NW-A3000 and Car Compatability / Charging

[Kalfireth]

Hey guys,

I'm about to go on a road trip and while I have all my original CDs, I'd far rather take my Walkman and plug that into my car. That's where I have a problem. My cars head unit is a CD unit with no ports to plug the walkman into. Also I've no way of charging the Walkman from the car battery (which I would need to do).

My questions are these:

1) Is there a way to connect up a Walkman to a car stereo? I've looked at FM stereo digital broadcasters but unfortunately they're illegal in my country (UK) and I would have to buy over the internet... which I don't have time to do right now.

2) Is there an adaptor to charge the NW-A3000 from a cars charger socket? I've not seen anything that would be compatable with the Walkman although I've seen similar items for iPods etc.

Many thanks,

Alex

[markey]

Hi Kalfireth, Welcome to Atraclife.

May I ask what in-car head unit you are using?

[Kalfireth]

I'm afraid that's a good question... I'll be honest (I was hoping to keep my first post short!) - it's not really my car. It's a friends car. But I do know there are no input sockets on the front panel (except the CD drive).

If there's a way to jury-rig the Walkman to something within the car itself... I suppose that would work, but I'm not an electrician and don't want to accidentally break something!

[markey]

Does the head unit have the capability to run a cd multichanger. It is possible to run a portable audio device through the wiring for an autochanger although you would have to know what you were doing.

I just got a new car myself and fortunatley the stock head unit supplied has an aux input, it's just a matter of locating the loom and purchasing the connector.

[markd]

true its illegal to use butthey are avaialble in UK.

I have this one

http://www.aqsound.com/store/en/view_produ...w=more_info#tab

got it post in 2 days in UK or give them a call on 0161 611 7174

It works great on an A3000 just tune it in away from other radio stations, mones set a 104.6, tune in radio to same plug jack into headphone socket and away you go.

[markey]

true its illegal to use butthey are avaialble in UK.

I have this one

http://www.aqsound.com/store/en/view_produ...w=more_info#tab

got it post in 2 days in UK or give them a call on 0161 611 7174

It works great on an A3000 just tune it in away from other radio stations, mones set a 104.6, tune in radio to same plug jack into headphone socket and away you go.

What's the sound quality like and do you get much interference?

[markd]

No interfernce if at least 0.2 away from nerest radio station. Sound is as good as FM radio and simple to retune. Tried the black fag lighter one found on ebay -rubbish as will only tune from 80 to 90 same band as radio2 and loads of brakthrough interference. The one i got goes from 80 to 107 in steps of 0.1. cGain is OK and comes with fg light power connector.

[bockers]

transmitters are now legal, as of yesterday

Realy need to know the head unit make. If it is a Sony then you can buy an adapter that threads the walman as a CD changer. Not an option with other makes. A lot of head units now have aux sockes in the back but if it is not your car it is probably not an option.