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Transmitters for MP3 Portables?

Posted by Cliff on from the new-tech-that-0wnz-my-cassette-adaptor dept.

kwerle writes "I have just received my new iPod, and am now faced with the issue of how I should hook it up to every stereo I own. For the car, I could just get one of those cd-to-cassette converters, but that just doesn't...feel right. What experience have you had with mp3/cd player transmitters (like this one from Arkon or the MK-90)? Any suggestions?" Don't forget about the iRock Update: 04/24 07:46 GMT by C : Errors in the URL for the iRock have been fixed. My apologies.

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  1. too many stereos by tps12 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    You should only have one stereo. When you have lots of stereos everywhere, you are treating the effects instead of the cause. You don't want stereos everywhere, you want music everywhere.

    Here is an approach which has worked well for some: listen to mp3's (on your so-called "pod") while jogging, CDs while in your house, and talk radio while in the car. This is tried and true, and prevents you from getting boring. Your friends will thank me!

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  2. MK-90 is Emerson EWT950 by pcrook345 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    More info on the MK-90 (Emerson EWT950) here.

    I remember having something like this in 1972. The aftermarket 8-track player in my Dad's VW squareback bolted under the dash and transmitted to the OEM AM radio. We eventually got an FM insert for the 8-track (plugged right in like a tape cassette). Voila, FM radio with 8-track-via-AM quality. Ahhh, good times.

  3. Hack a Mister Microphone? by Cy+Guy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This would be decidedly Low Fidelity, but you could buy generic Mr. Microphone type devices at Radio Shack for I think $5, or possibly get a used one at Garage Sale/Thrift Store for about a $1.

    Disassemble the thing take the wire leads going to the microphone itself and solder them to a mini-DIN headphone jack. Stick the jack in your MP3 player headphone or lineout port, turn on the stereo to the instructed station, and you're ready to roll.

    The advantage to this system is that it is battery powered and so doesn't require you to be in the car, so that any radio would pick up the signal whether its the car stereo, your bedside alarm-clock radio, or the radio of the guy in the next cubicle in the office.

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