| Title: | You get surface noise in real life too |
| Notice: | Let's be conformist |
| Moderator: | GOVT02::BARKER |
| Created: | Thu Jul 28 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 550 |
| Total number of notes: | 3847 |
I am using a Sony Discman in the car with a 'tape' adaptor. Sound quality is fine, but the noise of the pseudo-tape mechanism drives me mad. Any suggestions/alternatives regards, Pat
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| 372.1 | Get something with a CD input jack | ALBURT::LEWIS | Fri Sep 04 1992 17:39 | 8 | |
You have two options,
1 - Buy a new car radio with a CD input jack on the front.
2 - Buy a amplifier/booster with a CD jack on the front and connect
that between the radio and speaker.
Neil
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| 372.2 | LARVAE::IVES_J | Bad Karma in the UK | Mon Sep 07 1992 09:24 | 4 | |
did you try it the other way around (the cassete adaptor)
mine is far noisier one way than the other. Also experiment with using
either the line out or headphone out(with volume adjust). I prefer the
line-out but maybe one will be less noisey.
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| 372.3 | Another idea, but it costs.... | BAHTAT::SALLITT | a legend in his lunchtime | Tue Sep 08 1992 12:42 | 16 |
Pioneer and Alpine make an adaptor which fits in line with the aerial.
It's just a modulator that takes the audio from the CD player (or DAT
player) and encodes it in FM on a VHF signal. You just tune your FM
radio into the appropriate frequency to listen to CDs/DATs.
Sound quality should be vastly improved over the tape adaptor.
Providing the FM adaptor and the car radio are of sufficient quality,
sound quality will not suffer; indeed, the VHF carrier effectively
samples the signal at over 80Mhz, around 2000 times more than digital
encoding used in CD or DAT.
Your local ICE dealer should able to oblige. Cost is around �120; high,
but it can be used when you upgrade to a dedicated in-car player.
Dave
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