Spec Me A Music Player

Marky

Marky

Marky

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Hey all :)

I don't normally enter the realms of the "Motors" forums - however, with me being dangerously close to finally being a fully licenced driver - I am looking to upgrade my boring music player.

I currently have a Peugot 106... :p And it currently has the stock music player in it. I have an iPhone and would like a player that can play the music from my phone, have the ability to connect it via USB so I can charge it, and to be able to take calls through the speaker system in the car :)

My friend has recently brought a "Sony Xplod" (http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666040163), I was pretty impressed :p

Any other suggestions? I don't really have a budget in mind, I'm willing to spend the moola if it has the features :)

Thanks,

Marky
 
It does look pretty nice... Although when I said I didn't have a budget... well I've decided now I do :p
I don't really want to spend that much on a player :p I was thinking around the £80 - £170 region :p
 
cmon now! you got an iphone :O you need to pay extra to get it working ;) so pay the extra :) if that player had apple on the front would you pay the "scene" tax? :)
 
grudas said:
cmon now! you got an iphone :O you need to pay extra to get it working ;) so pay the extra :) if that player had apple on the front would you pay the "scene" tax? :)
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Oh noes :( I totally would :( :p

It's because of the bloody iPhone I can't afford a decent music player for my car :p
 
I got a fairly cheap JVC unit with an aux input socket, in my eyes a good, much cheaper solution than having a £200 iPod ready head unit :p

Main reason being I use Spotify for my music so didn't know if the interface would control that, as it's not the actual iPod software running on the iPhone.

Does the job, and well for £50 :p
 
I've got an ipod FM transmitter that plugs into the lighter socket, and the radio is tuned into that frequency, charges your ipod at the same time as well. I just stick it on shuffle, make playlists up before driving, or switch it over when I'm stopped in traffic.
 
It used to be bad in my Fiesta as I'd have to keep changing frequency due to interference, but in the Focus it's being sitting happily on the same frequency since I bought the car with no bother. It's certainly better than using the aux input, thus having to have my ipod in the glovebox, and not getting charged.
 
Mucky_Pup said:
It's certainly better than using the aux input, thus having to have my ipod in the glovebox, and not getting charged.
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Thats why USB input, which will charge the ipod and also allow you to control what music it is playing via the headset is good ;)
 
Might do in the future, will look at a Sat Nav unit with USB likely, but at the minute can't be bothered to change the head unit, spending the money on other stuff on the car first, next thing is either a CAIS, or a new bigger downpipe.
 
melchy said:
I think a number of us on here, including myself have this. Can't really fault it.

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/alpine-ida-x305s.html
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Or this: http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/alpine-ida-x311.html if you want a cheaper version. There's also a middle of the road version but I think the only benefits are more pre outs etc for external amplification. If you just want a replacement head unit for iPhone/iPod control only then this should do the trick and beats any similar priced stuff from Halfords etc.

Note, these Alpine iDA units do not have a CD player. Just tuner/iPod/iPhone/USB mass storage only.
 
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