RE: MD: MiniDisc in my car -- possible?
===BEGIN QUOTE= We've all discovered that FM modulators are no good. So I'll reverse the question: is there an affordable option to play MDs from my portable (R37) in my car, which has a factory CD player only? (I have no CD changer controls, BTW.) J. C. R. Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ===END QUOTE= Come on car-audio manufacturers! Wake up! There is room for an affordable car MD player unit WITHOUT TUNER here for these cars! These units should be car MD players that have their own amplifiers (or can connect to an outboard amplifier system) and have NO radio tuner. They should be designed to mount under the dashboard or in an auxiliary equipment bay in the dashboard and work without any need for a particular head unit rather than just being a slave "MD drive" to a head unit. Because there is no tuner in the unit, there is room for extra abilities like designing in an MD changer; large display suited to MD needs; and "add-on" facilities for the existing car stereo. This means that the existing OEM car stereo (which is often under-powered) can benefit from more power and access to extra speakers via a fader control. Also OEM stereos can benefit from features like cellular-telephone mute (the unit mutes or fades-down the volume on the OEM car stereo if the mobile phone rings or you place a call on the mobile phone) or a graphic equialiserwhich can improve the sound somewhat. This issue that was raised regarding MDs in a CD-equipped car is an issue also shared by people whose cars are equipped with older car stereos that are regarded as classics; like the Eurovox units made for the Australian market between 1980 and 1989; the Nakamichi cassette car stereos; the early Becker Mexico units installed in European cars between the late 70s and the mid 80s; any of the Blaupunkt "high-end" units or those classic Concords. This concept is a tried and tested concept which was successful in the form of those 8-track cartridge and cassette players that often had to be installed under a car's dashboard or in its console for that car to he considered classy during the 60s and 70s. It was also tried with success during the late 80s with the car CD players that were in vogue during that time. With regards, Simon Mackay - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MiniDisc in my car -- possible?
It depends how handy you are with a soldering iron. You could always remove the radio take off the cover and fit yourself a line in to the amp in your stereo. You would have to locate the point where the audio is fed into the power amp section of your radio, break the tracks at this point and fit a change over switch and a 3.5mm stereo jack. You could either break in before the volume control, allowing you to use the volume control on the radio, or after which would mean you'd have to use the volume control/headphones out socket on your MD. I'd reccommend breaking in before the volume control to avoid excess noise getting into the amp. This used to be a fairly simple operation when radios had analogue (pot) volume controls, as you could interupt the circuit at this point. It could be slightly more tricky if your radio has a digital volume control, but could be done with the relevant service manual or IC data sheets. This may seem like quite an extreame approach, but its the only way you will get decent sound quality. Cheers Jon __ Reply Separator _ Subject: MD: MiniDisc in my car -- possible? Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:4/18/00 8:29 AM We've all discovered that FM modulators are no good. So I'll reverse the question: is there an affordable option to play MDs from my portable (R37) in my car, which has a factory CD player only? (I have no CD changer controls, BTW.) J. C. R. Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
