Does anyone have an opinion on...

[automaniac]

I was thinking, that instead of replacing my radio cassette, I would buy one of those cassettes with a wire sticking out that slots into the player and then you can connect an mp3 / portable cd player to it and then I would be able to play my mp3 player through the car stereo, thus saving me a packet on a new system
My question is, has anyone any experience of using such an adaptor and does it work satisfactorily? I want to keep the original r/c because it works with the steering wheel controls, which an aftermaket unit wouldn't. It not that I'm tight and don't want to spend lots of money.... really

 

[Howard]

I used one of these when i was a student, connected to a portable CD player ( i was too skint to afford a CD player in the car) ...

I experienced massive signal loss, having to run the car radio cassette on pretty much maximum volume to even listen to it at 'normal' levels ....

Couldn't possibly recommend it , although i accept that technology has moved on after 15 years ......

 

[bolide]

Buy an aftermarket unit that uses the car controls. Check the Blaupunkt range

http://www.bluespot.co.uk/remotes.asp

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

 

[pluggers]

They do work up to a point but after a while the wires fray going into the cassette unit.Best bet is to buy an FM transmitter for about £25 from currys then tune your radio to the desired frequency.