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From: zoara on 19 May 2010 18:13 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > wrote: > > > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > > > T i m <news(a)spaced.me.uk> wrote: > > > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > You might be able to tell if it's screened if either plug can > > > > > be > > > > > opened (ie, not moulded) or, if you can feel a screen / braid > > > > > under > > > > > the outer sheath (as opposed to just 3 wires). > > > > > > > > Anyone know where I can get one of those tape adapters (with a > > > > 3.5mm > > > > stereo jack at the other end) which is screened? > > > > > > Any decent-quality cable for the job has to be screened. > > > > > > When I've needed such a thing, I've gone on-line and just got on > > > with > > > it. > > > > That's what I did. Couldn't find anything, which is why I asked. > > What are you looking for, then? "one of those tape adapters (with a 3.5mm stereo jack at the other end) which is screened" > > I'm after a tape adapter. > > http://www.google.com/search?q=tape+adapter > > Oh god. One of those dreadful things. Yes. > I just wouldn't. Start and end of it. It's cheaper and quicker than buying a new car stereo. > What is it you want to do, exactly? I'm assuming there's actually only one thing people ever use those for, which is connecting up their MP3 player's headphone output to their car stereo when all it has available is a tape slot. I know, I know, I'll buy a stereo with a decent connection at some point. But I don't have the time nor inclination to find one that suits. Maybe someday. My current tape adaptor setup has been the "stopgap" solution for nearly two years now, so I can imagine it will be a while yet. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Pd on 19 May 2010 18:45 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Oh, buggery wank. Is that what's known as a "reach-around"? -- Pd
From: David Kennedy on 19 May 2010 18:47 Pd wrote: > Adrian C<email(a)here.invalid> wrote: > >> On 19/05/2010 14:42, Pd wrote: >>> I'd like something like that, but for CDs. >> >> Try one of these out, �3.30 delivered. >> >> Car MP3 Player FM Transmitter USB PenDriveSD/MMC Slot >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/220576215166 >> >> I've got one. Works fine :) > > Really? I've always assumed (since the days of the Griffin iMate or > whatever it was called) that the sound quality, using FM to transmit > from player to car radio, was rubbish. I'm very happy to be proved > wrong, if you say it's not too different from playing MP3 CDs in the > player. > I have to say that in most instance the Griffin iTrip works well - there are problems when stations overlap but that's more noticeable in Europe than here. I have four frequencies that cover me for an area from Liverpool to York, down to Reading across to Plymouth and westwards to Carmarthen [which covers the bulk of my driving area these days] and, with the exception of the Abergavenny area and Coventry I get few problems. I mainly use it for audio books so perhaps the quality loss is less noticeable. Also, I notice that these days I have cloth ears - old age etc. - but the few occasions I do listen to music it comes right up to my very low standards. I think you can always compensate by turning it up anyway. -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Adrian C on 19 May 2010 20:14 On 19/05/2010 17:08, Pd wrote: > Adrian C<email(a)here.invalid> wrote: > >> On 19/05/2010 14:42, Pd wrote: >>> I'd like something like that, but for CDs. >> >> Try one of these out, �3.30 delivered. >> >> Car MP3 Player FM Transmitter USB PenDriveSD/MMC Slot >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/220576215166 >> >> I've got one. Works fine :) > > Really? I've always assumed (since the days of the Griffin iMate or > whatever it was called) that the sound quality, using FM to transmit > from player to car radio, was rubbish. I'm very happy to be proved > wrong, if you say it's not too different from playing MP3 CDs in the > player. > OK, There is a little processor hash noise during the quiet bits, but that volume is not where my music is mostly at! Also there is a small bit of overlap from broadcast stations. I might one day bodge up a switch on the aerial input and work on a more direct coupling other than relying on the existing aerial lead. But, it's dirt cheap.... and for my car radio (Skoda Symphony) it does the job without me having to change the head unit and CD changer etc. If you have better quality stuff in the car, then this probably ain't going to blow your socks off. But, I'm OK with it. So impressed, I've bought 5 of them for friends.... -- Adrian C
From: Trooper on 20 May 2010 10:28
Chris Ridd wrote: > On 2010-05-19 17:08:22 +0100, Pd said: > >> Adrian C <email(a)here.invalid> wrote: >> >>> On 19/05/2010 14:42, Pd wrote: >>>> I'd like something like that, but for CDs. >>> >>> Try one of these out, �3.30 delivered. >>> >>> Car MP3 Player FM Transmitter USB PenDriveSD/MMC Slot >>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/220576215166 >>> >>> I've got one. Works fine :) >> >> Really? I've always assumed (since the days of the Griffin iMate or >> whatever it was called) that the sound quality, using FM to transmit >> from player to car radio, was rubbish. I'm very happy to be proved >> wrong, if you say it's not too different from playing MP3 CDs in the >> player. > > They're *very* dependent on the position of the aerial in the car you > drive, and the radio spectrum being used where you drive. > > Don't buy one unless you can return it for a full refund! Absolutely, finding a free FM station to set it to can be frustrating, but when you find one, the sound quality is more than adequate. Mine still works quite well, even though it has been in pieces and put back together. Be warned, when you are travelling up the M1 and fiddling round with the slightly tricky interface to set the FMstation for the 6th time in 20 minutes, as yet another local shitty station overides your choice, only to set it and 5 seconds later another radio station swamps it, they have a tendency to launch themselves across the car and shatter as they hit the door opposite... :D T. |