mp3 player for BMW 323i-1999?

Hello BMW owners!

I have a BMW 323i, 1999. No CD player there, but of course, an option
for CD changer which located in the trunk area.

Is there any products that I can easily hook up an MP3 player to my
car, and I can select songs easily, etc?

....Many years ago, I tried portable mp3 player + cassette tape player
adapter, which was inconvenient. Then a PDA with an adapter to use FM
radio, the sound quality was awful. PDA + tape player adapter works
fine, but still cord clutter and it's not convenient to carry PDA to
the car, hide it when I leave the card.

I recently purchased cassette tape lookalike MP3 player from Think
Geek, takes 2GB SD card, just use it as a cassette. Sounds simple and
nice, but I can't select songs easily, and it only plays number of
songs over and over again, although I have hundreds of songs on the SD
card.

"WK2" > wrote in message
...
> Hello BMW owners!
>
> I have a BMW 323i, 1999. No CD player there, but of course, an option
> for CD changer which located in the trunk area.
>
> Is there any products that I can easily hook up an MP3 player to my
> car, and I can select songs easily, etc?
>
> ...Many years ago, I tried portable mp3 player + cassette tape player
> adapter, which was inconvenient. Then a PDA with an adapter to use FM
> radio, the sound quality was awful. PDA + tape player adapter works
> fine, but still cord clutter and it's not convenient to carry PDA to
> the car, hide it when I leave the card.
>
> I recently purchased cassette tape lookalike MP3 player from Think
> Geek, takes 2GB SD card, just use it as a cassette. Sounds simple and
> nice, but I can't select songs easily, and it only plays number of
> songs over and over again, although I have hundreds of songs on the SD
> card.

I think you can use Alpine's CD/MP3 changer in the old changer's place ...
may need a bus adapter.

OR, you could go first class and intergrate an iPod.
http://www.diceelectronics.com/Merch...=DICE_IPOD_BMW

Highly recommended.

R / John

On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:37:29 -0700 (PDT), WK2 > wrote:

>Hello BMW owners!
>
>I have a BMW 323i, 1999. No CD player there, but of course, an option
>for CD changer which located in the trunk area.
>
>Is there any products that I can easily hook up an MP3 player to my
>car, and I can select songs easily, etc?
>
>...Many years ago, I tried portable mp3 player + cassette tape player
>adapter, which was inconvenient. Then a PDA with an adapter to use FM
>radio, the sound quality was awful. PDA + tape player adapter works
>fine, but still cord clutter and it's not convenient to carry PDA to
>the car, hide it when I leave the card.
>
>I recently purchased cassette tape lookalike MP3 player from Think
>Geek, takes 2GB SD card, just use it as a cassette. Sounds simple and
>nice, but I can't select songs easily, and it only plays number of
>songs over and over again, although I have hundreds of songs on the SD
>card.

Go to a dedicated car audio shop - you will find hundred of item like what you
want.

There is an adaptor that will allow bluetooth phone and an iPod type player to
interface with the BMW radio set up and probably other radios with similar
interfaces with MP3 player/iPod setups.

--

Sir Hugh of Bognor

The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.

Intelligence is not knowing the answer but knowing where and how to find it!

Hugh Gundersen

Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK

Thanks all!