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Do you use the radio in you car? I do.

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  • #62
    SodiumCooled
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 600 ✭✭✭SodiumCooled


    I listen to quite a lot of radio be it in the car or using a smart speaker. I’d listen to morning Ireland having breakfast every morning on a smart speaker and listen to a show on local radio in the car on the mornings I drive to the office. I listen to sports shows on various stations in the background all day Saturday and Sunday while working on the farm or around the house (particularly during the premier league season)

    Similar to another poster I do tend to listen to audiobooks or podcasts on longer journeys - this is partly as I prefer to listen to talk shows (sport or otherwise) and these aren’t on as much during evening drives especially.



  • #63
    Lewis_Benson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,572 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    I listen to Long Wave Radio Atlantic 252



  • #64
    Pretzill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    I would have mostly listened to mp3 in the car but my other half died and he made me all the mixes I can't listen to since, not without windscreen wipers for my eyes so yes radio (lyric fm) is my go to and it is necessary we don't all rely on streaming services, neither do we all possess the means to have subscription services. Radio should always be here.



  • #65
    ottolwinner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭ottolwinner


    I use the radio and play tapes in my car. I’ve a tape thing aswell that plugs into the ear Jack on a mini disc to play it through the speakers.
    I mostly use the radio though.



  • #66
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 322 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122369825#Comment_122369825

    Oh right, yes I wasn't talking about essentials. What I, and I believe the other commenter are talking about is that once they're on their own they'll be distracted by it in a heartbeat, we've all put on a good schoolboy act only to go back to bad habits when unsupervised in one regard or another, and with manufacturers trying to essentially mimic Tesla's centre console the likelihood of distraction is just going to exponentially increase. Touch screens don't belong in cars and any necessary tactile functionality that's moved away from the immediate area around the steering wheel is a potentially disastrous step backwards.



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  • #67
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,140 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Well, fortunately, the car makers have started to reverse course on the button/ touchscreen issue.

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  • #68
    Sylvie Glamorous Overlord
    Posts: 4,333 ✭✭✭ Sylvie Glamorous Overlord


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122368914#Comment_122368914

    I think the all have fair usage policies except three.

    I have a three PAYG SIM in a 5g router as my home broadband and I probably use 2,000 GB a month and never throttled



  • #69
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 322 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    They probably do, it just isn't always likely to be enacted. Perhaps there isn't as many units in your area. We had one with them as well in Banter area but so did almost everyone else around us and we were all cut off after the fair usage limit. General performance of the network was pretty bad too and likely part of the reason why we were throttled



  • #70
    tohaltuwi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭tohaltuwi


    I very much use radio in the car.

    Just returned from south-west England, using Bluetooth/4G was a hit or miss event in the region. In many rural parts there’s just zero mobile data to be had, so no streaming possible for miles on end. Navigation over the Cotswolds had to be done using old fashioned following village to village signposts. We are talking about popular modern England here where their King & Queen live. Up in Scotland similar, but I’d expect that. At least I could tune into local old-fashioned radio. The infrastructure is not good enough except in urbanised or motorway areas to rely entirely on 4G/5G/bluetooth.



  • #71
    The Continental Op
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,783 ✭✭✭The Continental Op


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122371436#Comment_122371436

    Stuck in traffic on the A38 you need a radio.

    Wake me up when it's all over.



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  • #72
    Gorteen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭Gorteen


    Newstalk most of the time. On the rare occasion it's a topic I'm not interested in, I change to RTE Radio 1, unless Ray D'Arcy is presenting and then it's straight to CD



  • #73
    Jellybaby_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭Jellybaby_1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122369318#Comment_122369318

    To my generation, tranny = transistor radio! You must be of a more recent generation.



  • #74
    joebloggs32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭joebloggs32


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122369894#Comment_122369894

    The phrase that pays....



  • #75
    the_amazing_raisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,949 ✭✭✭✭the_amazing_raisin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122371480#Comment_122371480

    Funny this made me think of an article I read recently about driving in China

    The reporter was visiting a convention, the convention organisers sent a car to their hotel and it took something like 30 mins to cover 8km

    Keen minds might realise that's pretty slow, but apparently it's a status symbol over there to be driven around by one of the billion or so taxis they have, so driving remains popular despite the traffic

    Over there, there's a lot of demand for in car entertainment. Big touchscreens with in car streaming, music and even karaoke systems

    On the flip side, the concept of driving dynamics doesn't really compute over there. Doesn't matter if a car is quick or handles well if it just spends it's life in traffic jams

    It's one of those things a lot of Western audiences hear and think "wtf???" But I guess it starts to make a bit more sense in context of their driving environment

    Anyways, back onto the topic of radio...

    "The internet never fails to misremember" - Sebastian Ruiz, aka Frost



  • #76
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,686 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122374340#Comment_122374340

    Now that you mention pays it's probably fair to point out that FM radio is completely free at the point of use.

    No licence, no subscription just tune in.



  • #77
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,894 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    They'd probably have gotten more traction with their campaign if they had emphasised the dangers of touchscreen controls that require the driver to take their eyes off the road.

    Bring back the old school knobs and buttons please.



  • #78
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,962 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122385391#Comment_122385391

    Most cars have MFSW. No eyes were removed from the road to change channels or adjust volume in any modern touch screen Car I’ve had access to.



  • #79
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 38,573 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122373171#Comment_122373171

    Or a Ford Transit

    or if you're into pre-digital photography, a slide (transparency)

    So you could have a tranny bring the trannies in their Tranny while listening to the tranny 😉

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #80
    freddieot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭freddieot


    I never use the radio and if they deleted the option on new cars it would make no difference at all to me..

    I have about 1200 songs on a flash drive that I plug into every new car I buy. After that I use Spotify, the free version, for music and podcasts. the ones I like, not someone else's choices.

    I can stand the odd ad on Spotify but not the constant inane rambling that most radio talk show presenters go on with these days.

    I've been driving for 45 years or so and the option to not have to listen to ads and drivel just so I can hear some decent music while I'm travelling is one of the better car improvements in recent years.



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