[TR] MP3 / IPOD hidden stereo

[Brad Kahler]

If the one on amazon does worth from the headphone output it just
might be worth it.

Personally I don't want to mess around with CDs in the car.  I would
think you would be better off using a system that accepts thumb
drives.  They are a lot cheaper now and easy to write to and don't
take up near the space that a CD does.

You are right about checking weather.  I just use my cell phone :)

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>> I guess I use the term "stereo" generically for anything that
>> would be a sound system in a car :)
>
> No worries, Brad, I wasn't trying to quibble about the word; just wanted to
> be sure you understood what it was.  If it suits you, then that's fine.
>
> I'm coming up on more or less the same decision myself; but leaning towards
> what I did before, which was to mount a CD-MP3 player in place of the
> glovebox.  Opening the glovebox door would provide full access to the front
> panel, but generally I could just reach up behind the dash and do what I
> wanted.  Not at all obvious it was there (so less concern about theft).
> Since it had AM/FM/XM (although I never used the XM), I could tune into
> local weather or news.  These days I suppose everyone does that with their
> phone, but I don't (and I do occasionally travel where there is no cell
> coverage).
>
> But I mostly enjoy listening to audio books, especially on long trips.  It's
> easy and cheap to burn them to CD in MP3 format (generally I get 3 books on
> a $.10 CD) and then if the CD gets damaged, lost or stolen; I just burn
> another one.
>
> I didn't check the specs on the Pyle, but pretty much anything like that
> should operate from your headphone output.  And of course you don't have to
> run at 700 watts (or have speakers that will handle it) if you don't want
> to.
>
> -- Randall