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Recommend for me a media player with FM transmitter...

  • 23-11-2009 12:01am
    #1
    franksm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks

    Hifi in my car has no means to play MP3, so I want to get a media player that will transmit to an unused FM frequency that I can tune to.

    Is there an Archos (or similar) that has the following:

    - touch screen
    - fast boot-up
    - built-in FM transmitter
    - means to accept 12V DC in from the car
    - will play DVB TV, DAB radio as well as the usual MP3/MP4/etc stuff

    I *think* the Archos-5 will suit but... what add-on is needed to get the power-supply right ?

    I am not necessarily sold on the Archos gear just yet, but it does look good

    Thanks
    Frank
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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,962 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    mp3 players don't usually have transmitters built in. if they did they would kill the battery in about an hour anyways. buy whatever player you like and then buy a cheap transmitter that runs from the cigarette lighter socket. you can get one for 5 euro delivered on dealextreme.com


  • #3
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    glasso, some of the 'no-brand' chinese players do, some even come with a cigarette socket charger, basically, it looks like a small mobile phone plugged into the cigarette\charger. I'll have a root for links, getting deja-vu, I think I saw one on Adverts a good while back..


  • #4
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    Is this the kind of player the OP wants?

    TeckNet FM29A USB Flash Memory MP3 Modulator (Amazon)

    Less than £10 Sterling.. and seems to just 'do the job', storing audio files on SD cards. The reviews are generally positive and there's a lot of players based on the same design, once you start searching Amazon.


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 18,962 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    well yeah the transmitter that I bought from deal extreme will take an sd card too but I thought that the op was looking for a decent brand player - archos etc. best solution imo would be to buy a decent player and then a transmitter separately... the navigation / file choosing from an sd card on one of those transmitters is just sequential which isn't great.


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