Re: Re: Wireless In-Car MP3?

[Mal Lansell <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If I have a wireless PDA, then I don't need the iPod, except perhaps as
an expensive interface to thee head unit!
The thing I have in mind would be permanently installed - not a
collection of portable devices plugged together (and probably left on
the passenger seat!)

Mal


Simon Rafferty wrote:

>You can wire a wireless PDA to an iPod (via the usb) and use that.
Alpine have just produced a new box to let you connect and control an iPod
via an AINet 2004 headunit. So in theory u could connect an ipod, a
wireless pda and an alpine head unit and do what you want.
>
>Simon
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Ben Geach
>  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>  Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:25 PM
>  Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Wireless In-Car MP3?
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>  Sounds like a fully integrated Carputer is what you want with
wireless lan :-)
>
>  > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Mal Lansell <mlansell@f...> wrote:
>  > > I'm wondering if anyone knows of such a beast...
>  > >
>  > > I was sitting here while burning a CD to listen to in the
car on
>  > the way
>  > > home from work that it might be an idea to buy a car stereo
that
>  > could
>  > > play MP3 disks (so I wouldn't have to burn so many disks!).
>  > >
>  > > Then I thought why not connect a portable Mp3 player
instead - I
>  > could
>  > > download music to it and have different tunes each day
without
>  > having to
>  > > burn disks at all.
>  > >
>  > > _Then_ I thought, well wouldn't it be cool if the player
had a
>  > wireless
>  > > lan connection - I could grab music from my home network
before
>  > setting
>  > > off in the morning, and not have to keep bringing the thing
indoors
>  > (the
>  > > player not the car) to be plugged into the PC.
>  > >
>  > > I know I could do this with a Wireless PDA, but is there
anything
>  > that
>  > > can be permanently fitted to the car that would do that
same thing?
>  > >
>  > > If not, there's a gap in the market for someone to fill!
:-)
>  > >
>  > > Mal
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