Mon 20 Nov 2006
Tired of scratched up CD’s in your car? Is it a pain to add a new disk to your changer every time you want to listen to a new song? Ever try using that little RF transmitter on your iPod and tuning your car stereo to it (did you ever get it to sound good?).
Well the automotive industry is dreaming up new ways to get you to be able to easily listen to your stored music. The only problem is by the time they get the new interface out to market, the electronics industry has moved on to the next level.
Someone has figured out to try the good old audio jack to interface your iPod, MP3 player, or other music storage device into you car audio. Simply plug your MP3 player from the headphone jack into a barely visible jack on the front of your sound system or on a discreet location on your dash. Now that wasn’t so hard was it?
Other options include memory sticks, and USB storage device, which would allow you to choose the music you want to listen to from your Car Audio unit but use these external devices to store the music.
Great idea, and already starting to hit the market. We hope to see some versions of these in the after market audio units soon so they can be added to older vehicles!
Want a little more reading on this? Check out Car Audio Interfaces
September 7th, 2007 at 8:40 am
You know, I’ve been wondering for a long time why it’s been so difficult to find an audio solution that will easily allow me to plug in my ipod into the car audio. I’ve been looking for a replacement stereo for my truck, Project Responder, and also for my Jeep which will provide an audio input jack for my ipod. Hopefully the car audio companies will figure this out sooner rather than later.
September 11th, 2007 at 9:35 pm
How funny. Just the other day I was talking to my wife about how I had my 1st in-dash cd player in highschool (1991). Today we are still using cd’s. Thanks for the tips on the new technology.
October 27th, 2007 at 4:16 am
First, thanks for the tips of new technology. Personally i like to music. And i think your blog could be help guys.
November 9th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Now the world makes everything easy. So we can use any technology wherever we want.
November 10th, 2007 at 6:37 am
The automotive industry is dreaming up new ways to get new clients. They prove themselves as a modern technology. How longer we can wait? Lets have it!
November 22nd, 2007 at 8:02 am
car stereo cd player
Audio car speakers targeted towards older customers tend to emphasize the treble range.
September 18th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I absolutely love having mp3 players with me at all times. They may be a bit clunky to work with at first, but the fact that something the size of a credit card holds my entire cd collection is amazing
January 30th, 2009 at 6:55 am
This is an old yet a good article. Nowadays, we are enjoying that car audio. Very cool! One thing that we should remember when buying an audio car is the compatibility.you have to check it carefully if the unit is compatible with the rest of your stereo system.
March 17th, 2009 at 6:13 am
good tips of technology…
September 24th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Good points. They took way too long to put audio jacks on stereos.I haven’t upgraded my car stereo yet, I still use an FM transmitter that plugs into the cigarette lighter and it works quite nicely.
October 9th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Yes, this is an old article. Luckly by now every good car radio has an USB connector in which you can put you “A LOT OF MB-GBs” USB key