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#chaplife
i don't know if in-car audio (or "ICE" as the cool kids say) comes under the bracket of "Computer & Tech Chat", but it's near as dammit so it's going in here 
my car stereo died a horrible death just before xmas.. it's been on its last legs for years now - i've had to glue the removeable fascia on with blutac for as long as i can remember, and a while ago it lost the ability to pick up any radio stations.. coupled with the fact it's a minidisc player, this all severely limits my options vis a vis musical entertainment whilst 'pon the road..
so, i'm looking at getting an all singing all dancing replacement.. does anyone have any suggestions? i definitely want something that can play mp3s (either from CD or DVD), and seeing as the babylon are really clamping down on chatting whist driving i figured i might as well get one that is bluetooth enabled as well.. i saw a sony one in action a couple of weeks ago (a friend at work has one in his car) and it was brilliant.. his model didn't feature USB/SD card inputs though, which is another feature i quite like the idea of (be great to chuck some tunes on a pen drive before going out, rather than having to burn a new disc every time).. i don't have an ipod and probably never will, so i'm not fussed at all about ipod/external mp3 player compatibility..
so far, the only one that i can find which features all of the above is the InPhase IPS248BT.. it's not bad looking, has USB and SD on the front, and all the aforementioned bluetooth shenanigans.. looks to be around the £119 mark - but unfortunately not available in halfords so i can't take advantage of their free fitting..
i am, however, conscious of the fact that i have never heard of "InPhase" before, and i don't want to be stuck with some no-name dog of a stereo that promises the world and doesn't deliver.. has anyone else heard of these? or have any other suggestions for car stereos that fit the bill? i could save myself a few quid (as well as the hassle of fitting it) and get the sony one mentioned above from halfords, but it doesn't featured USB/SD inputs, which i quite like the idea of..
help me, audio geeks!
my car stereo died a horrible death just before xmas.. it's been on its last legs for years now - i've had to glue the removeable fascia on with blutac for as long as i can remember, and a while ago it lost the ability to pick up any radio stations.. coupled with the fact it's a minidisc player, this all severely limits my options vis a vis musical entertainment whilst 'pon the road..
so, i'm looking at getting an all singing all dancing replacement.. does anyone have any suggestions? i definitely want something that can play mp3s (either from CD or DVD), and seeing as the babylon are really clamping down on chatting whist driving i figured i might as well get one that is bluetooth enabled as well.. i saw a sony one in action a couple of weeks ago (a friend at work has one in his car) and it was brilliant.. his model didn't feature USB/SD card inputs though, which is another feature i quite like the idea of (be great to chuck some tunes on a pen drive before going out, rather than having to burn a new disc every time).. i don't have an ipod and probably never will, so i'm not fussed at all about ipod/external mp3 player compatibility..
so far, the only one that i can find which features all of the above is the InPhase IPS248BT.. it's not bad looking, has USB and SD on the front, and all the aforementioned bluetooth shenanigans.. looks to be around the £119 mark - but unfortunately not available in halfords so i can't take advantage of their free fitting..
i am, however, conscious of the fact that i have never heard of "InPhase" before, and i don't want to be stuck with some no-name dog of a stereo that promises the world and doesn't deliver.. has anyone else heard of these? or have any other suggestions for car stereos that fit the bill? i could save myself a few quid (as well as the hassle of fitting it) and get the sony one mentioned above from halfords, but it doesn't featured USB/SD inputs, which i quite like the idea of..
help me, audio geeks!
