Who needs a CD player?
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Who needs a CD player?
Hi All,
My TCT estate doesn't have a CD player. After a recent troublesome trip with a nasty Evesham Nav-Cam which continually changed map screens and lost the signal, I resolved to find something better.
I've just received my new sat-nav from Hong Kong, £63 including postage. Ignore the facts that it has a 5" screen, runs my favourite nav programme - Igo8 and has lots of other goodies, the killer punch is that the supplied 2Gb SD card swallows my music collection and the built-in FM transmitter connects seamlessly to the radio. To use the vernacular, I'm "Well Chuffed"!
So to repeat my question, who needs a CD player?
Derek
My TCT estate doesn't have a CD player. After a recent troublesome trip with a nasty Evesham Nav-Cam which continually changed map screens and lost the signal, I resolved to find something better.
I've just received my new sat-nav from Hong Kong, £63 including postage. Ignore the facts that it has a 5" screen, runs my favourite nav programme - Igo8 and has lots of other goodies, the killer punch is that the supplied 2Gb SD card swallows my music collection and the built-in FM transmitter connects seamlessly to the radio. To use the vernacular, I'm "Well Chuffed"!
So to repeat my question, who needs a CD player?
Derek
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Re: Who needs a CD player?
Someone who doesn't know how to download their music onto a chip?
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Sounds interesting Derek.
How about some more details?
Was it an internet purchase?
Do you have a link to a website?
Paul.
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Sounds interesting Derek.
How about some more details?
Was it an internet purchase?
Do you have a link to a website?
Paul.
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Re: Who needs a CD player?
Totally agree Derek, digital media is the way forward.
I bought a headunit that takes SD cards and USB devices, and plays MP3, WMA etc.
Of course it'll take a CD also, but I can't remember the last one I put in it, everythings on SD cards, and if I get bored I just refresh them. Can carry a fair whack of them without taking up a lot of space too, is defs the way to go
Your one with the satnav sounds very interesting. I noticed my Garmin can display pictures and the like from a card, but the FM transmitter and ability to play music yours has is fantastic! Have noticed a lot of devices taking on multiple functions these days....
Ciarán
I bought a headunit that takes SD cards and USB devices, and plays MP3, WMA etc.
Of course it'll take a CD also, but I can't remember the last one I put in it, everythings on SD cards, and if I get bored I just refresh them. Can carry a fair whack of them without taking up a lot of space too, is defs the way to go
Your one with the satnav sounds very interesting. I noticed my Garmin can display pictures and the like from a card, but the FM transmitter and ability to play music yours has is fantastic! Have noticed a lot of devices taking on multiple functions these days....
Ciarán
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Hi Paul, it was an ebay purchase. Do a search under Consumer electronics for "5.0 GPS sat-nav", the seller's name is fancy_gallery.
There is one biddable one, currently with no bids, at the price I paid, £53.99 + £9 postage that runs out in about 18 hours. He also has a "buy it now" at £72 post free, so the price has gone up on that by £8 since I ordered mine 12 days ago. There's a full description on the item.
Derek
There is one biddable one, currently with no bids, at the price I paid, £53.99 + £9 postage that runs out in about 18 hours. He also has a "buy it now" at £72 post free, so the price has gone up on that by £8 since I ordered mine 12 days ago. There's a full description on the item.
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Thanks Derek.
It looks like a real bargain.
It's nice to find a sat nav that costs less than the car .
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Thanks Derek.
It looks like a real bargain.
It's nice to find a sat nav that costs less than the car .
Paul.
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Re: Who needs a CD player?
Dont laugh, I still make tapes for the car. Then again I also like listening t the cricket on LW.
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Hi Tim
"If it aint broke" and all that tbh i have a usb port on the cd player in the xm but i keep all my films and cd's in a whacking great wallet still, although after discovering downloadable music at 70p a singe i may be ditching the cd collection very soon in favour of an i pod or whatever they are.
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"If it aint broke" and all that tbh i have a usb port on the cd player in the xm but i keep all my films and cd's in a whacking great wallet still, although after discovering downloadable music at 70p a singe i may be ditching the cd collection very soon in favour of an i pod or whatever they are.
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Gowd, tapes Tim! For a lad that used to record the latest charts off the radio and tape to tape
my own compilations, my ipod and iphone have been a whole moonshot shock to the system.
Dean, for something the same size as my wallet, with my iPhone I have my entire music collection
in nifty technicolour with coverflow yet also have my own mini video player and internet access,
a tidy camera for most tasks I want to picture and it also manages to allow calls too!!
Andrew
my own compilations, my ipod and iphone have been a whole moonshot shock to the system.
Dean, for something the same size as my wallet, with my iPhone I have my entire music collection
in nifty technicolour with coverflow yet also have my own mini video player and internet access,
a tidy camera for most tasks I want to picture and it also manages to allow calls too!!
Andrew
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Tis whichcraft i tell yefor something the same size as my wallet, with my iPhone I have my entire music collection
in nifty technicolour with coverflow yet also have my own mini video player and internet access,
a tidy camera for most tasks I want to picture and it also manages to allow calls too!!
Andrew
dont forget, i got my first proper computer this xmas just gone so dispite being reasonably young, im very slow at seeing the benifits of all this new technology
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