Most of the FM "broadcasters" sold in stores are the ones that don't actually broadcast on air. That is, the "FM" music being sent from the input source is sent directly to the radio's FM antenna on the back.
In essence it is a "wired" FM broadcast probably to avoid FCC requirements. Theoretically, there is less room for interference because the Frequency Modulated signal is direct from a wire. Of course, the quality of the music piped from your MP3 player will only be as good as your FM radio tuner's Signal to Noise Ratio, Dynamic Headroom and Frequency response. On a scale of quality, very few FM tuners are as good as the best cassette decks. You will never get CD quality sound if you are going this route.
I bought mine about 1 month ago and it arrived without a hitch or delay. I bought this for the purpose of playing MP3's in my car. In preparation and anticipation of such a contraption, I installed a car stereo with an auxiliary RCA input several months ago. So the day came and it played perfectly.
Well at least until the battery died - 2 hours later! After several sets of batteries I decided that a "perpetual" power supply is what I needed. I went to Radio Shack, yes, Radio Shack, and bought a 12V 700mA to 4.5V converter for the MPTrip. That was a flop. The music would play for a while but would die. I got a different one (in case the first one was defective) No luck. I think the power supply simply did not have enough juice to maintain the discs spinning motion.
Frustrated, I returned the Radio Shack converter and went to a local Fry's and bought a 12v to 110v converter (The ones that look like car audio amps) I connected the MPTrip's 110 volt power supply and it has played properly ever since.
I took it on a trip to Palm Springs and San Diego (I live in LA) and that's when the $115 paid for itself. The fun of playing 169 songs and never getting to hear all of it in a 2 hour trip was swee-at. OK, my front seat was a mess and tangle of audio and power wires. Sigh. Next step the Aiwa MP3 player!
The problems: After my trip to San Diego, the CDR that I left inside the player for a couple of days wouldn't play and would register as NO DISK on the LCD. After much frustration, I finally took the CDR out, wiped it against my pants a couple of times, and it played after that. Maybe I can market these pants as a CDR player. heheh.
Another problem is with some MP3s. Some MP3 simply won't play or will skip around. I haven't had time to determine what the cause is. I can only surmise things like variable bit rates, the supposed 192kb ceiling.
All in all - I would recommend it - for the price - and that there is no competition (in price)
While I cannot back this up with specific scientific journals, there is a known phenomenon in south east asia where people die from some scary ass nightmares.
In the Philippines, it's called "bangungut." Older people are warned not to eat too much before going to bed.
If ever a virtual reality game were so realistic that senses beyond visual and aural were simulated, a heart attack could happen if the player was so engrossed in virtual battle.
I don't think they could get their head chopped off though.
MS-DOS and Microsoft were a big screw up alright. Except I can't understand why MSDOS was the OS most adapted to by businesses. I can't understand why Windows also inherited this position.
Is there something wrong with us techies that we do not know why big huge (and the little ones) companies choose software that is so messed up?
Is it really just marketing? Or did MSDOS and Windows really have something genuine that made life easier for the average computer user?
If we've know about this oh-so-faulty software, and we are supposed to be the authority, the ones the decision makers turn to when it comes to choosing the OS. Why is it still the most used OS?
>You know, I gotta say, I'm scared s***less of the day computers go on our walls...
10 years from now, when an 8 year old reads your post (or other similar such fears) on their "electron wall monitor" or whatever they'll come up with, he'll smile in the same way we now smile at "1984" and it's prophecies.
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Most of the FM "broadcasters" sold in stores are the ones that don't actually broadcast on air. That is, the "FM" music being sent from the input source is sent directly to the radio's FM antenna on the back.
In essence it is a "wired" FM broadcast probably to avoid FCC requirements. Theoretically, there is less room for interference because the Frequency Modulated signal is direct from a wire. Of course, the quality of the music piped from your MP3 player will only be as good as your FM radio tuner's Signal to Noise Ratio, Dynamic Headroom and Frequency response. On a scale of quality, very few FM tuners are as good as the best cassette decks. You will never get CD quality sound if you are going this route.
Is it just me or does this 100" TV project a mirror image ie words are spelled backwards?
I bought mine about 1 month ago and it arrived without a hitch or delay. I bought this for the purpose of playing MP3's in my car. In preparation and anticipation of such a contraption, I installed a car stereo with an auxiliary RCA input several months ago. So the day came and it played perfectly.
Well at least until the battery died - 2 hours later! After several sets of batteries I decided that a "perpetual" power supply is what I needed. I went to Radio Shack, yes, Radio Shack, and bought a 12V 700mA to 4.5V converter for the MPTrip. That was a flop. The music would play for a while but would die. I got a different one (in case the first one was defective) No luck. I think the power supply simply did not have enough juice to maintain the discs spinning motion.
Frustrated, I returned the Radio Shack converter and went to a local Fry's and bought a 12v to 110v converter (The ones that look like car audio amps) I connected the MPTrip's 110 volt power supply and it has played properly ever since.
I took it on a trip to Palm Springs and San Diego (I live in LA) and that's when the $115 paid for itself. The fun of playing 169 songs and never getting to hear all of it in a 2 hour trip was swee-at. OK, my front seat was a mess and tangle of audio and power wires. Sigh. Next step the Aiwa MP3 player!
The problems: After my trip to San Diego, the CDR that I left inside the player for a couple of days wouldn't play and would register as NO DISK on the LCD. After much frustration, I finally took the CDR out, wiped it against my pants a couple of times, and it played after that. Maybe I can market these pants as a CDR player. heheh.
Another problem is with some MP3s. Some MP3 simply won't play or will skip around. I haven't had time to determine what the cause is. I can only surmise things like variable bit rates, the supposed 192kb ceiling.
All in all - I would recommend it - for the price - and that there is no competition (in price)
While I cannot back this up with specific scientific journals, there is a known phenomenon in south east asia where people die from some scary ass nightmares.
In the Philippines, it's called "bangungut." Older people are warned not to eat too much before going to bed.
If ever a virtual reality game were so realistic that senses beyond visual and aural were simulated, a heart attack could happen if the player was so engrossed in virtual battle.
I don't think they could get their head chopped off though.
MS-DOS and Microsoft were a big screw up alright. Except I can't understand why MSDOS was the OS most adapted to by businesses. I can't understand why Windows also inherited this position.
Is there something wrong with us techies that we do not know why big huge (and the little ones) companies choose software that is so messed up?
Is it really just marketing? Or did MSDOS and Windows really have something genuine that made life easier for the average computer user?
If we've know about this oh-so-faulty software, and we are supposed to be the authority, the ones the decision makers turn to when it comes to choosing the OS. Why is it still the most used OS?
>You know, I gotta say, I'm scared s***less of the day computers go on our walls...
10 years from now, when an 8 year old reads your post (or other similar such fears) on their "electron wall monitor" or whatever they'll come up with, he'll smile in the same way we now smile at "1984" and it's prophecies.
Embrace the technology.