Ryan
February 18th 04, 07:31 PM
> Does any of you own an car MP3 player?
>
> Who makes it?
> How much did it cost?
> How well does it play MP3's?
> How does the FM tuner come in?
I have a JVC KD-SX990. I really like it. You can get them for under
$150 with shipping. This page shows a pic:
http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MODL026999
Some of the reasons I like it are:
-it has a rotary encoder instead of up/down buttons (yuck)
-has an aux input on the front for playing audio books from a walkman
(for example)
-when you turn off the car in the middle of playing an MP3 file, it
starts playing in the same spot again when you turn the car back on.
Back when I was shopping a lot of the players couldn't do this
-higher output power than most decks (19W RMS per channel)
-2 sets of preamp outputs if you don't want to use the deck power
-two displays, one shows station/cd track/MP3 filename/Disc title/etc,
and the other shows the clock (most of the time). Very handy not to
have to switch between display modes to see the time
-great price
-has a remote control
-two separate buttons for radio and CD. I hate cycling through 6
'sources' to get the one I want, like you have to on some radios
The FM tuner pulls stations in file, but it's not spectacular.
If you are going to play MP3 files in your car I would suggest
encoding them at 192 bit rate or higher. I can definately hear
artifacts in my 128Kps files.
-Ryan
>
> Who makes it?
> How much did it cost?
> How well does it play MP3's?
> How does the FM tuner come in?
I have a JVC KD-SX990. I really like it. You can get them for under
$150 with shipping. This page shows a pic:
http://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MODL026999
Some of the reasons I like it are:
-it has a rotary encoder instead of up/down buttons (yuck)
-has an aux input on the front for playing audio books from a walkman
(for example)
-when you turn off the car in the middle of playing an MP3 file, it
starts playing in the same spot again when you turn the car back on.
Back when I was shopping a lot of the players couldn't do this
-higher output power than most decks (19W RMS per channel)
-2 sets of preamp outputs if you don't want to use the deck power
-two displays, one shows station/cd track/MP3 filename/Disc title/etc,
and the other shows the clock (most of the time). Very handy not to
have to switch between display modes to see the time
-great price
-has a remote control
-two separate buttons for radio and CD. I hate cycling through 6
'sources' to get the one I want, like you have to on some radios
The FM tuner pulls stations in file, but it's not spectacular.
If you are going to play MP3 files in your car I would suggest
encoding them at 192 bit rate or higher. I can definately hear
artifacts in my 128Kps files.
-Ryan