soundalike Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 HiCan anyone recommend a brand/distributer for one of those dummy cassettes that you use to plug your MD/CD player/iPod /... into an old car stereo?I had a look on eBay e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVWbut I'm not convinced that this will produce a decent sound quality or last more than 5 minutes.I've also seen the FM transmitters that purport to do the same job - they're illegal in the UK but I'll take the chance if anyone can convinve me that they are any good Any advice would be greatly appreciated.Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saaron Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 HiCan anyone recommend a brand/distributer for one of those dummy cassettes that you use to plug your MD/CD player/iPod /... into an old car stereo?I had a look on eBay e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVWbut I'm not convinced that this will produce a decent sound quality or last more than 5 minutes.I've also seen the FM transmitters that purport to do the same job - they're illegal in the UK but I'll take the chance if anyone can convinve me that they are any good Any advice would be greatly appreciated.Cheers←I'd take the tape adapter over one of the FM transmitter jobs any day. I got one on eBay and it was more trouble than it was worth: burned through batteries and didn't impress me audio-wise and changing discs with the thing hanging off the portable was definitely causing a road hazard for those around me! In end I picked up an MDLP deck for a couple hundred quid and I'm a happy man.Tape adapters are pretty cheapo, but they've been around since the portable CD player days, so I wouldn't be too bothered about brand names; if it craps out on you it didn't cost more than a couple of quid anyway, right? I have a Recoton one, but I've had others in the past that I've lost or given away. Quality will probably never be better than FM radio, sorry to say, but unless you've got a luxury car that filters road noise well, I doubt it'll bother you too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blogger Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 I have one of these ;-http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVWpaid a bit than this for it as well - i have always been impressed with quality and it has been going strong for about 12 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfairfowl Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 Be Careful, I have one of these and it does not work very well at all,you have to turn-up the volume right up to gat any sound and you get a load of noise.Try and listen to one prior to parting with you Hard Earned.Cheers............CF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blogger Posted July 31, 2005 Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 I think this is due to the "balance" of voulume that you need between the volume on the md unit and on the cassette player. If you have the volume too high on the MD it results in total distortion - trick is to reduce the volume on the md unit and increase it on the cassette player until you get it just right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundalike Posted July 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2005 (edited) Thanks for this folks I've just picked one up this morning from a car boot sale! It cost me 50p - less than a can of coke! Quality is as good as I could expect for this price and blogger is correct in saying that the balance between the MD and the car stereo has to be right. I'll wait until this one breaks and then maybe spend a little more on a Sony one from eBay.CheersPS. Is it safe to use the power supply from this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVWon a Sony HiMD (NH900)? Edited August 2, 2005 by soundalike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsajid Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 We're doing a cracking deal at the moment on car minidisc players. You can check them out here :=Car Minidisc SaleTime to kick those fiddly casette adapters to the curb...We are also doing the MZ-N520 NetMD walkman for 89.99 with more models coming in stock very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andysnap Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 HiCan anyone recommend a brand/distributer for one of those dummy cassettes that you use to plug your MD/CD player/iPod /... into an old car stereo?I've also seen the FM transmitters that purport to do the same job - they're illegal in the UK but I'll take the chance if anyone can convinve me that they are any good ←I bought an FM transmitter, from an eBay seller, and was disappointed by the sound quality . . I shouldn't be surprised it makes a Minidisc player sound like a cheap, mono FM radio. Only cost me a few quid so it was a cheap experiment. I've used a cassette adapter in a previous car, and was quite impressed by the sound quality, certainly much better than the transmitter.The major problem with both is the battery drain on the Minidisc, which is a bit of a pain.Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saaron Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 We're doing a cracking deal at the moment on car minidisc players. You can check them out here :=Car Minidisc SaleTime to kick those fiddly casette adapters to the curb...We are also doing the MZ-N520 NetMD walkman for 89.99 with more models coming in stock very soon.←£129 for the CA-790x is a good deal and it's a nice deck. Supports MDLP and recognizes group function (the way it ought to work: plays all tracks in order, but allows jumping between the groups. If only my Sony shelf unit worked the same way); plus you can hook up a multi-disc CD or MD-changer to it (I just copy all my CDs to MD, so not an issue for me).I found it pretty easy to install in my Saxo as well, so don't be put off by having to pull your existing stereo if that's a factor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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