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I'll have a look for you over the weekend if you still need it
[Edited to say - CD's don't have corners
][Edited by DJ Dunk - 5/3/2002 9:45:17 AM]
A mate is after a new Head Unit that can play MP3's. He's not into obig intalls so all he's looking for is something to do the basics well.
Can you recommend any Head Units and a supplier. I've been looking at the Kenwood range for him.
He would spend upto £300 but would prefer closer to £200
Cheers
Guy
Can you recommend any Head Units and a supplier. I've been looking at the Kenwood range for him.
He would spend upto £300 but would prefer closer to £200
Cheers
Guy
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can heavily recommend the pioneer mp3 headunit. Not sure of the model number but there is only one in the range that plays them.
Only criticism is it isnt mega fast, but it looks great, is very well specced, fits in his budget and sounds fantastic for wht it does!
Only criticism is it isnt mega fast, but it looks great, is very well specced, fits in his budget and sounds fantastic for wht it does!
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How do they work? I really fancy one as I have a nice selection of MP3's now - all legit of course
I presume you just burn your MP3's onto CD as data files, then the unit can read them from the CD? Hence allowing you to have 150 tunes per CD as opposed to 14??
DW
I presume you just burn your MP3's onto CD as data files, then the unit can read them from the CD? Hence allowing you to have 150 tunes per CD as opposed to 14??
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Scoty
Just use software such as Nero, and select to "Burn Data CD" from the wizard rather than Audio CD.
You then just drag and drop your MP3 files as you would any other files. I put 81 onto a CD the other day and it only took 355mb up. Some of these tracks are 10mb each as well.
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Just use software such as Nero, and select to "Burn Data CD" from the wizard rather than Audio CD.
You then just drag and drop your MP3 files as you would any other files. I put 81 onto a CD the other day and it only took 355mb up. Some of these tracks are 10mb each as well.
DW
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Thanks Dream Weaver,
Got the gist of it now Is there any way to format the disc when recording the mp3's on to it, so that it will allow a standalone cd player to read the disc?
I have copied three mp3s (as a test) on to a cd-r using nero. Once it's burned I can play the disc on windows media player, but not on a standalone player. Tried it on a couple of players.
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Got the gist of it now
Is there any way to format the disc when recording the mp3's on to it, so that it will allow a standalone cd player to read the disc? I have copied three mp3s (as a test) on to a cd-r using nero. Once it's burned I can play the disc on windows media player, but not on a standalone player. Tried it on a couple of players.
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This may seem a dumb question....Are there any HU which have hard disks in them. Sort of, you take the HU out of the car attach it to the PC via USB and down load the mp3's that way.
I have a Creative Labs Juke Box which I take to work with me and thats how it works, obviously with head phones though.
Cheers,
P.
I have a Creative Labs Juke Box which I take to work with me and thats how it works, obviously with head phones though.
Cheers,
P.
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The new sony units will have a disc in them. However, the interface to them is memory stick, so you copy 64MB of tunes onto your memory stick from your home pc, drop your memory stick in the head unit, copy from the memory stick to head unit hard drive, delete files from memory stick, and repeat ad infinitum...
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Just a couple of things to add:
You can't format a CD to play MP3's on a standard CD player. They will only read CDA - CD Audio. They can't convert mpeg audio.
The Kenwood unit, along with many others, will read various bitrates. Therefore if you lower the bitrate a bit (say to 128Kbps) then the file size is smaller, hence more files on your CD No huge loss of quality either. I have a few disks with over 100 mp3s on them. Try out using Variable bitrates too, as you can get 192kbps quality but a fraction of the file size because it lowers the bitrate on silences etc.
You can't format a CD to play MP3's on a standard CD player. They will only read CDA - CD Audio. They can't convert mpeg audio.
The Kenwood unit, along with many others, will read various bitrates. Therefore if you lower the bitrate a bit (say to 128Kbps) then the file size is smaller, hence more files on your CD
No huge loss of quality either. I have a few disks with over 100 mp3s on them. Try out using Variable bitrates too, as you can get 192kbps quality but a fraction of the file size because it lowers the bitrate on silences etc.
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