Sometimes it's in the consul too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: Using Victor Stream While Traveling
> 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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