General Panda MP3 Player solution?

[pandissimo]

I've been looking for a way to get some choons into the Panda. The previous car had a Kenwood cd changer in the boot, held five CD's, played CD/R but not MP3. This is the 21st century and CD's are so last year. CD changers used to be nice, but they're a pain in the ass to fit. They also cost a stack. Started looking for a solution.

Here it is. It takes the headphone output from your iProd, or your 2 gig USB stick, or your SD card. Plays back by FM wireless into the car radio. You stick it in your ceegar lighter and out come Da Choons.

£29.95 from a FleaBay near you.....

 

[Highlander]

This wireless solution you talk about is a bigger pain it the ass.

1) These units have a range of up to 30yds, not everyone wants to listen to your music, thats if they are using the same frequency.

2) Not 100% sure, but the last I heard these units were deemed to be ilegal

3) Think of the poor sods who have 2 way radio's fitted in either van or truck, these units use some of their frequecy's. Just what your boss wants to hear some pillock playing the wombles greatest hits.

Did hear from one of our Auto Electricians that a lot of radio/cd players only require a software download to enable MP3 payback. Most units are fitted with an eprom

Cheers Ian.

 

[pandissimo]

This wireless solution you talk about is a bigger pain it the ass.

1) These units have a range of up to 30yds, not everyone wants to listen to your music, thats if they are using the same frequency.

2) Not 100% sure, but the last I heard these units were deemed to be ilegal

3) Think of the poor sods who have 2 way radio's fitted in either van or truck, these units use some of their frequecy's. Just what your boss wants to hear some pillock playing the wombles greatest hits.


Cheers Ian.

My God! Has anyone reported these villains to Ebay?

Imagine driving around playing the Wombles. It's too horrible to contemplate..

 

[Highlander]

LOLOL, I agree Panda M, but believe or not i've actually had it. M6 just north of Penrith, was passed by a Disco full of kids and was blasted by Wombliing Merry Xmas..........it was the last week in June.

Ian

 

[pandissimo]

LOLOL, I agree Panda M, but believe or not i've actually had it. M6 just north of Penrith, was passed by a Disco full of kids and was blasted by Wombliing Merry Xmas..........it was the last week in June.

Ian

You poor dear. It's horrible. HORRIBLE.

I met a Womble once. They smelled of sweat and used to hang around backstage smoking 'things'. You'd never believe it looking at their album covers.

I have to put up with my neighbours arriving home at 4am every Friday night, their car is fitted with one of those radios that you can't turn off, and sub-woofers the size of Mars in the back. Duh. Car drivers, eh?

 

[mark1962]

well blow ebay this time...i bought a cheepo unit (rock) via price drop tv it is a single slot cd/mp3 player with a front 3.5 mm aux input just perfect for my zen mp3 player it cost...£40 ...fitted it to my pajero now i dont have to bother carrying cds as the zen has 30gig capacity and runs for 12 hours between charge ups either by mains or usb

 

[Stuartl]

I've been using one of these FM units for the past 5 months with my MP3 player. It works between 106.2 and 107.9. Not to many radio stations in that area so little chance of bleeding onto someone elses radio.
They work grat if the radio is turned up a bit but if your playing low instrumental music the is a little back ground whistle. Poor supression. Tenner on Ebay. Does my job.

 

[pandissimo]

I've been using one of these FM units for the past 5 months with my MP3 player. It works between 106.2 and 107.9. Not to many radio stations in that area so little chance of bleeding onto someone elses radio.
They work grat if the radio is turned up a bit but if your playing low instrumental music the is a little back ground whistle. Poor supression. Tenner on Ebay. Does my job.

Womble Transmitter Outrage reaches UK:

Thousands of Britons who have bought iPod radio links should be able to use them legally for the first time from November, communications regulator Ofcom announced today.

FM transmitters such as the iTrip allow iPod users to play their music wirelessly over a nearby radio. The devices have proved popular in the US, where drivers can use them to play music over car stereos without cables.

But although the devices may be legally bought and sold in the UK, it has been illegal to use them because of a 1949 act that reserves certain sections of the radio spectrum for broadcast radio stations.

Using FM transmitters is tantamount to stealing from the radio companies to whom the government licenses the UK's radio spectrum, Ofcom said.

Steve Hawkins, managing director of the iTrip's UK distributor AM Micro, said that the company had only been allowed to sell the devices to retailers in recent months, although they first went on sale in the US in 2003.

"What's always been at the back of this whole thing is this act from 60 years ago - that's the reason they were illegal to use," he said.

"We're really pleased about it. With the timetable they've announced it should be around in time for the run-up to Christmas."

An Ofcom spokeswoman said that the transmitters could be excluded from the 1949 provisions because they were so low-powered that they could only affect radios within a few metres of the iPod.

Don Foster, the Liberal Democrat culture spokesman, said: "I am delighted that Ofcom have ended this ludicrous ban based on 1940s legislation. This decision by Ofcom will not only regulate a booming black market and provide the country with valuable tax revenue, but also enable the iPod generation to enjoy their music using the latest gadgets."


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[Jai]

or when you order your new panda, have "blue and me" ticked on the options box

 

[hmallett]

Is Blue and me available on the Panda?
H

 

[chrisfunk]

Steve Hawkins, like the guy who knows everything about the universe
and sounds like a transformer?

all that brain power and he comes up with an ipod add on, what a waste!

look on ebay for a those cd head units with sd card slots, mostly unbranded or some random japanese make like procdplayerwakataka but some of them look really cool.

 

[Highlander]

If they can keep the transmission radius to a few metre's, great but some of the units beins sold can transmit up to 18 yards, not such a clever idea.
Do the members of the Panda Forum want the world taken over by Wombles?.


Cheers Ian

 

[pandissimo]

If they can keep the transmission radius to a few metre's, great but some of the units beins sold can transmit up to 18 yards, not such a clever idea.
Do the members of the Panda Forum want the world taken over by Wombles?.


Cheers Ian

The Curse of The Womble Transmitter has begun. In the attached pic Wombles are arrested for playing 'Remember You're a Womble' from an Eye-Prod based pirate radio transmitter secreted in a nearby Fiat Panda..


I did some tests on my own 'Womble Transmitter' yesterday. The car acts like a metal screen and a portable radio picks up the signal for about five yards or so all round the car . The frequency is 107.8 Mhz , just about on the edge of the known universe of local radio broadcasts.

I don't forsee many problems with domestic users, unless somebody tunes a Womble Transmitter to Radio 2 and parks it outside your house. But there is a secret terror lurking for mobile users. Imagine you're listening to your Eye-Prod playing through your radio, and a team of Womble-eers pulls up along side. They could SWAMP your own radio with terrible music.

The horror, the horror.....

 

[Stuartl]

I won't be playing the Wombles so I don't care :devil:

 

[Plumsaround]

I can't believe you people are paying this much for an FM transmitter.

I have one and you can use any frequency between 87.5 and 108.0.. you can then set 3 frequencys if you want to use them again.
It also has the time and even the temperature of the device.

I bought mine of eBay at a 'Buy It Now' price which came to just £8.00 including P&P.

It'll do til I get a new stereo

 

[pandissimo]

I can't believe you people are paying this much for an FM transmitter.

I have one and you can use any frequency between 87.5 and 108.0.. you can then set 3 frequencys if you want to use them again.
It also has the time and even the temperature of the device.

I bought mine of eBay at a 'Buy It Now' price which came to just £8.00 including P&P.

It'll do til I get a new stereo

I've got a nice job lot of Wombles CD's here. Ideal for audio testing your new I.C.E.

Yell if you want one....