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Build Portable Mp3 Player

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fun-stuff-to-build dept.

Greenpiece/Toasty writes: "Build your own portable MP3 player around 8000-9000 Yen. Uses 32 Megabyte flash media cards its the ultimate in geek. The link can be found here with circuit diagrams and pictures of the finished product. The kit can also be bought, but not from that page; another company is manufacturing it in Japan. The board seems quite easy to manufacture. "

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  1. And the cheapest car mp3 player is... by c.r.o.c.o · · Score: 4

    Well, not exactly the cheapest, but for what it offers, it's amazing...

    My car came with a pretty good casette player, so I didn't want to replace it. Instead, I got a casette adapter from Future Shop, that plugs into the line out of any cd player/sound card. I also bought a lighter power adapter for my old Thinkpad laptop.

    The total cost for the adapters and laptop was around $600CAD, which is pretty steep. But I get to play mp3s in my car off my mp3 cds, and have a laptop that is usefull for something other than just that.

    So IMHO, this is the best solution to having a car mp3 player. Feel free to disagree though... :P

  2. Exchange rate by FascDot+Killed+My+Pr · · Score: 5

    For those of us who don't have a yen for learning exchange rates (ha ha):

    Today 108 yen = 1 USD.

    So 8000-9000 yen = $74-$83
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  3. Another site by Tackhead · · Score: 5
    Another group working on GPL'd hardware, firmware, and software design can be found here:

    Soundbastard

  4. /.ers complaing about a hack. How sad. by neutron42 · · Score: 5

    "Oh, YARC (Yet Another Rio Clone)."

    "Oh, I can get a Rio for the same amount."

    Pah. A pox on you and your like. Whatever happened to pure HACK VALUE? Sorry, but building the equivalent of a commercial machine for fun is neat, fun, and educational.

    Go buy your little Rio and leave the real hackers be.

    Dave