I'm looking for an MP3 player, or equivalent device, that has a power
socket. I want to plug a wall wart power supply into 120 volt power so
that the player doesn't need batteries. My application is for playing
on-hold messages for phone systems. The player would run continuously.

An ordinary MP3 player would be fine, except that I can't find one with
a power jack. I'm using portable CD players for this now, but they have
moving parts that wear out after a few months of continuous play.

I could get out the soldering iron and modify an MP3 player, but I'm
selling these to customers and don't want the reliability and liability
issues I might encounter with modified equipment. Price would
(preferably) be under $100. I only need about 10 minutes of play time,
so capacity isn't an issue.

This seems like a simple thing, but I haven't been able to find a player
with a power jack at a reasonable price. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

- Jim Cline

Why not use a small Creative Muvo or Nano player and connect the
battery-contacts to a 1.5V AC transformer?

regards,

Evangelos


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IoE, University of London
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"Allas to those who never sing but die with all their music in them..."



Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Hi Jim,

Try this device.

http://www.cfsound.com/index_CFSound.asp

Not MP3 based, but inexpensive and designed for OEM's

Mark


"Jim Cline" wrote in message
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I'm looking for an MP3 player, or equivalent device, that has a power
socket. I want to plug a wall wart power supply into 120 volt power so
that the player doesn't need batteries. My application is for playing
on-hold messages for phone systems. The player would run continuously.

An ordinary MP3 player would be fine, except that I can't find one with
a power jack. I'm using portable CD players for this now, but they have
moving parts that wear out after a few months of continuous play.

I could get out the soldering iron and modify an MP3 player, but I'm
selling these to customers and don't want the reliability and liability
issues I might encounter with modified equipment. Price would
(preferably) be under $100. I only need about 10 minutes of play time,
so capacity isn't an issue.

This seems like a simple thing, but I haven't been able to find a player
with a power jack at a reasonable price. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

- Jim Cline

Creative nomad. I have the Jukebox Zen. comes with AC adapter.

Kevin Tracy

Jim Cline wrote:

I'm looking for an MP3 player, or equivalent device, that has a power
socket. I want to plug a wall wart power supply into 120 volt power so
that the player doesn't need batteries. My application is for playing
on-hold messages for phone systems. The player would run continuously.

An ordinary MP3 player would be fine, except that I can't find one with
a power jack. I'm using portable CD players for this now, but they have
moving parts that wear out after a few months of continuous play.

I could get out the soldering iron and modify an MP3 player, but I'm
selling these to customers and don't want the reliability and liability
issues I might encounter with modified equipment. Price would
(preferably) be under $100. I only need about 10 minutes of play time,
so capacity isn't an issue.

This seems like a simple thing, but I haven't been able to find a player
with a power jack at a reasonable price. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

An iPod will do it just fine (if you want it to be solid-state, that
would be an iPod Nano or iPod Shuffle). The power jack is actually a
proprietary connector that connects to a USB or Firewire interface, but
that's fine because the power supply has a USB connector on it too.

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