Recommended dealers

[Mike Henry]

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a good car audio dealer in the Birmingham area
please? I'm looking for an mp3 CD player which can also play mp2 (mpeg 1
layer 2, a subset of layer 3) which shouldn't be a problem - but some
players want the filenames to end in "mp3" before they'll recognise
them. So it would be nice to visit a dealer and be able to try the test
CDRW that I've burned.

I'm considering Pioneer DEH-4700MP, Kenwood KDC-W4031 or anything up to
the 100 quid mark that will play the files. This is to replace a Ford
6000 CD RDS-EON so I don't really want to lose features (RDS,
traffic/news etc) if it can be helped.

I know I need a facia adaptor, and I think I need a harness adaptor
(autoleads PC2-08-4?) and a removal tool to get the old stereo out, so
fitting is an undecided issue for me. If it's a real pig to do I
wouldn't mind paying for someone to do it as long as it was competive.
Halfords quoted me £40 but I'd have to buy from them, which I am very
reluctant to do.

Any replies/advice appreciated!

Cheers,
Mike

[Tim S Kemp]

Post by Mike Henry
Hi,
Can anyone recommend a good car audio dealer in the Birmingham area
please? I'm looking for an mp3 CD player which can also play mp2
(mpeg 1 layer 2, a subset of layer 3) which shouldn't be a problem -
but some players want the filenames to end in "mp3" before they'll
recognise them. So it would be nice to visit a dealer and be able to
try the test CDRW that I've burned.

If you want to email me some files I'll burn them and try them in the Alpine
for you. Is renaming them that much of a hassle?

email is timskemp at gmail dot com

[Mike Henry]

Post by Tim S Kemp

Post by Mike Henry
Hi,
Can anyone recommend a good car audio dealer in the Birmingham area
please? I'm looking for an mp3 CD player which can also play mp2
(mpeg 1 layer 2, a subset of layer 3) which shouldn't be a problem -
but some players want the filenames to end in "mp3" before they'll
recognise them. So it would be nice to visit a dealer and be able to
try the test CDRW that I've burned.

If you want to email me some files I'll burn them and try them in the Alpine
for you. Is renaming them that much of a hassle?

Thanks, that's very kind of you! I've emailed you a link.

Renaming would be ok but there's also a chance the files could be
rejected completely, and I'd rather not have to re-encode everything :).
My mp2 files were ripped from my TiVo; other people who record radio
from DTT/DSAT etc cards on their PCs will also end up with mp2/mpa files
so I'm hoping I'm not the only one who wants to do this.

Cheers,
Mike

[In-Car Express]

On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:34:20 +0000, Mike Henry

Post by Mike Henry

Post by Tim S Kemp
If you want to email me some files I'll burn them and try them in the Alpine
for you. Is renaming them that much of a hassle?

Thanks, that's very kind of you! I've emailed you a link.

If you need the same with any other unit, just let me know.

Jon

[Mike Henry]

Post by In-Car Express
On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:34:20 +0000, Mike Henry

Post by Mike Henry

Post by Tim S Kemp
If you want to email me some files I'll burn them and try them in the Alpine
for you. Is renaming them that much of a hassle?

Thanks, that's very kind of you! I've emailed you a link.

If you need the same with any other unit, just let me know.

Ta - you have mail :)

Mike