hi group!

i am looking to get a new audio unit to replace the stock on my 91 yj. the
existing
stereo works perfectly fine (fm/cassette that is, which is all i need) but
the problema
is w/ audio cassettes. i just can't seem to get any of my home stereos to
record songs
at acceptable audio quality anymore. the heads are probably worn out, tapes
too old,
or whatever the cause of poor quality is. so back in my jeep, as you can
imagine, the
poorly recorded tracks are no pleasure to enjoy.

rather than getting another so-called hifi stereo sys only to go bad in the
next couple
of years, here's my question-

has anyone seen, read or otherwise heard of car stereos that can read some
sort of
electronic flash cards (be it compact flash or something else)?

fyi, i do know there exist such things as cd players these days, but these
are not an
option for me. for one, they are mechanical and so wouldn't last long on the
roads
i frequent; two, i hate the delicate nature of cd disks themselves, a total
contrast to
the things you expect to do in/with a jeep; and three, i am not paranoid
about music
quality, especially in a jeep, where engine roar and road noise is primarily
there for
you to enjoy :-)

any suggestions, hints and links greatly appreciated
tia, pete

 

I've got a little MP3 player that I use with a cassette adapter in my
Jeep. The player is a Creative Muvo that you can pick up at your
favorite *Mart (K, Wall, Target), for about $50. You can also get a FM
adapter that takes the place of the cassette adapter, no moving parts
and a neater, potentially more trouble free installation.


Peter D. wrote:

> hi group!
>
> i am looking to get a new audio unit to replace the stock on my 91 yj. the
> existing
> stereo works perfectly fine (fm/cassette that is, which is all i need) but
> the problema
> is w/ audio cassettes. i just can't seem to get any of my home stereos to
> record songs
> at acceptable audio quality anymore. the heads are probably worn out, tapes
> too old,
> or whatever the cause of poor quality is. so back in my jeep, as you can
> imagine, the
> poorly recorded tracks are no pleasure to enjoy.
>
> rather than getting another so-called hifi stereo sys only to go bad in the
> next couple
> of years, here's my question-
>
> has anyone seen, read or otherwise heard of car stereos that can read some
> sort of
> electronic flash cards (be it compact flash or something else)?
>
> fyi, i do know there exist such things as cd players these days, but these
> are not an
> option for me. for one, they are mechanical and so wouldn't last long on the
> roads
> i frequent; two, i hate the delicate nature of cd disks themselves, a total
> contrast to
> the things you expect to do in/with a jeep; and three, i am not paranoid
> about music
> quality, especially in a jeep, where engine roar and road noise is primarily
> there for
> you to enjoy :-)
>
> any suggestions, hints and links greatly appreciated
> tia, pete
>
>
>

 

I've got a little MP3 player that I use with a cassette adapter in my
Jeep. The player is a Creative Muvo that you can pick up at your
favorite *Mart (K, Wall, Target), for about $50. You can also get a FM
adapter that takes the place of the cassette adapter, no moving parts
and a neater, potentially more trouble free installation.


Peter D. wrote:

> hi group!
>
> i am looking to get a new audio unit to replace the stock on my 91 yj. the
> existing
> stereo works perfectly fine (fm/cassette that is, which is all i need) but
> the problema
> is w/ audio cassettes. i just can't seem to get any of my home stereos to
> record songs
> at acceptable audio quality anymore. the heads are probably worn out, tapes
> too old,
> or whatever the cause of poor quality is. so back in my jeep, as you can
> imagine, the
> poorly recorded tracks are no pleasure to enjoy.
>
> rather than getting another so-called hifi stereo sys only to go bad in the
> next couple
> of years, here's my question-
>
> has anyone seen, read or otherwise heard of car stereos that can read some
> sort of
> electronic flash cards (be it compact flash or something else)?
>
> fyi, i do know there exist such things as cd players these days, but these
> are not an
> option for me. for one, they are mechanical and so wouldn't last long on the
> roads
> i frequent; two, i hate the delicate nature of cd disks themselves, a total
> contrast to
> the things you expect to do in/with a jeep; and three, i am not paranoid
> about music
> quality, especially in a jeep, where engine roar and road noise is primarily
> there for
> you to enjoy :-)
>
> any suggestions, hints and links greatly appreciated
> tia, pete
>
>
>

 

I've got a little MP3 player that I use with a cassette adapter in my
Jeep. The player is a Creative Muvo that you can pick up at your
favorite *Mart (K, Wall, Target), for about $50. You can also get a FM
adapter that takes the place of the cassette adapter, no moving parts
and a neater, potentially more trouble free installation.


Peter D. wrote:

> hi group!
>
> i am looking to get a new audio unit to replace the stock on my 91 yj. the
> existing
> stereo works perfectly fine (fm/cassette that is, which is all i need) but
> the problema
> is w/ audio cassettes. i just can't seem to get any of my home stereos to
> record songs
> at acceptable audio quality anymore. the heads are probably worn out, tapes
> too old,
> or whatever the cause of poor quality is. so back in my jeep, as you can
> imagine, the
> poorly recorded tracks are no pleasure to enjoy.
>
> rather than getting another so-called hifi stereo sys only to go bad in the
> next couple
> of years, here's my question-
>
> has anyone seen, read or otherwise heard of car stereos that can read some
> sort of
> electronic flash cards (be it compact flash or something else)?
>
> fyi, i do know there exist such things as cd players these days, but these
> are not an
> option for me. for one, they are mechanical and so wouldn't last long on the
> roads
> i frequent; two, i hate the delicate nature of cd disks themselves, a total
> contrast to
> the things you expect to do in/with a jeep; and three, i am not paranoid
> about music
> quality, especially in a jeep, where engine roar and road noise is primarily
> there for
> you to enjoy :-)
>
> any suggestions, hints and links greatly appreciated
> tia, pete
>
>
>

 

Have you looked into satellite radio? True, you don't get to listen to
what you choose and you'd be paying for radio, but the music is
commercial-free and the programming is pretty impressive.

No, I don't have one, but I occasionally ride in a Jeep that does.


Peter D. wrote:
> hi group!
>
> i am looking to get a new audio unit to replace the stock on my 91 yj. the
> existing
> stereo works perfectly fine (fm/cassette that is, which is all i need) but
> the problema
> is w/ audio cassettes. i just can't seem to get any of my home stereos to
> record songs
> at acceptable audio quality anymore. the heads are probably worn out, tapes
> too old,
> or whatever the cause of poor quality is. so back in my jeep, as you can
> imagine, the
> poorly recorded tracks are no pleasure to enjoy.
>
> rather than getting another so-called hifi stereo sys only to go bad in the
> next couple
> of years, here's my question-
>
> has anyone seen, read or otherwise heard of car stereos that can read some
> sort of
> electronic flash cards (be it compact flash or something else)?
>
> fyi, i do know there exist such things as cd players these days, but these
> are not an
> option for me. for one, they are mechanical and so wouldn't last long on the
> roads
> i frequent; two, i hate the delicate nature of cd disks themselves, a total
> contrast to
> the things you expect to do in/with a jeep; and three, i am not paranoid
> about music
> quality, especially in a jeep, where engine roar and road noise is primarily
> there for
> you to enjoy :-)
>
> any suggestions, hints and links greatly appreciated
> tia, pete
>
>
>

 

Have you looked into satellite radio? True, you don't get to listen to
what you choose and you'd be paying for radio, but the music is
commercial-free and the programming is pretty impressive.

No, I don't have one, but I occasionally ride in a Jeep that does.


Peter D. wrote:
> hi group!
>
> i am looking to get a new audio unit to replace the stock on my 91 yj. the
> existing
> stereo works perfectly fine (fm/cassette that is, which is all i need) but
> the problema
> is w/ audio cassettes. i just can't seem to get any of my home stereos to
> record songs
> at acceptable audio quality anymore. the heads are probably worn out, tapes
> too old,
> or whatever the cause of poor quality is. so back in my jeep, as you can
> imagine, the
> poorly recorded tracks are no pleasure to enjoy.
>
> rather than getting another so-called hifi stereo sys only to go bad in the
> next couple
> of years, here's my question-
>
> has anyone seen, read or otherwise heard of car stereos that can read some
> sort of
> electronic flash cards (be it compact flash or something else)?
>
> fyi, i do know there exist such things as cd players these days, but these
> are not an
> option for me. for one, they are mechanical and so wouldn't last long on the
> roads
> i frequent; two, i hate the delicate nature of cd disks themselves, a total
> contrast to
> the things you expect to do in/with a jeep; and three, i am not paranoid
> about music
> quality, especially in a jeep, where engine roar and road noise is primarily
> there for
> you to enjoy :-)
>
> any suggestions, hints and links greatly appreciated
> tia, pete
>
>
>

 

Have you looked into satellite radio? True, you don't get to listen to
what you choose and you'd be paying for radio, but the music is
commercial-free and the programming is pretty impressive.

No, I don't have one, but I occasionally ride in a Jeep that does.


Peter D. wrote:
> hi group!
>
> i am looking to get a new audio unit to replace the stock on my 91 yj. the
> existing
> stereo works perfectly fine (fm/cassette that is, which is all i need) but
> the problema
> is w/ audio cassettes. i just can't seem to get any of my home stereos to
> record songs
> at acceptable audio quality anymore. the heads are probably worn out, tapes
> too old,
> or whatever the cause of poor quality is. so back in my jeep, as you can
> imagine, the
> poorly recorded tracks are no pleasure to enjoy.
>
> rather than getting another so-called hifi stereo sys only to go bad in the
> next couple
> of years, here's my question-
>
> has anyone seen, read or otherwise heard of car stereos that can read some
> sort of
> electronic flash cards (be it compact flash or something else)?
>
> fyi, i do know there exist such things as cd players these days, but these
> are not an
> option for me. for one, they are mechanical and so wouldn't last long on the
> roads
> i frequent; two, i hate the delicate nature of cd disks themselves, a total
> contrast to
> the things you expect to do in/with a jeep; and three, i am not paranoid
> about music
> quality, especially in a jeep, where engine roar and road noise is primarily
> there for
> you to enjoy :-)
>
> any suggestions, hints and links greatly appreciated
> tia, pete
>
>
>

 

Some new stereo units have a line in jack on the front.

Like Jeff said your best bet is a MP3 player with FM transmitter.

My sister has a ipod, a really nice MP3 player (www.apple.com) with the FM
transmitter. It can even hold the 29gig of music I have and will play your
music anywhere not just the jeep. You can also use the ipod as a hard disk.
Cheaper mp3 players out there but you gotta pay if you want to play.

It is very easy to convert your CD's into MP3's. Current version of windows
media player does it and will also automatically find the album info online
and name the songs etc. The higher the bit rate the better quality you will
have and the larger the file size becomes.

-Brian
91 YJ 4.0

"Peter D." <piotrekd@opt[removethispart]online.net> wrote in message
news:Mx30e.866$zB3.670@fe12.lga...
>
> hi group!
>
> i am looking to get a new audio unit to replace the stock on my 91 yj. the
> existing
> stereo works perfectly fine (fm/cassette that is, which is all i need) but
> the problema
> is w/ audio cassettes. i just can't seem to get any of my home stereos to
> record songs
> at acceptable audio quality anymore. the heads are probably worn out,
> tapes
> too old,
> or whatever the cause of poor quality is. so back in my jeep, as you can
> imagine, the
> poorly recorded tracks are no pleasure to enjoy.
>
> rather than getting another so-called hifi stereo sys only to go bad in
> the
> next couple
> of years, here's my question-
>
> has anyone seen, read or otherwise heard of car stereos that can read some
> sort of
> electronic flash cards (be it compact flash or something else)?
>
> fyi, i do know there exist such things as cd players these days, but these
> are not an
> option for me. for one, they are mechanical and so wouldn't last long on
> the
> roads
> i frequent; two, i hate the delicate nature of cd disks themselves, a
> total
> contrast to
> the things you expect to do in/with a jeep; and three, i am not paranoid
> about music
> quality, especially in a jeep, where engine roar and road noise is
> primarily
> there for
> you to enjoy :-)
>
> any suggestions, hints and links greatly appreciated
> tia, pete
>
>
>

 

Some new stereo units have a line in jack on the front.

Like Jeff said your best bet is a MP3 player with FM transmitter.

My sister has a ipod, a really nice MP3 player (www.apple.com) with the FM
transmitter. It can even hold the 29gig of music I have and will play your
music anywhere not just the jeep. You can also use the ipod as a hard disk.
Cheaper mp3 players out there but you gotta pay if you want to play.

It is very easy to convert your CD's into MP3's. Current version of windows
media player does it and will also automatically find the album info online
and name the songs etc. The higher the bit rate the better quality you will
have and the larger the file size becomes.

-Brian
91 YJ 4.0

"Peter D." <piotrekd@opt[removethispart]online.net> wrote in message
news:Mx30e.866$zB3.670@fe12.lga...
>
> hi group!
>
> i am looking to get a new audio unit to replace the stock on my 91 yj. the
> existing
> stereo works perfectly fine (fm/cassette that is, which is all i need) but
> the problema
> is w/ audio cassettes. i just can't seem to get any of my home stereos to
> record songs
> at acceptable audio quality anymore. the heads are probably worn out,
> tapes
> too old,
> or whatever the cause of poor quality is. so back in my jeep, as you can
> imagine, the
> poorly recorded tracks are no pleasure to enjoy.
>
> rather than getting another so-called hifi stereo sys only to go bad in
> the
> next couple
> of years, here's my question-
>
> has anyone seen, read or otherwise heard of car stereos that can read some
> sort of
> electronic flash cards (be it compact flash or something else)?
>
> fyi, i do know there exist such things as cd players these days, but these
> are not an
> option for me. for one, they are mechanical and so wouldn't last long on
> the
> roads
> i frequent; two, i hate the delicate nature of cd disks themselves, a
> total
> contrast to
> the things you expect to do in/with a jeep; and three, i am not paranoid
> about music
> quality, especially in a jeep, where engine roar and road noise is
> primarily
> there for
> you to enjoy :-)
>
> any suggestions, hints and links greatly appreciated
> tia, pete
>
>
>

 

Some new stereo units have a line in jack on the front.

Like Jeff said your best bet is a MP3 player with FM transmitter.

My sister has a ipod, a really nice MP3 player (www.apple.com) with the FM
transmitter. It can even hold the 29gig of music I have and will play your
music anywhere not just the jeep. You can also use the ipod as a hard disk.
Cheaper mp3 players out there but you gotta pay if you want to play.

It is very easy to convert your CD's into MP3's. Current version of windows
media player does it and will also automatically find the album info online
and name the songs etc. The higher the bit rate the better quality you will
have and the larger the file size becomes.

-Brian
91 YJ 4.0

"Peter D." <piotrekd@opt[removethispart]online.net> wrote in message
news:Mx30e.866$zB3.670@fe12.lga...
>
> hi group!
>
> i am looking to get a new audio unit to replace the stock on my 91 yj. the
> existing
> stereo works perfectly fine (fm/cassette that is, which is all i need) but
> the problema
> is w/ audio cassettes. i just can't seem to get any of my home stereos to
> record songs
> at acceptable audio quality anymore. the heads are probably worn out,
> tapes
> too old,
> or whatever the cause of poor quality is. so back in my jeep, as you can
> imagine, the
> poorly recorded tracks are no pleasure to enjoy.
>
> rather than getting another so-called hifi stereo sys only to go bad in
> the
> next couple
> of years, here's my question-
>
> has anyone seen, read or otherwise heard of car stereos that can read some
> sort of
> electronic flash cards (be it compact flash or something else)?
>
> fyi, i do know there exist such things as cd players these days, but these
> are not an
> option for me. for one, they are mechanical and so wouldn't last long on
> the
> roads
> i frequent; two, i hate the delicate nature of cd disks themselves, a
> total
> contrast to
> the things you expect to do in/with a jeep; and three, i am not paranoid
> about music
> quality, especially in a jeep, where engine roar and road noise is
> primarily
> there for
> you to enjoy :-)
>
> any suggestions, hints and links greatly appreciated
> tia, pete
>
>
>