(Request)Mp3 Car Stereo

cranoo

Hi All.
Anyone Know where To get a Mp3 car stereo on the cheap anywhere

Thanks.

kaiphas

Why not get yourself a normal MP3 player (Creative or Ipod) and get it wired into your car stereo.

You can remove it when necessary and use at will.

Get it hardwired properly. Don't bother with the FM transmitters - they're total crap around Dublin (too many stations cutting in)

mayto

your in luck cranoo , aldi are selling one next thursday 16th dec. for 80 euro. that is a real bargain and comes with 3 year warranty. paid 160 euro for basic panasonic mp3 / cd player last year .
link here http://ireland.aldi.com/
specs;
tevion RDS CD/MP3 car radio with multi colour LCD display.
# Detachable fold-down panel
# Audio-CD/MP3/CD-R/CD-RW compatible
# Electronic audio control (vol/bass/treble/bal/fader)
# ID3-Tag function (MP3 title display)
# Pre-set equalizer with four sounds (flat/classic/pop & rock)
# 40 second anti-shock system
# 120 second anti-shock system for MP3 CD-Playback
# 4 x 25 watt RMS
# 4 x 40 watt maximum power output
# AM/FM PLL radio with RDS function and 30 station memory
# Auto store and auto seek functions
# Leatherette pouch for the front panel
# Available in silver or black.

A Dub in Glasgo

Excellent price from ALDI

dcGT

http://www.incarexpress.co.uk/view_product.php?partno=KDCW4527G


About 130 Euro including VAT and delivery. Great quality. That Aldi one looks ok too.

DC.

dcGT

I was just having a look at that Aldi MP3 player. Has anyone got any more info on it? I wanted to find out if it has a telephone mute function???

Cheers,

DC.

fletch

A company called Dension sell hard drive based MP3 players. Not sure where you would get one though.

cranoo

Thats great info lads, would I have to be there at opening time on the 16th to get one? oh BTW what time do they open at .

Thanks . Cranoo

A Dub in Glasgo

People queue at opening time for these bargains! Is there one near you?

cranoo

A Dub in Glasgo wrote:

People queue at opening time for these bargains! Is there one near you?

yeah I can be at the one beside Peats at 8:30am is this early enough
:eek:

A Dub in Glasgo

Should be OK. Aldi opens at 9am

dcGT

cranoo wrote:

yeah I can be at the one beside Peats at 8:30am is this early enough
:eek:

Get your ass in early for these bad boys. I know a lot of people hoping to snap one up! Do Aldi do a 'one per customer' setup for items like this?

DC.

magnumlady

I got a Roadstar one from pixmania, it was around 69 euro, might save you the hassle of fighting the crowds.

Greenman

I know Argos have them!!!

Tazz T

The Aldi player isn't strictly an MP3 player since it has no hard disk. It only accepts MP3s on CDs.

dcGT

magnumlady wrote:

I got a Roadstar one from pixmania, it was around 69

I was having a look at that one. It seems it's only 4 X 15W of output power. The Aldi one is 4 X 25W RMS - a little bit more kick. It's €69, but don't forget delivery!

http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/58723/art/roadstar/cd-485-mp-fm-autoradio.html

DC.

failsafe

I got mine in argos for €130 and it works pretty well, although it can get a bit jumpy at times. It has the ISO, Detachable fold-down panel, CD/MP3/CD-R/CD-RW, ID3-Tag and all that jazz (and a remote!)The CD based mp3 player is perfect for a car because you can use it for normal cd's aswell.

A Dub in Glasgo

Tazz T wrote:

The Aldi player isn't strictly an MP3 player since it has no hard disk. It only accepts MP3s on CDs.

Of course it is an MP3 player, it just isn't a hard disk based MP3 player. Obvioulsy the dual purpose player in a car offers much more flexibility

cranoo

I am going to give Aldi a try in the morning but if they are all gone i will get the
one at pixmania.

Thanks lads

Moocher

I got one woo hoo, there's one Christmas prezzie soretd. will let you know how it works out..

Sherifu

Got one too, it better be relatively easy to put in.
Otherwise could be a long nite!

samo

Modified wrote:

Got one too, it better be relatively easy to put in.
Otherwise could be a long nite!

If you have major probs, would you post back as I spent my christmas bonus more or less on this today so if its impossible its not getting out of the box and will make its way back to Aldi!

cranoo

Well anyway lads I got one this morning, I was at ALDI this morning at 8:45am and was about tenth in the queue so doors opened and f*ck me the rush from the back of the queue was cat :rolleyes: anyways I got one in the scrum, not my type of shopping I like orderly queues, as regards fitting the stereo if you have a Irish car it will take five minutes to fit, just like putting in a 13amp plug and away you go, doesn't sound to bad either, but if you have a imported car I don't know the story on wiring.

Cranoo

quarryman

just brought my one back. looks great etc but there was a strange hissing noise when playing cds. right at the start and anytime it was quiet in the song. wasn't there when i press pause so its something to do with the DSP and how the player reads the cd. This happened on MP3 and ordainary cds.

when i was getting my refund the girl said 3 others had been brought back.

this was in Maynooth btw. with a bit of luck it might just be a bad batch and you guys might be ok.

hope this helps, its a great deal otherwise.

mayto

got one in athlone and has the same hissing noise when playing cd's. how can they expect to sell a car stereo with that hissing noise.the instruction manual is very basic.gonna bring mine back too.anyone get one that works that works proper?

samo

mayto wrote:

got one in athlone and has the same hissing noise when playing cd's. how can they expect to sell a car stereo with that hissing noise.the instruction manual is very basic.gonna bring mine back too.anyone get one that works that works proper?

Right, thanks for the info lads - dont think I'm going to take the chance on this - will bring it back as got in Maynooth as well. Aldi were doing a DVD player a few weeks back for €45, I ended up getting a different deal so bought the Aldi one back which was a Tevion as well and the manager's 1st words to me were 'OH, another one thats not working!'

Hadnt even opened it but was mightily glad i didnt! Getting a bit wary of Aldi's Tevion stuff now! :eek:

quarryman

manager told me they had got a batch in before that had no problems. oh well.

cranoo

No probs with mine, im as happy as a lark

RicardoSmith

cranoo wrote:

No probs with mine, im as happy as a lark

Where did you get yours? Maybe its a different batch

cranoo

The one beside peats in dublin

Sherifu

samo wrote:

If you have major probs, would you post back as I spent my christmas bonus more or less on this today so if its impossible its not getting out of the box and will make its way back to Aldi!

No major problems got it in eventually, got that hissing noise too.
Dont know if its annoying enough to bring it back.

dcGT

I fitted one of the Aldi units in a car on Friday. Seems to work fine, but there is a lot of background hiss. Is this a problem or a 'feature'? Also, there doesn't seem to be a way of navigating folders on an MP3 CD. The tracks just seem to list 1 - 200 or whatever (did anyone find a way?). Another 'feature' is that when you turn the unit off and turn it on again (while in the middle of a track), it plays the last track you were listening to from the start again, which personally, I think is a bit annoying.

Apart from these minor gripes, not bad for €80 I suppose. Like everything in life, you get what you pay for.

DC.

Armadillo

I got a silver one in Maynooth last week. The cd and mp3 seem to work fine with no hissing. I don't think there is a way to move from folder to folder, it just seems to step the mp3 tracks from 1 to 200 or whatever. I did drive to kerry and the 'AF' - auto freq tune does not seem to work - it loses the radio station. Still , not bad for €80.