Is your car CD player not working ?
Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 12, 2014 at 13:43
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allein m
I am sure many of you know of these but for those who do not
do you have a old tape casset or broken cd player I have just been told of option that is now on the market
Car MP3 Player Wireless FM Transmitter USB SD Red LCD
you plug them into your cigarette power point and tune it into a radio station on the car radio
no buying new cd player and you just upload your music to a thumb drive or memory card
a much cheaper option I paid $12 on ebay with postage better than pulling the cd player our and replacing it repco also sell them at $50 pluss
I am not saying it is the best option but defiantly the cheapest option
Reply By: allein m - Wednesday, Mar 12, 2014 at 16:44
Wednesday, Mar 12, 2014 at 16:44
I was so annoyed at after buying a car with a premium sound system and no cd but apparently it a common problem with the ford
Broken Hill and often go to
mildura and
Adelaide with the car and radio reception is crap
so I was sweating a bit but when I was told about this option I was very happy
One major problem with living in a remote town is the selection of CD s if you want the latest songs you are fine but I prefer 60 and 70s music so this is a wonderfull I have spent the past two days searching and downloading lots of music that I like
so to me it is a win win
technology is moving so fast these days it is so hard to keep up with what is out there
But I wish they could improve the radio station signal strength and give us a decent phone service and I will be happy
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Follow Up By: Member - Keith B (QLD) - Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 at 09:44
Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 at 09:44
I bought one last month from Jaycar for $9.95 and it works a treat. Includes remote as
well!!!
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Reply By: Nargun51 - Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 at 16:59
Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 at 16:59
Had one for about 4 years in my old Disco and used it with an iPod until child # 1 "borrowed" it for her car. Great idea and basically a handy unit.
There was only 3 problems with it, which you probably wouldn't encounter if you were doing open road driving.
The first was it stuffed up my iPod's battery, as it was not fully recharging on my usual 20 minute drive and built up a memory in the battery. No problems if you're using an USB drive, but could be a problem if you're using it with a smart phone.
The second problem in traffic is that your radio (preset to a lower FM frequency) can pick up any locals FM stations on that frequency (usually tourist advice) as
well as your transmitter.
The third problem which occured in traffic quite often is that it will pick up similar units in cars within a cars length of you. You could change it to another frequency if you could be bothered but Doof Doof doesn't mix
well with Dire Straits
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Follow Up By: allein m - Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 at 17:30
Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 at 17:30
cool interesting i was not too sure about the range but you are correct we often drive to
Mildura and often you might see one or two cars
but sadly with most things built today they is always a negative and one just has to work out what is best option
I was told it would cost $400 to replace the ford CD unit and it might only work six months or 12 years the units were unreliable
I liked this option it only cost $12
have a good night
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