mp3 player car adapter... ?

[seph]

i wanna know if this is plausable:

i have an mp3 player called Creative FM TX... it has no current adapter for the car. however, i did notice that in order to connect it to a computer, you remove half of the MP3 player (which simply holds the battery) and expose a USB penis thing. well i think i asked a few weeks ago if there is a car power adapter with only a USB port on it, and someone linked me to exactly that.

is it possible that i can do the following?

- connect a 1-in-3 car adapter (plug it into your car and it becomes 3 more open things (im gonna call them ports from now on))
- connect this previously described USB adapter to one of the three ports.
- connect the ipod-brand power car adapter from an open port to the following just-now-mentioned FM transmittor:
- connect the newly aforementioned FM transmittor to the mp3 player


if i am correct, all you need to buy is the FM transmitter, its sold-separately power car adapter, an MP3 player, the 3-in-1 thing, and a USB car adapter, and you have a fully functioning MP3 player that plays on your car radio and never dies (unless your car battery is SHYTE)




will tghis work??

[Nixon]

well instead of getting all that stuff, you could just a tape that has a stereo plug that goes into your mp3/cd/whatever player. heres one http://www.advancedmp3players.co.uk/shop...cts_id=123

[seph]

yes, thats a good substitution for the FM transmitter.... as long as your car has a tape deck.

however, most modern cars dont. not to mention, this provides no solution to unlimited power supply for the MP3 player.

[Rattrapmax6]

My Jeep has a tape deck and no radio.... Work that one out.... :lol:

Anyway,. what you have sounds like it will work,.

btw, the ports are called DC 12-Volt Jacks,.. or Lighter Jacks,. If you would like to know... :wink:

[Zack]

I don't understand your post very well, Sephy Boy, but I don't think that'll work. a) the MP3 player probably won't work with raw 12 VDC from your car (the USB signal in your computer probably is combined with a buttload of other stuff to make the MP3 player work without a battery), and b) WTF is this talk about an FM transmitter? Do you mean receiver?

[Rattrapmax6]

I don't understand your post very well, Sephy Boy, but I don't think that'll work. a) the MP3 player probably won't work with raw 12 VDC from your car (the USB signal in your computer probably is combined with a buttload of other stuff to make the MP3 player work without a battery), and b) WTF is this talk about an FM transmitter? Do you mean receiver?

He doesn't plan to use the raw power,. They have adapters:
http://store.yahoo.com/glob2000/usbcarcilipo.html

And a FM Transmitter hooks into the MP3 player like headphones and transmits a signal to the cars radio on a selected frequency...
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controll...sku=356198

:wink: