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Re: Wireless In-Car MP3?
Sounds like its not really a problem then. For my needs it sounds as
though a PDA has all the functionality - if I could mount it in a new
box and interface it to a hard disk, I'd be there :-)
UKHA wrote:
>On the other side of the fence, many years ago I had a
"portable" MP3 player
>(that was P133 PC built into a briefcase, powered by an inverter) with
a 5GB
>3.5" standard IDE harddrive, cushioned by a few rubber grommets,
strapped
>into the boot of my car for many months (until the inverter packed up),
the
>harddrive was fine... not hiccup in the music and it scandisked fine
when I
>removed it...
>
>A friend also has a newer MStation that has had the 3.5" HD
mounted in his
>boot for 2-3years and he does a lot of mileage, but the HD is still
OK...
>
>Of course YMMV... :)
>
>Lee
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Rafferty [mailto:simonr@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 16 July 2004 12:11
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Wireless In-Car MP3?
>
>
> I have seen special shock mount cradles for HD's mounted in cars, how
>resilient they are without is a good guess. To give you some idea, my
>brother cycles 5 miles to work each day with a 20gig lacie firewire HD
in
>his backpack, in 18 months he is on his 4th HD! Go figure !
>
> Simon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mal Lansell
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 9:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Wireless In-Car MP3?
>
>
> How resiliant are hard disks to the kinds of bumping you get in a
car,
> though? Is it likely to suffer, or are there special drives for
this
> kind of environment?
>
> Mal
>
> Phil Harris wrote:
>
> >Yeah - pretty sure it was the M-Station that you're referring
to ... I
>think
> >Maplin did them for a bit but I know CPC used to do them too
and they
>were
> >plugging them in their special offers brochures for ages trying
to get
>shot
> >of them.
> >
> >Phil
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Mal Lansell [mailto:mlansell@xxxxxxx]
> >>Sent: 16 July 2004 09:30
> >>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Wireless In-Car MP3?
> >>
> >>Sounds intriguing. Are you sure it was Maplin? I don't
> >>remember seeing anything like that in their catalogue...
> >>
> >>Mal
> >>
> >>
> >>Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG) wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Mal,
> >>>
> >>>Maplin were selling something similar. It was a SFF
computer and 3"
> >>>(guessing) LCD screen & buttons. The HDD was in a
caddy so
> >>>
> >>>
> >>you'd pull
> >>
> >>
> >>>the caddy out, put it in your desktop PC, dump your
mp3s to it then
> >>>slot it back in the car. The HDD wasn't huge, maybe
40GB, but enough
> >>>for a couple of songs on the way to work ;-)
> >>>
> >>>I had a quick look on the Maplin site and can't see it
now,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>typical :-(
> >>
> >>
> >>>Price wasn't too bad either, comparable to an IPOD
IIRC.
> >>>
> >>>Cheers,
> >>>
> >>>Tim H.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: Mal Lansell Sent: 15 July 2004 18:01
> >>>>
> >>>>I'm wondering if anyone knows of such a beast...
> >>>>
> >>>>I was sitting here while burning a CD to listen to
in the
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>car on the
> >>
> >>
> >>>>way home from work that it might be an idea to buy
a car
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>stereo that
> >>
> >>
> >>>>could play MP3 disks (so I wouldn't have to burn so
many disks!).
> >>>>
> >>>>Then I thought why not connect a portable Mp3
player instead
> >>>>- I could download music to it and have different
tunes each day
> >>>>without having to burn disks at all.
> >>>>
> >>>>_Then_ I thought, well wouldn't it be cool if the
player had a
> >>>>wireless lan connection - I could grab music from
my home network
> >>>>before setting off in the morning, and not have to
keep
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>bringing the
> >>
> >>
> >>>>thing indoors (the player not the car) to be
plugged into the PC.
> >>>>
> >>>>I know I could do this with a Wireless PDA, but is
there
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>anything that
> >>
> >>
> >>>>can be permanently fitted to the car that would do
that same thing?
> >>>>
> >>>>If not, there's a gap in the market for someone to
fill! :-)
> >>>>
> >>>>Mal
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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