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suggestions for MP3 + RDS receiver
Does anybody have any suggestions for a CD receiver that plays CD-R, CD-RW
MP3 and hopefully WMA as well. I can find lots of receivers that do this but very few that also have Radio Data System (RDS) here in the US. I believe Kenwood and perhaps Pioneer have some but they are in the $500+ range. I was hoping to keep the cost under $300. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Jeff BTW: I am looking to put the receiver in a 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 |
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suggestions for MP3 + RDS receiver
What's the bid deal with RDS? Very few stations support it and even fewer
manufacturers. Not to mention I don't believe there is a single unit on the market that does all of what you want, especially at the price you want to pay. Alpine and Pioneer both have mp3 and WMA players, but not with RDS. Paul Vina "Jeff Miller" wrote in message ... Does anybody have any suggestions for a CD receiver that plays CD-R, CD-RW MP3 and hopefully WMA as well. I can find lots of receivers that do this but very few that also have Radio Data System (RDS) here in the US. I believe Kenwood and perhaps Pioneer have some but they are in the $500+ range. I was hoping to keep the cost under $300. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Jeff BTW: I am looking to put the receiver in a 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 |
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suggestions for MP3 + RDS receiver
Paul Vina wrote:
What's the bid deal with RDS? Very few stations support it and even fewer manufacturers. Not to mention I don't believe there is a single unit on the market that does all of what you want, especially at the price you want to pay. Alpine and Pioneer both have mp3 and WMA players, but not with RDS. Well, here in Europe practically all radio stations use RDS and I don't believe there's a single car radio on the market here that doesn't support RDS. All major brands (Sony, Pioneer, JVC, Kenwood, Blaupunkt etc.) has several models of cd receivers that meet Jeff's requirements (RDS, MP3, WMA). Prices in Germany for example start from about 170 euros (some 215 $). You're a bit backwards there in US, sorry Jeff, check Pioneer's European models http://www.pioneer-eur.com/eur/produ... omy_id=25-121 DEH-3600MP for example is cheap and is propably what you're looking for and costs under 200 euros. Cheers, Pekka |
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suggestions for MP3 + RDS receiver
We're not backwards. We just have more important things to worry about when
driving than staring at our radios reading the pointless RDS displays. ;-) Paul Vina "Pekka@K" wrote in message ... Paul Vina wrote: What's the bid deal with RDS? Very few stations support it and even fewer manufacturers. Not to mention I don't believe there is a single unit on the market that does all of what you want, especially at the price you want to pay. Alpine and Pioneer both have mp3 and WMA players, but not with RDS. Well, here in Europe practically all radio stations use RDS and I don't believe there's a single car radio on the market here that doesn't support RDS. All major brands (Sony, Pioneer, JVC, Kenwood, Blaupunkt etc.) has several models of cd receivers that meet Jeff's requirements (RDS, MP3, WMA). Prices in Germany for example start from about 170 euros (some 215 $). You're a bit backwards there in US, sorry Jeff, check Pioneer's European models http://www.pioneer-eur.com/eur/produ... omy_id=25-121 DEH-3600MP for example is cheap and is propably what you're looking for and costs under 200 euros. Cheers, Pekka |
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suggestions for MP3 + RDS receiver
I believe the RDS radios also control the oil lights, air bag stuff, etc, at
least I was told that at one point, is that not true??? "Paul Vina" wrote in message news:mqaVb.199683$nt4.920060@attbi_s51... We're not backwards. We just have more important things to worry about when driving than staring at our radios reading the pointless RDS displays. ;-) Paul Vina "Pekka@K" wrote in message ... Paul Vina wrote: What's the bid deal with RDS? Very few stations support it and even fewer manufacturers. Not to mention I don't believe there is a single unit on the market that does all of what you want, especially at the price you want to pay. Alpine and Pioneer both have mp3 and WMA players, but not with RDS. Well, here in Europe practically all radio stations use RDS and I don't believe there's a single car radio on the market here that doesn't support RDS. All major brands (Sony, Pioneer, JVC, Kenwood, Blaupunkt etc.) has several models of cd receivers that meet Jeff's requirements (RDS, MP3, WMA). Prices in Germany for example start from about 170 euros (some 215 $). You're a bit backwards there in US, sorry Jeff, check Pioneer's European models http://www.pioneer-eur.com/eur/produ... omy_id=25-121 DEH-3600MP for example is cheap and is propably what you're looking for and costs under 200 euros. Cheers, Pekka |
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suggestions for MP3 + RDS receiver
RDS is nothing but a second radio signal piggybacked onto the regular signal
and contains whatever info the radio station sees fit to put out. Paul Vina "ReEfErMaDnEsS" wrote in message news:wfdVb.193972$Rc4.1614604@attbi_s54... I believe the RDS radios also control the oil lights, air bag stuff, etc, at least I was told that at one point, is that not true??? "Paul Vina" wrote in message news:mqaVb.199683$nt4.920060@attbi_s51... We're not backwards. We just have more important things to worry about when driving than staring at our radios reading the pointless RDS displays. ;-) Paul Vina "Pekka@K" wrote in message ... Paul Vina wrote: What's the bid deal with RDS? Very few stations support it and even fewer manufacturers. Not to mention I don't believe there is a single unit on the market that does all of what you want, especially at the price you want to pay. Alpine and Pioneer both have mp3 and WMA players, but not with RDS. Well, here in Europe practically all radio stations use RDS and I don't believe there's a single car radio on the market here that doesn't support RDS. All major brands (Sony, Pioneer, JVC, Kenwood, Blaupunkt etc.) has several models of cd receivers that meet Jeff's requirements (RDS, MP3, WMA). Prices in Germany for example start from about 170 euros (some 215 $). You're a bit backwards there in US, sorry Jeff, check Pioneer's European models http://www.pioneer-eur.com/eur/produ... omy_id=25-121 DEH-3600MP for example is cheap and is propably what you're looking for and costs under 200 euros. Cheers, Pekka |
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suggestions for MP3 + RDS receiver
"Paul Vina" wrote in message
news:hmjVb.2329$QA2.12340@attbi_s52... RDS is nothing but a second radio signal piggybacked onto the regular signal and contains whatever info the radio station sees fit to put out. Well yes, that's partly true. But I think the major advantage of RDS is so called AF flag which helps car radio to find the best channel frequency all the time automatically. So basically you can drive 1000 miles and listen the same (nation wide) radio station all the time without need to manually adjust right MHz's. Also always correct time and date and radio station's name is nice information on radio's screen. Sometimes you can see also the name of artist and song currently playing. Facts about RDS you can find for example he http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/rds.html http://www.rds.org.uk/rds98/mainintroduction.htm Pekka |
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suggestions for MP3 + RDS receiver
That's true, I forgot about the staion formatting. BUT the stations need to
be broadcasting that info. Stateside most of the stations w/RDS show only call letters. Paul Vina "Pekka@K" wrote in message ... "Paul Vina" wrote in message news:hmjVb.2329$QA2.12340@attbi_s52... RDS is nothing but a second radio signal piggybacked onto the regular signal and contains whatever info the radio station sees fit to put out. Well yes, that's partly true. But I think the major advantage of RDS is so called AF flag which helps car radio to find the best channel frequency all the time automatically. So basically you can drive 1000 miles and listen the same (nation wide) radio station all the time without need to manually adjust right MHz's. Also always correct time and date and radio station's name is nice information on radio's screen. Sometimes you can see also the name of artist and song currently playing. Facts about RDS you can find for example he http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/rds.html http://www.rds.org.uk/rds98/mainintroduction.htm Pekka |
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