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Steve Dresser <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:26:31 -0500
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Tom,

Some transmitters operate over the entire FM band, so you may want one of 
those if you travel a lot.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 17:34
Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling


>    Steve:
>
> Neither our family vehicle or the RV have a cassette player, so I'm afraid
> that option is out.
>
> I guess that is what makes the FM transmitter possibility so compelling,
> although, as Russ and some others have noted, this approach can lead to 
> some
> problems, especially in densely-populated metropolitan areas where much of
> the lower part of the FM spectrum is occupied.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 2:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling
>
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> If your car has a cassette player, you can buy a device that fits into 
>> the
>> cassette well and allows you to connect a player (Ipod, Stream, or
>> whatever
>> else floats your boat) by means of a 1/8-inch stereo plug.  The audio 
>> will
>> come through your car's speakers just as if you were playing a cassette.
>> Alternatively, you could buy a small FM transmitter from a company such 
>> as
>> CCrane (www.ccrane.com).
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 13:09
>> Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling
>>
>>
>>> Yes, you can do both.  It is a totally accessible mp3 and WMA 9 player.
>>>
>>> As for listening in the car, Tom, you either need an external speaker or
>>> if
>>> you have an audio input on your car stereo then you can utilize that.
>>>
>>> There is no way the Stream will have enough volume on its internal
>>> speaker
>>> to
>>> work in that kind of high ambient noise environment.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 12:40 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Tom.
>>>
>>> I don't have a victor stream, but I am also told you can listen to music
>>> by
>>> use of SD cards with those Victor Stream readers, but I don't know much
>>> about that.
>>> Harvey
>>>
>>
> 

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