Hi, The quality of my current headphone jack-to-cassette adapter is poor,
and so I am looking for a car radio that has a line-in, but either I am
not searching for the right phrases, or such a thing doesn't exist. I am
wanting to plug in any such device - walkman, minidisc, portable MP3
player, etc - so that I can listen to it through the car speakers.

Is there such a thing or must I put up with the cassette interface?

TIA.

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"Vigil" wrote in message
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Hi, The quality of my current headphone jack-to-cassette adapter is poor,
and so I am looking for a car radio that has a line-in, but either I am
not searching for the right phrases, or such a thing doesn't exist. I am
wanting to plug in any such device - walkman, minidisc, portable MP3
player, etc - so that I can listen to it through the car speakers.

Is there such a thing or must I put up with the cassette interface?

TIA.

Theres loads of headunits with line in or "audio in" as i'd call it. You
normally need to buy a lead to go with the headunit which is sometimes
costly this lead then allows rcas to be attatched. With alpine this lead
costs £20 bit i no with sony its over £50.
Dunno how others work but with alpine the lead connects to where the cd
changer would normally connect.
Line ins normally only come on higher end units. Think £150+

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Hi, The quality of my current headphone jack-to-cassette adapter is poor,
and so I am looking for a car radio that has a line-in, but either I am
not searching for the right phrases, or such a thing doesn't exist. I am
wanting to plug in any such device - walkman, minidisc, portable MP3
player, etc - so that I can listen to it through the car speakers.

Look for units that support Line In, AUX in, or EXT/Audio in.
As has been said normaly it is a line that uses the CD changer input.
Blaupunkt is a £10 lead, other like like Sony charge from £50-100
depending on what you want (the top model has two AUX ins, a USB AUX in
for laptops and digital players, plus a cd changer pass through)

Goodmans are the only budget brand you regularly see with line in
sockets but they tend to be on the front.
Some Pioneer and Alpines have them on the back but are pricey.
Nakamichi are very expensive, but both the standalone CD Headunits have
line in with RCA jacks on the back but look at £400+ for a basic
Nakamichi CD Headunit.
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 12:35:24 +0000, MeatballTurbo wrote:

Goodmans are the only budget brand you regularly see with line in sockets
but they tend to be on the front.

That's what I'm after. A standard 3.5mm stereo to 3.5mm stereo lead
doesn't cost that much (doesn't cost anything if you already have one
:-)). The cheapest one of these that I've seen is an SPLR4something for
around £50 at 'the local garage'. However, I will try another cassette
interface at first to see if the sound quality is good enough before
spending more money on extra equipment. Do you know if there is any real
difference in sound quality between the 3.5mm line-in and cassette? I have
heard that there isn't much difference at all, but am sceptical.

Thanks.

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Massive difference in quality

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says...
Do you know if there is any real
difference in sound quality between the 3.5mm line-in and cassette? I have
heard that there isn't much difference at all, but am sceptical.

Some cassette adaptors don't work with some players because of the way
the heads work in reverse on auto reverse.

I had one to use on a basic clarion Headunit with a goodmans CDwalkman.
you could hear the hiss/clicking of the cassette adaptor, something you
wouldn't hear from a half decent line-in. But it isn't bad. I've heard
of good results with FM modulators too, but it depends on the modulator,
I only managed to get it to a little hissy, other have gotten it ****
hot with the right modulator.
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My old crap box of a Renault 21 has Renault head unit (Phillips I think) and
it has a 3.5mm line in socket on the front which I play my portable cd
through. The quality is freat, except the level is much lower than the radio
so when I switch from Radio to the cd I have to yank the volume up quiet a
bit, then remember to turn it back down before I switch off otherwise I get
deafened next time I start the car!
So if you're after something cheap then why not go for a second hand unit.
Give ebay a good lookin at, loads on there.
Gareth

"Vigil" wrote in message
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On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 12:35:24 +0000, MeatballTurbo wrote:

Goodmans are the only budget brand you regularly see with line in
sockets
but they tend to be on the front.

That's what I'm after. A standard 3.5mm stereo to 3.5mm stereo lead
doesn't cost that much (doesn't cost anything if you already have one
:-)). The cheapest one of these that I've seen is an SPLR4something for
around £50 at 'the local garage'. However, I will try another cassette
interface at first to see if the sound quality is good enough before
spending more money on extra equipment. Do you know if there is any real
difference in sound quality between the 3.5mm line-in and cassette? I have
heard that there isn't much difference at all, but am sceptical.

Thanks.

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