I have built up a collection of Radio 4 and Radio 7 programmes on my PC
which are stored as mp3 files. I wish to listen to these in my car.
Currently I record them onto audio cassette and then play these in the car
but I wish to move to a system which does not use cassette.

Can anyone recommend a solution?

I am looking at spending under £100 and am thinking about using either an
mp3 compatible CD walkman or an mp3 player with either a cassette adapter or
a wireless FM adapter. I would like to power a player from my cigarette
lighter.

A major requirement is that the player 'remembers' where it was in a
recording between car journeys in the same way a cassette does. I do not
want to have to listen / fast forward through a 30 minute programme to find
the point where I left off listening.

TIA

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David White
Somerset, UK
www.whitezoo.com

On Sat, 28 Feb 2004 20:32:25 -0000, "David White"
wrote:

I have built up a collection of Radio 4 and Radio 7 programmes on my PC
which are stored as mp3 files. I wish to listen to these in my car.
Currently I record them onto audio cassette and then play these in the car
but I wish to move to a system which does not use cassette.

Can anyone recommend a solution?

I am looking at spending under £100 and am thinking about using either an
mp3 compatible CD walkman or an mp3 player with either a cassette adapter or
a wireless FM adapter. I would like to power a player from my cigarette
lighter.

A major requirement is that the player 'remembers' where it was in a
recording between car journeys in the same way a cassette does. I do not
want to have to listen / fast forward through a 30 minute programme to find
the point where I left off listening.

TIA
My own rather clumsy solution to this is to use an old laptop, since I
store a lot of RealPlayer stuff, and portable/walkman audio thingies
tend not to have the required decoder, and I can't always be bothered
to rip ra/rm to wav to mp3.
BTW, I've a handy little stereo FM transmitter, bought a while back
off EBAY. Just search for nice+FM+stereo+Transmitter, and it still
appears there from time to time. Does the job from laptop or portable
MP3/CD player -all around the car (or home).

Good Luck !

L.

In message , Lukagain Cos
Thistlebounce writes
I've a handy little stereo FM transmitter, bought a while back off
EBAY. Just search for nice+FM+stereo+Transmitter, and it still appears
there from time to time. Does the job from laptop or portable MP3/CD
player -all around the car (or home).

Is that legal, in the UK?
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"The Internet is a reflection of our society[ ...]. If we do not like what we
see in that mirror the problem is not to fix the mirror, we have to fix
society." Vint Cerf

On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:23:26 +0000, Andy Mabbett wrote:

Is that legal, in the UK?

I think not, but the range is small enough for it to ought to be.

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On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:23:26 +0000, Andy Mabbett
wrote:

In message , Lukagain Cos
Thistlebounce writes
I've a handy little stereo FM transmitter, bought a while back off
EBAY. Just search for nice+FM+stereo+Transmitter, and it still appears
there from time to time. Does the job from laptop or portable MP3/CD
player -all around the car (or home).

Is that legal, in the UK?

Hmmmm - perhaps a shade less legal than going to war against Iraq.

Andy Mabbett wrote:

In message , Lukagain Cos
Thistlebounce writes

I've a handy little stereo FM transmitter, bought a while back off
EBAY. Just search for nice+FM+stereo+Transmitter, and it still appears
there from time to time. Does the job from laptop or portable MP3/CD
player -all around the car (or home).


Is that legal, in the UK?

No.

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Now playing: Reel Big Fish - Beer [320kbps mp3]

In message , Nick J.
writes
Andy Mabbett wrote:

In message , Lukagain Cos
Thistlebounce writes

I've a handy little stereo FM transmitter, bought a while back off
EBAY. Just search for nice+FM+stereo+Transmitter, and it still
appears there from time to time. Does the job from laptop or
portable MP3/CD player -all around the car (or home).
Is that legal, in the UK?

No.


However, a modulator that gives similar results but is hardwired, is...
http://www.raysmith.co.uk/FMModulator.htm
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Tom Harvey wrote:

In message , Nick J.
writes

Andy Mabbett wrote:

In message , Lukagain Cos
Thistlebounce writes

I've a handy little stereo FM transmitter, bought a while back off
EBAY. Just search for nice+FM+stereo+Transmitter, and it still
appears there from time to time. Does the job from laptop or
portable MP3/CD player -all around the car (or home).

Is that legal, in the UK?

No.


However, a modulator that gives similar results but is hardwired, is...
http://www.raysmith.co.uk/FMModulator.htm

A "potentiometer for fine tuning". Sounds like a cheap VFO circuit board.

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Now playing: something else

I've owned one of those wireless transmitters for use with my Creative
Jukebox 3 & it was utter ****e. The signal would fade & boost as you moved
to changed gear, it would be affected by someone sitting in the passenger
seat & generally was not a lot of cop. I threw it away in the end & got a
cable wired into my 6000 series CD tuner. So my advice would be DONT get an
FM transmitter.

For £100 & less I would go down the CD based MP3 player route. I did own a
Diamond Riovolt (can't remember the model but it had an inline remote & was
the earlier model before the introduction of the 3 model range) which would
have done the trick for you - it could be set to resume playback at the
point at which it was stopped but I'm 99% sure you can't buy Diamond
products easily anyymore due to the parent company (Sonic Blue) going a bit
pear shaped. However, I've just done a search on Ebay & this is what I've
found:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tegory=15 054

This is exactly what you want! It's the newer version of the one I owned
and has got the inline remote with it, which is very handy indeed.

Failing that you've always got Argoos. There's 3 (2 Goodmans & a Philips)
showing on their site so you could always try them out & take them back if
they don't suit.

Hope that's given you some help :-)

Paul.





"David White" wrote in message
...
I have built up a collection of Radio 4 and Radio 7 programmes on my PC
which are stored as mp3 files. I wish to listen to these in my car.
Currently I record them onto audio cassette and then play these in the car
but I wish to move to a system which does not use cassette.

Can anyone recommend a solution?

I am looking at spending under £100 and am thinking about using either an
mp3 compatible CD walkman or an mp3 player with either a cassette adapter
or
a wireless FM adapter. I would like to power a player from my cigarette
lighter.

A major requirement is that the player 'remembers' where it was in a
recording between car journeys in the same way a cassette does. I do not
want to have to listen / fast forward through a 30 minute programme to
find
the point where I left off listening.

TIA

--

David White
Somerset, UK
www.whitezoo.com

In message , Paul Warnes
writes
CD based MP3 player

The Rio is also available from Amazon for GBP 40:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005EAWN/202-9094111-9371035

but note that there are some negative reviews.
--
Andy Mabbett
"The Internet is a reflection of our society[ ...]. If we do not like what we
see in that mirror the problem is not to fix the mirror, we have to fix
society." Vint Cerf