On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 06:32:03PM -0600, Steve wrote: > Yesterday I made the mistake of putting my Creative Nomad Muvo in my > back pocket. Needless to say my player is destroyed (I have a bony > butt). I've been looking at purchasing a new MP3 player, and only > have about $150 to spend on this purchase.
Why not another Muvo? I bought a Muvo2 at Fry's a few weeks back for $150, with a $40 mail-in rebate (I never consider the rebates when making a purchase decision though; I buy the product at the store price if I think it is a good price, and then I count it as luck if the rebate actually comes afterward). 5GB, FM receiver/recorder, built-in mic, ``mount -t vfat /dev/sda'' interface -- it's almost all a guy could want (sans Ogg...). Getting my short-range FM transmitter to do its job is another story. I picked up a Belkin transmitter for $25. I taped the transmitter to the roll bar in the hatch area of my car, inches from the antenna, and even then it's hit or miss with the reception (if a local station overpowers the transmitter, I lose the signal; that happens for about half of my commute to work). I have considered splicing the wire to the antenna, running a bare wire across the hatch and putting the transmitter right on top of it, but the madness has to stop somewhere. Maybe I'll break down and get a decent stereo with a front-input jack. Mike .___________________________________________________________________. The hokey pokey... What if that's really what it's all about?
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