Steve:
I don't remember seeing one on the front face of the radio in either
vehicle, but I'll check again.
Thanks for the tip.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling
> Tom,
>
> If that input exists, it will probably be located on the front face of the
> radio. They're usually not hidden, or nobody would use them.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 17:23
> Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling
>
>
>> David:
>>
>> Well, I also have thought of using the direct input to the car audio
>> system,
>> but am not sure where to find it in either of our vehicles.
>>
>> May be something worth pursuing, though.
>>
>> If anyone has any ideas as to where to find that car audio system input,
>> please let me know.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David R. Basden" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 2:21 PM
>> Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling
>>
>>
>>> Hi Tom,
>>>
>>> My wife and I have been using the car's stereo system to listen to
>>> books for many years starting with the little cassette players which
>>> are too soft to be heard over road noise. If you still have a
>>> cassette player in your car, you can buy a small cassette-shaped
>>> device to go into the car's cassette player and fool it into thinking
>>> it's a cassette. A wire dangles out of the player with a minitlug to
>>> plug into your portable cassette player, MP3, player, Stream, or what
>>> have you.
>>>
>>> Newer cars don't have cassette players, so I have used the small FM
>>> transmitters that plug into the external audio device and broadcast
>>> onh an adjustable frequency. I started out with a $20 model I got
>>> from Wal-Mart and eventually went to a digital model from C
>>> Crane. It's spendy though. The one someone else mentioned from
>>> Wal-Mart sounds like a good solution. The trouble with the analog FM
>>> transmitters is that they are not terrifically stable. Another
>>> problem with FM is that it is sometimes difficult to find a clear
>>> frequency in a densely populated area. You may end up frequently
>>> shifting frequency as you move from town to town.
>>>
>>> Our current vehicle, a Toyota Highlander, has a direct input to the
>>> audio system, which is ideal. Now I only use the FM transmitter when
>>> in a rental car.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>> At 09:05 AM 11/29/2008, you wrote:
>>>
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>>>>Hi, folks.
>>>>
>>>>Well, I finally bit the bullet, and ordered a Victor Stream. ... Should
>>>>be
>>>>here hopefully sometime in the coming week.
>>>>
>>>>I have a question that I thought someone on list might be able to help
>>>>with.
>>>>
>>>>How best might I use the Stream in the car or RV while traveling? The
>>>>XYL
>>>>and I like to listen to books while on the road, and I'm trying to
>>>>figure
>>>>out how I might use the Stream for this purpose.
>>>>
>>>>I suppose I could use an external speaker of some kind, but that may or
>>>>may
>>>>not be the most practical way to go. Someone did tell me about the
>>>>possibility of getting a unit like you might use for an Ipod in a car
>>>>where
>>>>a weak FM signal is transmitted, which you find on your car's radio and
>>>>listen to it that way.
>>>>
>>>>Anyone ever used such a thing?
>>>>
>>>>Any idea on cost and availability?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks, and 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>>
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>>
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