mje@olsa99.UUCP (Mark J Elkins) (06/27/90)
In article <10747@ingr.com> palmerc@ingr.UUCP (Chris Palmer) writes: >I have noticed that several new car stereo systems now have a stereo input >jack for portable CD input. >I would like to add a stereo input jack that would >allow me to patch my Walkman's headphone output into my car stereo (and maybe >get a portable CD player too). Has anyone done this? I've had a portable Phillips C10 CD player for about 4 years - and often pondered this point. Then I had the bucks to buy a 'new' (shop soiled) radio/cassette (about 6 months ago). I asked the shop about this - the'd never done this before. They sent it off to the local distributor/fixit shop who added a 3.5mm stereo jack for my CD. The 'upgrade' was free. It works regardless of the normal audio source (radio/tape) so I presume that the jack interrupts the circuit somewere between pre-amps and vol/tone control. As it cost nothing - I presume it can't have been that difficult to do! It still works fine! -- . . ___. .__ Olivetti Systems & Networks, Unix Support - Africa /| /| / /__ UUCP: {uunet,olgb1,olnl1}!olsa99!mje (Mark Elkins) / |/ |ARK \_/ /__ LKINS mje@olsa99.UUCP (Postmaster) Tel: +27 11 339 9093
stevek@locus.com (Steve Krattiger) (06/29/90)
In article <2236@olsa99.UUCP> mje@olsa99.UUCP (Mark J Elkins) writes: >In article <10747@ingr.com> palmerc@ingr.UUCP (Chris Palmer) writes: >>I have noticed that several new car stereo systems now have a stereo input >>jack for portable CD input. > >>I would like to add a stereo input jack that would >>allow me to patch my Walkman's headphone output into my car stereo (and maybe >>get a portable CD player too). Has anyone done this? My younger brother had this same dilemma last year when he learned to drive. He went down to Circuit City and picked up a really nifty device just for this purpose. What it is, is a cassette tape with a record head built inside, and a wire coming out of the cassette that plugs into your CD player. You simply plug the cassette into the tape player in your car, plug the jack into your CD player, and voila! The tape head inside the cassette simply takes the electrical impulses coming from the CD player, and turns them into magnetic fluctuations just like they would be put on an ordinary cassette; however, your car tape player picks them up and plays them just like they were coming from a cassette! If you don't know of any Circuit City's near you, possibly check out a Radio Shack store, I believe that they carry them also. +-----/\/\/\/--------||--+---->|---|---/\/\/\/--------/\/\/\/-------|<--------+ | Steve Krattiger |-/\/\/\--| Locus Computing Corp. .. | | stevek@locus.com === Los Angeles, California \/ | +----|(---------/\/\/\/----|<------|------|+|+|+-------)|-----/\/\/\/----||---+