A head unit that accepts a memory stick, do they exist?
09-09-2005, 03:39 PM
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A head unit that accepts a memory stick, do they exist? Why bother with CDs or even DVDs. A 1Gb memory stick with MP3s on it would be plenty music for me. Do head units like this exist yet? Delete the CD mechanism and there would be plenty of room for a USB port and related circuitry.
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09-24-2005, 09:52 AM
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Wal-Mart has a USB adapter that plugs in your cig lighter. You can plug a thumb drive in or if you have a USB adapter for your mem stick that should work. It is only bout $30. It is FM modulated. I had a FM modulated CD changer a while back and it werkd fine but I have not tried the USB one at Wal-Mart yet.
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Sony Head Unit With Magicgate Memory Stick Hello, I got a sony cd player last year (thing is like a computer) and put it in my project car. So I haven't got to play with it too much. I believe the model number starts with MDEC. I bought this $1200 radio off ebay for $300.
03-29-2006, 11:20 AM
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Wal Mart was selling car stereos that took memory stick
(USB flash drive, not the bare Sony memory stick type)
plugged into the face, on an aisle stand a couple of
weeks back. I didn't buy one but you might check it
out. Doubt they're any kind of high quality or Monsoon
compatible.
(USB flash drive, not the bare Sony memory stick type)
plugged into the face, on an aisle stand a couple of
weeks back. I didn't buy one but you might check it
out. Doubt they're any kind of high quality or Monsoon
compatible.
03-29-2006, 11:32 AM
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my roommate has the jvc and it is awesome, plays videos off of the sd card and songs, and you can have a picture slideshow going one the face. it looks great, lots of colors. only like 180 i think
03-31-2006, 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by WantedRawb
eclipse makes head units that take memory but it wont play mp3 format... still a great head unit...
the memory stick is used for EQ, as part of the ESN, or part of the data map for navigation on the cd7000. As far as i know, im pretty sure that u cannot use the port for mp3's, and if u can, it wont accept anything bigger than 256k
03-31-2006, 12:30 PM
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well, they have their own format of music you can use...some units will record from radio onto the memory sticks... i do agree though it is usless to most... and having EQ stuff you have to download into the head and not set directly is rather lame as well... i hope they change their ways a bit soon...
03-31-2006, 02:04 PM
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There are a bunch of them ranging from $80.00 to $250.00. Or you can get an FM transmitter that send the signal to whatever headunit you have now for about $25.00. It just plugs into your cigerette lighter or aux power. It has a usb input on it and the controls ie: play, stop, pause, are on top of it as well as channel. It's small about the size of a car charger for a cell phone. They sell them online...ebay, and I've seen them at Walmart of all places also.
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GO to walmart and at the electronics section they have these fm transmitters that plug into your cig. lighter, you just connect the flash drive to it and your done!
Its just like this but white
Its just like this but white
04-01-2006, 08:25 PM
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Anything that uses FM gets cut off at 15 kHz, that's all the FM standard allows for. The clarity of cymbals, etc, comes from the uppermost frequencies.
