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Replying to: rvoth (Mar 08, 2007 5:40 pm) |
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Hi, All Hope it's the right forum for this.... I am looking for a solution that would allow me to have some kind of MP3 playback in my 05 LS. Ideally it would be a DVD player or a some kind on flash based player - like an SD card slot or USB port... But what can be realistically done with Malibus ? Maybe be there's a way to put at least AUX in in it ? Any experience on the subject ? Thanks.
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Replying to: yury (Mar 09, 2007 6:09 am) not sure you can add an aux jack to it
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Replying to: pao (Mar 09, 2007 7:14 am) not sure if iPod's transmitter is good or not. Besides i don't own an iPod, so spending 200-300$ for iPod and the transmitter...not so sure about that 
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Replying to: yury (Mar 09, 2007 7:20 am) Can you tell me what transmitters you tried? Maybe there's good ones and bad ones.
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Replying to: csandste (Mar 09, 2007 1:29 pm)  link title the mp3 playback lacks seek within track, so it's bad for audioboks. quality is pretty bad too. i also tried this one:  (you might have to enter a postal code to see the page, use "M4P 1V8" for example) link title same problems. the only valuable feature is additional USB power jack so one can plugin an mp3 player like RCA lyra, it charges it's battery via usb. Sound quality is bad for both transmitters. If you plug in an external source via an audio jack the quality tends to be even worse than during native mp3 payback. also i foind that i does depend on a car. i tried them both in Malibu and a Vibe. Vibe seems to produce a bit more interference, especially when you rev the engine, there's a background whining noice that changes pitch with the engine rpm. |
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for those who care, I am currently trying out a combo of SanDisk Sansa e140 and the the transmitter made specifically for this palyer.  link title Sound quality is way better than those cheapies I posted above. Initially i was disappointed, but after a couple of days of playing with the settings on both the player and the radio i am getting not so bad results now. The key was to use radio equalizer on the channel and to bring th treble to just above the middle point. Most interference seems to be in treble. Also, I had to turn off the sound effects in the player. After all that I am still getting some minimal static from time to time, depending on where I drive, but overall when the music plays it gets burried and i stop paying attention. The big plus of this combo is that the player and the transmitter are integrated pretty well. The transmitter powers the player so it works without the battery. There's an auto shutdown feature on the trnsmitter - all you have to do is to pause the playback and the transmitter will power off in 4 minutes (however that also requires setting auto power off in the player to 5 min or longer, otherwise it acts funny and doesn't turn off). So, when all the setup/tuning is complete I just pause before i get out of the car and then when I get in, i turn the transmitter and resume the playback. If fits pretty snug in my 05 Malibu's cigarette lighter (comes with fitting rings), so the harsh city roads is not a problem. Another point - the frequency selection is done not via a number of hardwired presets, but within a range with a small increment. My Malibu's radio has a bigger increment than the transmitter Once you found your frequency you store it as one of 3 presets on the transmitter. I found a number of frequencies that work equally well and I use one of them without having to switch so far. |
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Is it possible to retrofit a indash changer into a car that didn't come with one?
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Replying to: trickshot11 (Aug 18, 2007 11:07 pm) |
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