"WindsorFox<SS>" > wrote in message
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> On 1/12/2012 18:35, wrote:
>> On Jan 12, 4:54 pm, D E > wrote:
>>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:39:07 -0800 (PST), "
>>
>>>>> ...
>>>
>>>>>> Won't be long and CD players will be just a old, quaint accessory at
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> future car show.
>>>
>>>>>> http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_new...04-automakers-...
>>>
>>>>> Foxbody - some had cassett tape players
>>>
>>>>> remember 8 track tapes --- very rare
>>>
>>>>> remember 4 track tapes ? cant find them now.
>>>
>>>>> saw one car with a LP turntable in the middle, looong time ago.
>>>
>>>> Though each succeeding technology was better than the previous, it
>>>> wasn't until CDs that stored music was decent. I hated 8-tracks and
>>>> cassettes. Seemed just when you really wanted to hear your favorite
>>>> music, suddenly the tape deck would eat it. You would try to pull it
>>>> out and save it, but by the time you did you'd have twisted tape all
>>>> over the damn car.
>>>
>>> Yep. Remember how many stripped out cassets you could see along the
>>> roads? 8 Track, which right in the middle of a song went kaa chunk.
>>
>> Yep. I think some people were so mad that their relatively new 8-
>> Track or cassette went to **** they'd fling it out the window.
>>
>>> digital is great. Very little space required. far superior to CD
>>> storage and use.
>>
>> So I have to ask. Why are you still using an old-school 12-disc CD
>> changer?
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>
> I almost bought a new receiver with a USB input, even had the module to
> make the buttons on my steering wheel operate it. But it was a lot of $
> and trouble just to get a USB. Since mine has a Aux. audio input I got an
> inexpensive MP3 player and stuck it on with some velcro.

actually the fast forward works better that way