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VP and In-Car Audio.

Hornby — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 00:35:40 GMT

Hello there again folks,

Little question - Can I connect the VP to my car stereo or whatever so that I can use the tunes on my VP, rather than having to copy onto CD's etc.

Thanks,

Marcus.

(give me some links to any connectors I may need)

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

GBS — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 08:29:30 GMT

Have a look aFM transmitters here.

These just plug into the MP3 player and you tune your radio into the same frequency. Look at ones which have variable frequency because this gives you the best options.

In a recent post various members of this forum mentioned that there are good deals on e-bay.

I own a tunecast II, and I am happy with it, but it does use batterys ++++.

Disclaimer: For some privative reason you need at broadcasters licence to use these legally in the UK.:smileylaugh:

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

Hornby — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:34:57 GMT

cant you just use a cable or something like that?

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

GBS — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 15:28:48 GMT

A cable would need somewhere to plug into. Sadly, no one that I have seen has put a microphone socket at the front of a car stereo...
Seems a bit daft to me.

At the moment I have the tape deck component out of my car system and I just need to work out which wires switch off the radio (and switch on the tape) when a tape goes in. I also need to identify the wires which carry the signal to the amp. Once I've got this sorted I will put a 3.5mm stereo jack at the front of the system and wallah.....MP3 input to car by cable.

This is the only option, other than the things listed on the site above.

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

stix — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:36:27 GMT

Depends on your car... some fit aux-in sockets as standard, others (BMW for sure) allow you to buy them - then you can fit it yourself (if you're feeling brave) or they will do it for you for a small(ish!) fee.

Check with your local dealer...

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

GBS — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:49:40 GMT

Stix -thanks for that.

I have found it here.

Cool.:smileycool:

For UK look here.

Stix - I could hug you:smileygrin: :smileygrin: :smileygrin:
This solves my problem big time.

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

stix — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:33:32 GMT

GBS... glad to be of help. Good luck with the install 🙂

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

the_real_gazza — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:07:18 GMT

Have a look at whether your radio has a telephone input socket, and if it has wire it into it's input and job done. Otherwise look at maplins in car fm modulator (L75AY) at £29.99. I recently bought mine for £19.99 and as it is a proper wired in unit, you get a pretty good sound, and no batteries to worry about replacing either.

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

DoctorHotpants — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:19:47 GMT

use one of these

you can get them off the sony style website

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

stix — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:10:12 GMT

That's fine assuming you have a cassette player in the car....

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

Hornby — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:08:24 GMT

What so If I have a stereo with a AUX-In socket I can connect my VAIO Pocket by connecting a wire from the LINE-OUT on the cradle into the AUX on the Stereo unit?

And everything will work fine?

Thanks for help so far BTW!

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

the_real_gazza — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:48:42 GMT

Yes that's all you need to do. I have made a bracket that the cradle fits into and it works fine. I have not taken the decission to externally power the unit as the battery life is long enough any way.

Give it a go, you know it makes sense!!

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

Hornby — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:04:55 GMT

Wow that sounds great!

Having a 40gb player in the car will be so cool.

But are you sure the Line-in on the back of the cradle with connect the the AUX slot on the stereo head unit system?

What i mean is shouldnt the stereo unit have a line-in or does line-in with the Vaio work with AUX?

Hornby!

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

the_real_gazza — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:58:33 GMT

Hi Hornby

I use an FM modulator in my car plugged into the vaio cradle. The only reason I use an FM modulator is because my car stereo does not have line in capability. However, in my home my vaio is plugged directly from the cradle into my HiFi's AUX input and it works fine.

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

Hornby — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:03:39 GMT

Thanks Gazza,

Lets just hope the Aux on a car Stereo Unit is the same as that of an actual home stereo system.

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

scotty2hotty — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:46:25 GMT

hi i used an fm transmitter and found it to be a waste of time!! so have wired my V.P into my sony headunit by tricking the head unit into thinking its playing the boot changer

This was possible by leaving the control cable connected to the boot changer and leaving an old music cd in the machine but connecting the audio to the v.p using a headphone jack to rca jacks (red and white plugs) bought from any audio visual shop (about £5) it means finding a place for the cable to exit your dash but when its done its done!!

this was a standard sony head unit in a toyota celica 2002 whether sony still make their boot changers with two cabels i dont know but its possible!!

to mount the player i used a stadard adjustable grip mobile holder mounted to the windsreen turn the holder to the side and it fits the vaio perfectly

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

febs — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:24:55 GMT

:smileygrin: How about a Sony VAIO car cd player it could have a built-in detachable harddrive that can connect to your VAIO notebook/desktop:smileyidea: :smileygrin:.

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

Hornby — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:24:07 GMT

WTF? Is there such a thing?

... and if their is can i have some links asap

Hornby!

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

febs — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:01:59 GMT

I don't think that there is such a thing hornby bu it would br sweet if there is.

Re: VP and In-Car Audio.

Hornby — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:19:32 GMT

Does anybody know which cable i will need so that i can connect my cradle via the line-in port with the AUX connection port on the car stereo unit?

I need the links please.

Hornby!