Tape deck or CD

Mine is a Pioneer system. The head unit has a tape player (no CD). I am regretting this now as the tape has hardly had any use. And even with the 6 stacker, I often want to change to another CD.

Sam we have the pioneer 6 stacker under a seat, plus the original cd and tape unit...so if I get the chance to listen to a cd....I can....'S Rioghail Mo Dhream

having the Hilux, there was limited space under the driver or front passenger seats, so the stacker is mounted behind the bench seat at the back. Helps keep it out of the dirt and dust aswell, but has presented the problem of restricted access. i have thought about relocating it to the roof console, but i dont think it would fit.

We did a Sydney-Brisbane trip the other week, and achieved the 'ultimate'.

- Three boys in the back
- All watching DVDs on a laptop
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- Each with their own headset!

- Ma and Pa in the front - quiet chats - own music..

Another use for that laptop which is the 'GPS Accessory' off-road (and also at the time when you want the kids enjoying the great out doors - I'm happy for square eyes on the highway ;-)

ok..how did you plug the headset into the laptop..is there a jack you can get..coz that is what we're planning on doing either with our laptop or with an incar dvd....I'm with you...square eyes and a break from bananas is ok with me [for a while]....'S Rioghail Mo Dhream

You should have a standard 3.5mm ext audio jack (same as the ones on walkman headphones).

Then you need a couple of 3.5mm male to double 3.5mm female (ie double adapter) which you can get from Dick Smith. - Need one for each kid, less one.

ie four kids equals three jacks

Similar to ours Melissa.

The indash unit is pretty good, with the occassional skip . . . but our CD changer is pretty ordinary . . . I fact . . . I dont bother using it.

Tuco69...I'm MP3 illiterate but willing to learn...do you download all your MP3's or can you buy discs full of em as you would an ordinary CD?
Cheers...

mrdesmo - any music source can be converted to the MP3 or mp3Pro format provided you have the correct computer software. I use Jet Audio from http://www.jetaudio.com/ to 'rip' audio cd's to mp3Pro files which in turn I then burn to a compilation mp3 CD for playing in our stand alone DVD/MP3 player or in the vehicle.
MP3 files are usually only about 10% the size of CD Audio files or WAV files - so usually one can fit about 10 Audio CD's onto a single MP3 (data) disc. I usually arrange mine in directories (folders) by artist - as my JVC player with a remote can easily select directories that way. It can also be set to play random from within the directory or whole disc.
Some years ago I set about digitising my LP record and audio casette collection and now have a very large Audio CD collection - which I have also 'ripped' to mp3Pro. Mp3Pro is usually about 7% of the size of an audio CD, and I can usually fit between 12 and 17 CD's onto a single mp3Pro disc.
Mp3Pro will play in my JVC car audio player but will not play on all stand alone DVD players - even some with MP3 capability - it's a bit of trial and error to establish compatability.
My hard drives also have a large storage area of downloaded MP3 music - and it is very easy to create mp3 discs from these files.

Looks like its the CD player
Thank you all for your advice & assistance