ipod/MP3 player in car?

[Brian in Mesa]

Strange about the ipod. Should hold at least 240 songs.

Here is a bit about the Shuffle from wikipedia: The second generation shuffle can play MP3, MP3 VBR, AAC, Protected AAC, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), WAV and AIFF, meaning that the only iTunes format not supported is Apple Lossless. Note that using WAV or AIFF on a 1GB device will mean very few songs may be held. iPod Shuffle cannot play music from music video files, which by some users is unexpected (and if they based their iTunes library on music videos they have to purchase music files on top of that).

If she has those file types it would explain the lower number of songs.

 

[Linderbee]

no, just mp3s...but it was a first gen, and (again, if memory serves) it only plays mp3s. BUT, I will say I'm pretty sure my avg. mp3 file is 5-7 MB, not 3.

Always hated that damn shuffle anyway.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

We have no ipods.

:zune:

 

[Linderbee]

We have no ipods.

:zune:

LOVE my zune!!

the shuffle was a gift to my daughter from her biological father, the first Christmas after he...ummm...was "made aware" of her. I'd have never bought it for her...it was important to her at the time, though.

 

[KloD]

I use my GPS for music in my truck. I've got 20 gigs of music, plenty for me. It's right there in front of me w/ a touch screen. I used to use an Ipod, but I hated the cable floating around and didn't like trying to read the screen while I was driving. It also has bluetooth so I don't need to hold a phone if a call comes in. I love it, though I wish it made coffee too.

 

[SunDevilDon]

no, just mp3s...but it was a first gen, and (again, if memory serves) it only plays mp3s. BUT, I will say I'm pretty sure my avg. mp3 file is 5-7 MB, not 3.

Always hated that damn shuffle anyway.

Depends on the BIT rate of the MP3. Average would be around 128kbps which would be around 3-4 mb's per song. I have some that are 320kbps and they are 10 Mb's.

I got my first MP3 CD deck (Kenwood) back in 2002 and was rocking 167 songs on a CD way back then. I don't understand why more people never took advantage of this.

I used to run an audio out from my old deck to my ipod, but the quality isn't nearly as good as CD.

Now I have an alpine deck that plays MP3 CD's AND has the jack to charge and play my IPOD in the glove box. However, the CD's sound more crisp and clear.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

I ordered this one instead:

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I ordered from Crutchfield because they throw in the install kit for free.

 

[Darth Llama]

I really like Pioneer. I had one of their newer model decks in my last car that I just sold. It was nice, played MP3, WMA, had the I-Pod Jack, and it was pretty cheap. I just had it installed at Best Buy. I like them because they are very easy to figure out, the controls seem more logical then some other brands to me.

Congrats on the purchase, I'm sure you'll love it.

 

[Kel Varnsen]

Update

I also bought a system from http://www.proclipusa.com/ to hold my portable media player. The aux cable comes from the back of the new receiver and I plug it into the media player. It works very well.

I would suggest anyone looking into something like this check out ProClip. It's kind of expensive, but the mount is custom made for your car model, meaning that it just clips in and there are no screws or anything. On top of that, the holder for your media player is also custom made. The whole system is very sturdy and also flexible enough so that you can tilt in up/down and left/right.