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bellinghman) wrote2008-06-10 01:44 pm
bellinghman) wrote2008-06-10 01:44 pm
Dear Intaweb
Look, I know what I want.
I want the ability to receive DAB stations in my car. I happen to like BBC7 and so on.
I want the ability to play MP3s from a reasonable size storage. (A few gigabytes would be fine) No, I don't want to have to plug an MP3 player in: I'd be happy with the ability to put a USB drive in the glove compartment.
I want to be able to use the existing steering wheel controls to be able to change track or station or whatever.
That's all I think I want. I don't actually need the ability to play a CD. Or a cassette.
So why is it so hard to find the right product?
I want the ability to receive DAB stations in my car. I happen to like BBC7 and so on.
I want the ability to play MP3s from a reasonable size storage. (A few gigabytes would be fine) No, I don't want to have to plug an MP3 player in: I'd be happy with the ability to put a USB drive in the glove compartment.
I want to be able to use the existing steering wheel controls to be able to change track or station or whatever.
That's all I think I want. I don't actually need the ability to play a CD. Or a cassette.
So why is it so hard to find the right product?
no subject
A 512Mb SD card is fine, a CD-full of MP3s will glitch now and again, and a 1Gb card is virtually unlistenable.
I guess it's to do with the amount of internal memory - it keeps an index of all the tracks so you can search it alphabetically, and if you have more than about 150 tracks there isn't enough memory left to run the decoding software.
But 512Mb is about 8 hours of listening time, and it cost less than 60 quid, so I'm not grumbling. I just copy in a new batch of random tracks every couple of weeks.
no subject
(Just so I can avoid it, you know - I'm perfectly happy with a linear next/previous control, and this sounds like extra features being added in such a way as to break it.)