mailto:mail@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 October 2002 23:56
> To: UKHA Mailing List (E-mail)
> Subject: [ukha_d] In car MP3
>
> I've been looking into getting an MP3 player for the car (SWMBO said she
> wanted one!).
>
> What seems to make sense to me is to have a unit that's 'integrated' with
> the head unit (ie I don't want to have a separate control panel to
running
> an MP3 player which simply plugs into an AUX socket).  I'm expect= ing
to
> have
> to replace the current head unit to do this.  The first ones I lo= oked
at
> were Blaupunkt.  They play MP3 off CD.  I wanted more than o= ne CD
worth of
> MP3 to be permanently available though so I thought about adding a
changer
> in the boot.  I haven't been able to establish whether you can pl= ay
MP3
> out
> of the changer, I guess it depends what the changer sends to the head<= BR> unit
> (data or sound?) and whether the changer itself can decode MP3.
>
> Then I moved on to thinking that what I really want is something like<= BR> a
> DDAR/RIO with a radio and a hard disk built in, that fits in the DIN > enclosure.  Pioneer appear too do such a beast, but it's about 1.= 5K
and
> only
> has a 20G disk.  I don't see why I can't compromise and install t= he
disk
> drive remotely and have it 'spoof' a CD changer or something similar.<= BR> I
> have seen one such device, but had difficulty finding info on
compatible
> head units.
>
> Anybody got any recommendations?  Waiting for about 12 months is = the
best
> option I've come up with so far!
>
> Nick
>
>
>
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