What I Want For My Next Music Player
Posted on October 30th, 2008 by timalmond
I currently have an old Creative Music Player which I use in my car, but there’s a couple of problems with it:-
- It’s not easy to control. The controls for track selection are on the side, so I get in the car, switch it to random and go. Which sometimes might mean suffering something that doesn’t suit my mood.
- Lack of power. OK, I forget to take it out of the car and charge it up.
In addition, I’d like a really simple way to get tracks to it, such as by wireless, so I can transfer straight from my PC to the car.
What’s getting me wondering is whether there’s a way of putting a netbook like an Eee in the car with the display somehow mounted in the dash. Add a USB GPS and you’ve got a route finding, music, and when not driving, web surfing, email and all that. If anyone’s heard of something like this, I’d love to hear about it.
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The answer is, come over to The Dark Side and by an iPod, load up the music from your computer and buy one of those car radio thingies into which you plug said iPod. Of course, you will probably need to take out the iPod to recharge it, but hey.
Or you can do the cheap and cheerful route with MP3 CD’s.
Hi Mark,
I popped in for a chat at a Toyota dealership and I think they’ve got the answer to my problems, which is an iPod integration kit. It’s quite a lot of money, but it allows track selection via the existing controls as well as keeping it charged.
I’m now waiting for January when the new Avensis comes out, which should see current second hand models take a bit of a hit.