MP3 players in cars

[asteroid]

what kind of set up does everyone have? Im thinking of a normal portable player, wether it be an ipod or a cheaper player rigged up as opposed to a fancy head unit.

I think the iTrip radio frequency things are illegal, and those cassette deck adapters look untidy and dont sound good.

I have a Clarion CD player in my Peugeot which has support for a CD auto changer, only Id like to see if this connection could be hacked in someway to rig up to my ipod.

anyone got any interesting setups?

[Chewie]

Yea, the iTrip is still under debate as to its legality, but for now it is illegal as it constitutes a pirate transmission because it could concievably be picked up by someone in a nearby car or house as you pass.

Me, I'm lookin into a head unit that comes with a port or wire attached. I haven't bothered with something like an iPod, as i don't need to carry much music on mine, so i have a Q-Be 1gb cube, currently on the market as MobiBlu and now available upto 2gb in size, for £80 or so.

Quite a few different units out there with the USB port on the front which is what I'm after, but trying to get some dosh togethor for a Kenwood unit (rather than MoS, Goodman, or any other budget rate machine for £80 that just about breaks the 4x35w barrier) which i've seen for between £165 and £225 (dearest being Sextons, cheapest being Kenwood UK direct) which has 4x45w plus all the additions of a decent brand.

[Adidas]

Yea, the iTrip is still under debate as to its legality, but for now it is illegal as it constitutes a pirate transmission because it could concievably be picked up by someone in a nearby car or house as you pass.

Me, I'm lookin into a head unit that comes with a port or wire attached. I haven't bothered with something like an iPod, as i don't need to carry much music on mine, so i have a Q-Be 1gb cube, currently on the market as MobiBlu and now available upto 2gb in size, for £80 or so.

Quite a few different units out there with the USB port on the front which is what I'm after, but trying to get some dosh togethor for a Kenwood unit (rather than MoS, Goodman, or any other budget rate machine for £80 that just about breaks the 4x35w barrier) which i've seen for between £165 and £225 (dearest being Sextons, cheapest being Kenwood UK direct) which has 4x45w plus all the additions of a decent brand.

The itrip is legal or is definatley in the process of being legal.

[Ben]

Strange enough, I read about this the other day. The ban has been lifted due to the things being too widely available.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6177820.stm

[Amy]

By the 8th of december items like the itrip and the belkin tunecast

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/spec ... BEL-F8V308 (http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BEL-F8V308)

Will be legal to use throughout the UK. :D:D:D:D Get in!!!!!!!



'Griffin Technology's iTrip and other iPod-oriented FM transmitters will become legal on 8 December, the UK's wireless regulator, Ofcom, has confirmed. On that date, extensions to the Wireless Telegraphy Act, which currently bans the use of iTrip-like devices, will be updated for the iPod era'