Chrysler iPod Integration
01-10-2006, 02:43 PM
#31
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Re: Chrysler iPod Integration
I bought my wife a 30 gig iPod for Christmas this time around. It took us
half the day to get it to talk to the computer. We had to find the solution
searching the internet. One would of thought that they could have put the
answer in the box, it was merely procedural (a mac thing?). It was a
Christmas frustration that I did not need, with my wife all pouty and all.
We did get it to work and it works well now and she is the happy wifey,
spending _a lot_ of time now on the computer loading in CDs worth of music
and walking around in another world with the earphones <grin>. Now, getting
it to talk to the vehicles would be a next step....
Tomes
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:43c3c3a8$0$31947$6d36acad@roc.nntpserver.com. ..
> My friend's iPod kept crashing, and he had to send it back to get fixed.
> The technology keeps getting more and more complicated and "capable", but
> this doesn't necessarily mean "more reliable". He's still waiting for his
> iPod to come back, while I am listening to tunes on my 256M RCA Lyra, and
my
> even more Stone Age friend is listening to CDs.
>
> Earle
>
> "Keep YerSpam" <keepyerSPAM@yourown.com> wrote in message
> news:A5Ewf.93$f01.80@fe03.lga...
> > billy ray wrote:
> > > Why not just make the CD players MP3 compatible like everyone else?
> > >
> > >
> > > "Wry-mouth" <jeep@route19.com> wrote in message
> > > news:1136840122.542495.234890@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> > >
> > >>Looks like 2006 Jeeps will have iPod integration:
> > >>
> > >>http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01...ipod/index.php
> > >>
> > >>--
> > >>Kenzie
> > >>'01 TJ
> > >>www.route19.com/jeep/
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Because digital players like iPods & Rios don't skip no matter how much
> > you shake them. They're also easier to carry around than a stack of CDs
> > are and Apple is going for the "Kewl Jeep" demographic with DC.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - Jeff G
> > 67 Kaiser Jeepster Commando w/ a CD in the dash.
>
>
half the day to get it to talk to the computer. We had to find the solution
searching the internet. One would of thought that they could have put the
answer in the box, it was merely procedural (a mac thing?). It was a
Christmas frustration that I did not need, with my wife all pouty and all.
We did get it to work and it works well now and she is the happy wifey,
spending _a lot_ of time now on the computer loading in CDs worth of music
and walking around in another world with the earphones <grin>. Now, getting
it to talk to the vehicles would be a next step....
Tomes
"Earle Horton" <NurseBustersNoSpam@msn.com> wrote in message
news:43c3c3a8$0$31947$6d36acad@roc.nntpserver.com. ..
> My friend's iPod kept crashing, and he had to send it back to get fixed.
> The technology keeps getting more and more complicated and "capable", but
> this doesn't necessarily mean "more reliable". He's still waiting for his
> iPod to come back, while I am listening to tunes on my 256M RCA Lyra, and
my
> even more Stone Age friend is listening to CDs.
>
> Earle
>
> "Keep YerSpam" <keepyerSPAM@yourown.com> wrote in message
> news:A5Ewf.93$f01.80@fe03.lga...
> > billy ray wrote:
> > > Why not just make the CD players MP3 compatible like everyone else?
> > >
> > >
> > > "Wry-mouth" <jeep@route19.com> wrote in message
> > > news:1136840122.542495.234890@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> > >
> > >>Looks like 2006 Jeeps will have iPod integration:
> > >>
> > >>http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01...ipod/index.php
> > >>
> > >>--
> > >>Kenzie
> > >>'01 TJ
> > >>www.route19.com/jeep/
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Because digital players like iPods & Rios don't skip no matter how much
> > you shake them. They're also easier to carry around than a stack of CDs
> > are and Apple is going for the "Kewl Jeep" demographic with DC.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - Jeff G
> > 67 Kaiser Jeepster Commando w/ a CD in the dash.
>
>
01-11-2006, 07:47 PM
#32
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Re: Chrysler iPod Integration
Clay wrote:
> Being hard drive based, they don't skip when you shake them... they go
> straight to crashed hard drive.
> Would you take your laptop offroading? Then go ahead and take your mp3
> player.
I have a 20 gig HD based Mp3 player that spent two years bouncing around
on the dash inside a Frieghtliner semi (which are WAY more punishing
than any jeep) 5 years later and it still works like new.
Oh and the last three years of that have all been in my jeep sitting
loose on the hard plastic center consol.... And I drive across two sets
of RR tracks twice daily... and I have a "Rough" Country lift... and a
31" tire that's out of round...
There's something nice about NEVER wishing you had brought your "other"
CD's.
--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
> Being hard drive based, they don't skip when you shake them... they go
> straight to crashed hard drive.
> Would you take your laptop offroading? Then go ahead and take your mp3
> player.
I have a 20 gig HD based Mp3 player that spent two years bouncing around
on the dash inside a Frieghtliner semi (which are WAY more punishing
than any jeep) 5 years later and it still works like new.
Oh and the last three years of that have all been in my jeep sitting
loose on the hard plastic center consol.... And I drive across two sets
of RR tracks twice daily... and I have a "Rough" Country lift... and a
31" tire that's out of round...
There's something nice about NEVER wishing you had brought your "other"
CD's.
--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
01-11-2006, 07:47 PM
#33
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Re: Chrysler iPod Integration
Clay wrote:
> Being hard drive based, they don't skip when you shake them... they go
> straight to crashed hard drive.
> Would you take your laptop offroading? Then go ahead and take your mp3
> player.
I have a 20 gig HD based Mp3 player that spent two years bouncing around
on the dash inside a Frieghtliner semi (which are WAY more punishing
than any jeep) 5 years later and it still works like new.
Oh and the last three years of that have all been in my jeep sitting
loose on the hard plastic center consol.... And I drive across two sets
of RR tracks twice daily... and I have a "Rough" Country lift... and a
31" tire that's out of round...
There's something nice about NEVER wishing you had brought your "other"
CD's.
--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
> Being hard drive based, they don't skip when you shake them... they go
> straight to crashed hard drive.
> Would you take your laptop offroading? Then go ahead and take your mp3
> player.
I have a 20 gig HD based Mp3 player that spent two years bouncing around
on the dash inside a Frieghtliner semi (which are WAY more punishing
than any jeep) 5 years later and it still works like new.
Oh and the last three years of that have all been in my jeep sitting
loose on the hard plastic center consol.... And I drive across two sets
of RR tracks twice daily... and I have a "Rough" Country lift... and a
31" tire that's out of round...
There's something nice about NEVER wishing you had brought your "other"
CD's.
--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
01-11-2006, 07:47 PM
#34
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Re: Chrysler iPod Integration
Clay wrote:
> Being hard drive based, they don't skip when you shake them... they go
> straight to crashed hard drive.
> Would you take your laptop offroading? Then go ahead and take your mp3
> player.
I have a 20 gig HD based Mp3 player that spent two years bouncing around
on the dash inside a Frieghtliner semi (which are WAY more punishing
than any jeep) 5 years later and it still works like new.
Oh and the last three years of that have all been in my jeep sitting
loose on the hard plastic center consol.... And I drive across two sets
of RR tracks twice daily... and I have a "Rough" Country lift... and a
31" tire that's out of round...
There's something nice about NEVER wishing you had brought your "other"
CD's.
--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
> Being hard drive based, they don't skip when you shake them... they go
> straight to crashed hard drive.
> Would you take your laptop offroading? Then go ahead and take your mp3
> player.
I have a 20 gig HD based Mp3 player that spent two years bouncing around
on the dash inside a Frieghtliner semi (which are WAY more punishing
than any jeep) 5 years later and it still works like new.
Oh and the last three years of that have all been in my jeep sitting
loose on the hard plastic center consol.... And I drive across two sets
of RR tracks twice daily... and I have a "Rough" Country lift... and a
31" tire that's out of round...
There's something nice about NEVER wishing you had brought your "other"
CD's.
--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
01-11-2006, 09:26 PM
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Re: Chrysler iPod Integration
Simon Juncal wrote:
> I have a 20 gig HD based Mp3 player that spent two years bouncing around
> on the dash inside a Frieghtliner semi (which are WAY more punishing
> than any jeep) 5 years later and it still works like new.
>
> Oh and the last three years of that have all been in my jeep sitting
> loose on the hard plastic center consol.... And I drive across two sets
> of RR tracks twice daily... and I have a "Rough" Country lift... and a
> 31" tire that's out of round...
>
> There's something nice about NEVER wishing you had brought your "other"
> CD's.
>
> --
> Simon
> "I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
....them air ride cabs ride pretty nice. bet your mp3 player didn't get
that roughed up *g*
I'm all for HD based mp3 players, I have 4 myself...(NJB1, NJB3,Zen, and
MuVo˛)
I spend a lot of time in the ng's reading the woes of peoples players
that got dropped, or washed in the washing machine, or otherwise abused,
and then they complain they're not durable enough.
One of the regulars there straps his player to the tank of his BMW every
time he rides and it seems to hold up...
My JB3 has a 60 Gig drive in it now with ~10000 tracks... soon to be
upgraded to 100 Gb so I can have room for the audio books too.
Nice to have an audio book to pass the time on long road trips!
> I have a 20 gig HD based Mp3 player that spent two years bouncing around
> on the dash inside a Frieghtliner semi (which are WAY more punishing
> than any jeep) 5 years later and it still works like new.
>
> Oh and the last three years of that have all been in my jeep sitting
> loose on the hard plastic center consol.... And I drive across two sets
> of RR tracks twice daily... and I have a "Rough" Country lift... and a
> 31" tire that's out of round...
>
> There's something nice about NEVER wishing you had brought your "other"
> CD's.
>
> --
> Simon
> "I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
....them air ride cabs ride pretty nice. bet your mp3 player didn't get
that roughed up *g*
I'm all for HD based mp3 players, I have 4 myself...(NJB1, NJB3,Zen, and
MuVo˛)
I spend a lot of time in the ng's reading the woes of peoples players
that got dropped, or washed in the washing machine, or otherwise abused,
and then they complain they're not durable enough.
One of the regulars there straps his player to the tank of his BMW every
time he rides and it seems to hold up...
My JB3 has a 60 Gig drive in it now with ~10000 tracks... soon to be
upgraded to 100 Gb so I can have room for the audio books too.
Nice to have an audio book to pass the time on long road trips!
01-11-2006, 09:26 PM
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Re: Chrysler iPod Integration
Simon Juncal wrote:
> I have a 20 gig HD based Mp3 player that spent two years bouncing around
> on the dash inside a Frieghtliner semi (which are WAY more punishing
> than any jeep) 5 years later and it still works like new.
>
> Oh and the last three years of that have all been in my jeep sitting
> loose on the hard plastic center consol.... And I drive across two sets
> of RR tracks twice daily... and I have a "Rough" Country lift... and a
> 31" tire that's out of round...
>
> There's something nice about NEVER wishing you had brought your "other"
> CD's.
>
> --
> Simon
> "I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
....them air ride cabs ride pretty nice. bet your mp3 player didn't get
that roughed up *g*
I'm all for HD based mp3 players, I have 4 myself...(NJB1, NJB3,Zen, and
MuVo˛)
I spend a lot of time in the ng's reading the woes of peoples players
that got dropped, or washed in the washing machine, or otherwise abused,
and then they complain they're not durable enough.
One of the regulars there straps his player to the tank of his BMW every
time he rides and it seems to hold up...
My JB3 has a 60 Gig drive in it now with ~10000 tracks... soon to be
upgraded to 100 Gb so I can have room for the audio books too.
Nice to have an audio book to pass the time on long road trips!
> I have a 20 gig HD based Mp3 player that spent two years bouncing around
> on the dash inside a Frieghtliner semi (which are WAY more punishing
> than any jeep) 5 years later and it still works like new.
>
> Oh and the last three years of that have all been in my jeep sitting
> loose on the hard plastic center consol.... And I drive across two sets
> of RR tracks twice daily... and I have a "Rough" Country lift... and a
> 31" tire that's out of round...
>
> There's something nice about NEVER wishing you had brought your "other"
> CD's.
>
> --
> Simon
> "I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
....them air ride cabs ride pretty nice. bet your mp3 player didn't get
that roughed up *g*
I'm all for HD based mp3 players, I have 4 myself...(NJB1, NJB3,Zen, and
MuVo˛)
I spend a lot of time in the ng's reading the woes of peoples players
that got dropped, or washed in the washing machine, or otherwise abused,
and then they complain they're not durable enough.
One of the regulars there straps his player to the tank of his BMW every
time he rides and it seems to hold up...
My JB3 has a 60 Gig drive in it now with ~10000 tracks... soon to be
upgraded to 100 Gb so I can have room for the audio books too.
Nice to have an audio book to pass the time on long road trips!
01-11-2006, 09:26 PM
#37
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Re: Chrysler iPod Integration
Simon Juncal wrote:
> I have a 20 gig HD based Mp3 player that spent two years bouncing around
> on the dash inside a Frieghtliner semi (which are WAY more punishing
> than any jeep) 5 years later and it still works like new.
>
> Oh and the last three years of that have all been in my jeep sitting
> loose on the hard plastic center consol.... And I drive across two sets
> of RR tracks twice daily... and I have a "Rough" Country lift... and a
> 31" tire that's out of round...
>
> There's something nice about NEVER wishing you had brought your "other"
> CD's.
>
> --
> Simon
> "I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
....them air ride cabs ride pretty nice. bet your mp3 player didn't get
that roughed up *g*
I'm all for HD based mp3 players, I have 4 myself...(NJB1, NJB3,Zen, and
MuVo˛)
I spend a lot of time in the ng's reading the woes of peoples players
that got dropped, or washed in the washing machine, or otherwise abused,
and then they complain they're not durable enough.
One of the regulars there straps his player to the tank of his BMW every
time he rides and it seems to hold up...
My JB3 has a 60 Gig drive in it now with ~10000 tracks... soon to be
upgraded to 100 Gb so I can have room for the audio books too.
Nice to have an audio book to pass the time on long road trips!
> I have a 20 gig HD based Mp3 player that spent two years bouncing around
> on the dash inside a Frieghtliner semi (which are WAY more punishing
> than any jeep) 5 years later and it still works like new.
>
> Oh and the last three years of that have all been in my jeep sitting
> loose on the hard plastic center consol.... And I drive across two sets
> of RR tracks twice daily... and I have a "Rough" Country lift... and a
> 31" tire that's out of round...
>
> There's something nice about NEVER wishing you had brought your "other"
> CD's.
>
> --
> Simon
> "I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein
....them air ride cabs ride pretty nice. bet your mp3 player didn't get
that roughed up *g*
I'm all for HD based mp3 players, I have 4 myself...(NJB1, NJB3,Zen, and
MuVo˛)
I spend a lot of time in the ng's reading the woes of peoples players
that got dropped, or washed in the washing machine, or otherwise abused,
and then they complain they're not durable enough.
One of the regulars there straps his player to the tank of his BMW every
time he rides and it seems to hold up...
My JB3 has a 60 Gig drive in it now with ~10000 tracks... soon to be
upgraded to 100 Gb so I can have room for the audio books too.
Nice to have an audio book to pass the time on long road trips!
01-12-2006, 01:50 PM
#38
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Re: Chrysler iPod Integration
"Wry-mouth" wrote in message
news:1136840122.542495.234890@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Looks like 2006 Jeeps will have iPod integration:
>
> http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01...ipod/index.php
I would rather see just a simple USB connection with which you could hook up
any USB based storage media instead of just an MP3 player like the iPod...
Seems this would provide considerably more flexibility in addition to being
cheaper for the end user...
You could spend $90 for a 250G HD,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...697350&CatId=0
another $20 for a USB enclosure for the drive,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...757&CatId=1204
and for $110 have a storage media that should be able to handle most
people's audio collection...
Of course, this solution relies upon using commercial off the shelf (COTS)
components which would require a DC-AC inverter to provide 110VAC for the
HD, but if you were willing to spend a little more money per GB, you could
go with a laptop HD and the enclosures for them can be powered from the USB
bus...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...086960&CatId=0
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...173249&CatId=0
$140 for a 100G 2.5" laptop drive + $10 for the external enclosure = $150
for a 100G music source...
The flash memory USB drives could also be used for those cases when you
really wanted to ensure that no skipping was going to be possible... A 1G
Lexar flash drive goes for $57...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7&Sku=L61-3520
Or using the flash memory cards from your camera would also be possible with
one of the USB flash card readers for around $10...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...9374&CatId=942
news:1136840122.542495.234890@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Looks like 2006 Jeeps will have iPod integration:
>
> http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01...ipod/index.php
I would rather see just a simple USB connection with which you could hook up
any USB based storage media instead of just an MP3 player like the iPod...
Seems this would provide considerably more flexibility in addition to being
cheaper for the end user...
You could spend $90 for a 250G HD,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...697350&CatId=0
another $20 for a USB enclosure for the drive,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...757&CatId=1204
and for $110 have a storage media that should be able to handle most
people's audio collection...
Of course, this solution relies upon using commercial off the shelf (COTS)
components which would require a DC-AC inverter to provide 110VAC for the
HD, but if you were willing to spend a little more money per GB, you could
go with a laptop HD and the enclosures for them can be powered from the USB
bus...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...086960&CatId=0
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...173249&CatId=0
$140 for a 100G 2.5" laptop drive + $10 for the external enclosure = $150
for a 100G music source...
The flash memory USB drives could also be used for those cases when you
really wanted to ensure that no skipping was going to be possible... A 1G
Lexar flash drive goes for $57...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7&Sku=L61-3520
Or using the flash memory cards from your camera would also be possible with
one of the USB flash card readers for around $10...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...9374&CatId=942
01-12-2006, 01:50 PM
#39
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Re: Chrysler iPod Integration
"Wry-mouth" wrote in message
news:1136840122.542495.234890@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Looks like 2006 Jeeps will have iPod integration:
>
> http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01...ipod/index.php
I would rather see just a simple USB connection with which you could hook up
any USB based storage media instead of just an MP3 player like the iPod...
Seems this would provide considerably more flexibility in addition to being
cheaper for the end user...
You could spend $90 for a 250G HD,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...697350&CatId=0
another $20 for a USB enclosure for the drive,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...757&CatId=1204
and for $110 have a storage media that should be able to handle most
people's audio collection...
Of course, this solution relies upon using commercial off the shelf (COTS)
components which would require a DC-AC inverter to provide 110VAC for the
HD, but if you were willing to spend a little more money per GB, you could
go with a laptop HD and the enclosures for them can be powered from the USB
bus...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...086960&CatId=0
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...173249&CatId=0
$140 for a 100G 2.5" laptop drive + $10 for the external enclosure = $150
for a 100G music source...
The flash memory USB drives could also be used for those cases when you
really wanted to ensure that no skipping was going to be possible... A 1G
Lexar flash drive goes for $57...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7&Sku=L61-3520
Or using the flash memory cards from your camera would also be possible with
one of the USB flash card readers for around $10...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...9374&CatId=942
news:1136840122.542495.234890@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Looks like 2006 Jeeps will have iPod integration:
>
> http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01...ipod/index.php
I would rather see just a simple USB connection with which you could hook up
any USB based storage media instead of just an MP3 player like the iPod...
Seems this would provide considerably more flexibility in addition to being
cheaper for the end user...
You could spend $90 for a 250G HD,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...697350&CatId=0
another $20 for a USB enclosure for the drive,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...757&CatId=1204
and for $110 have a storage media that should be able to handle most
people's audio collection...
Of course, this solution relies upon using commercial off the shelf (COTS)
components which would require a DC-AC inverter to provide 110VAC for the
HD, but if you were willing to spend a little more money per GB, you could
go with a laptop HD and the enclosures for them can be powered from the USB
bus...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...086960&CatId=0
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...173249&CatId=0
$140 for a 100G 2.5" laptop drive + $10 for the external enclosure = $150
for a 100G music source...
The flash memory USB drives could also be used for those cases when you
really wanted to ensure that no skipping was going to be possible... A 1G
Lexar flash drive goes for $57...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7&Sku=L61-3520
Or using the flash memory cards from your camera would also be possible with
one of the USB flash card readers for around $10...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...9374&CatId=942
01-12-2006, 01:50 PM
#40
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Re: Chrysler iPod Integration
"Wry-mouth" wrote in message
news:1136840122.542495.234890@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Looks like 2006 Jeeps will have iPod integration:
>
> http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01...ipod/index.php
I would rather see just a simple USB connection with which you could hook up
any USB based storage media instead of just an MP3 player like the iPod...
Seems this would provide considerably more flexibility in addition to being
cheaper for the end user...
You could spend $90 for a 250G HD,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...697350&CatId=0
another $20 for a USB enclosure for the drive,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...757&CatId=1204
and for $110 have a storage media that should be able to handle most
people's audio collection...
Of course, this solution relies upon using commercial off the shelf (COTS)
components which would require a DC-AC inverter to provide 110VAC for the
HD, but if you were willing to spend a little more money per GB, you could
go with a laptop HD and the enclosures for them can be powered from the USB
bus...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...086960&CatId=0
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...173249&CatId=0
$140 for a 100G 2.5" laptop drive + $10 for the external enclosure = $150
for a 100G music source...
The flash memory USB drives could also be used for those cases when you
really wanted to ensure that no skipping was going to be possible... A 1G
Lexar flash drive goes for $57...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7&Sku=L61-3520
Or using the flash memory cards from your camera would also be possible with
one of the USB flash card readers for around $10...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...9374&CatId=942
news:1136840122.542495.234890@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
> Looks like 2006 Jeeps will have iPod integration:
>
> http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01...ipod/index.php
I would rather see just a simple USB connection with which you could hook up
any USB based storage media instead of just an MP3 player like the iPod...
Seems this would provide considerably more flexibility in addition to being
cheaper for the end user...
You could spend $90 for a 250G HD,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...697350&CatId=0
another $20 for a USB enclosure for the drive,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...757&CatId=1204
and for $110 have a storage media that should be able to handle most
people's audio collection...
Of course, this solution relies upon using commercial off the shelf (COTS)
components which would require a DC-AC inverter to provide 110VAC for the
HD, but if you were willing to spend a little more money per GB, you could
go with a laptop HD and the enclosures for them can be powered from the USB
bus...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...086960&CatId=0
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...173249&CatId=0
$140 for a 100G 2.5" laptop drive + $10 for the external enclosure = $150
for a 100G music source...
The flash memory USB drives could also be used for those cases when you
really wanted to ensure that no skipping was going to be possible... A 1G
Lexar flash drive goes for $57...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7&Sku=L61-3520
Or using the flash memory cards from your camera would also be possible with
one of the USB flash card readers for around $10...
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...9374&CatId=942