Listening to mp3 recordings of radio progs in the car - Advice wanted
 

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

Listening to mp3 recordings of radio progs in the car - Advice wanted
 

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.

Listening to mp3 recordings of radio progs in the car - Advice wanted
 

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?
--
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

Listening to mp3 recordings of radio progs in the car - Advice wanted
 

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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Listening to mp3 recordings of radio progs in the car - Advice wanted
 

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.

Listening to mp3 recordings of radio progs in the car - Advicewanted
 

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.

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

Listening to mp3 recordings of radio progs in the car - Advice wanted
 

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____________________________________________ _______________
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Listening to mp3 recordings of radio progs in the car - Advicewanted
 

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.

--
Now playing: something else

Listening to mp3 recordings of radio progs in the car - Advice wanted
 

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

Listening to mp3 recordings of radio progs in the car - Advice wanted
 

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