From: Jane Galt on
Now that we got this 2002 Corolla, the stock CD player-receiver is pretty
shot ( wont even power-off ), so we're interested in something a little
better.

I see now, that they have XM receivers that now feature hd sound ( digital )
and most of the big city local FM stations now broadcast in this HD. Is it
doing surround sound yet, or havent they worked that part out yet?

Instead of getting one with a DVD just to play several gigs of mp3 with (
super expensive, and we're not interested in movies, just putting about 5GB
of MP3 music in the car to play ), I see that some receivers now have USB
jacks that can take a USB carrier with a SD card. Is that how they can play
many gigs of MP3's?

Gosh I love technology. :)



From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:02:10 -0500, Jane Galt wrote:

> Now that we got this 2002 Corolla, the stock CD player-receiver is pretty
> shot ( wont even power-off ), so we're interested in something a little
> better.
>
> I see now, that they have XM receivers that now feature hd sound ( digital
> ) and most of the big city local FM stations now broadcast in this HD. Is
> it doing surround sound yet, or havent they worked that part out yet?
>
> Instead of getting one with a DVD just to play several gigs of mp3 with (
> super expensive, and we're not interested in movies, just putting about
> 5GB of MP3 music in the car to play ), I see that some receivers now have
> USB jacks that can take a USB carrier with a SD card. Is that how they can
> play many gigs of MP3's?
>
> Gosh I love technology. :)

I just have a bunch of JVC MP3/WMA receivers from eBay (about $30 each)
and 2 $14 XM receiver from WalMart (Delphi Roady2, now long gone...)
Works for me. The CDs hold something like 200+ MP3s (I usually stick to
265 kbps or higher for quality) and they have direct line inputs for the
XM.

Add to that the discontinued Radio Shack Optimus 100Wx4 amps and 12" subs,
and it sounds good enough for me! All for about $120 per car. I use MB
Quart (original German) speakers.

Of course, I do all my own installs. The Scion tC (about the same as your
Corolla's dash) was a little tricky because I wanted it bolted into the
dash since I've been ripped a couple times. But it wasn't TOO difficult to
accomplish.

I don't know if there's a limit on the size of a USB stick, check with
manufacturer's specs for that. Since my phone has a built-in MP3 player,
and has a headphone jack, I can plug it right into the stereo for MP3
playback. Not exactly selectable, so I let them play in order...

The good side of that is if I'm using the phone instead of the XM, the
calls come through the stereo too.


From: Jeff Strickland on

"Jane Galt" <Jane_G(a)gulch.xyz> wrote in message
news:Xns9D47C1A62BE6DJaneGgulchxyz(a)216.196.97.142...
> Now that we got this 2002 Corolla, the stock CD player-receiver is pretty
> shot ( wont even power-off ), so we're interested in something a little
> better.
>
> I see now, that they have XM receivers that now feature hd sound (
> digital )
> and most of the big city local FM stations now broadcast in this HD. Is it
> doing surround sound yet, or havent they worked that part out yet?
>
> Instead of getting one with a DVD just to play several gigs of mp3 with (
> super expensive, and we're not interested in movies, just putting about
> 5GB
> of MP3 music in the car to play ), I see that some receivers now have USB
> jacks that can take a USB carrier with a SD card. Is that how they can
> play
> many gigs of MP3's?
>
> Gosh I love technology. :)
>
>
>

For soembody that loves technology, you ask a lot of questions about it.

I had XM radio that I really enjoyed, but the cost was about $10 per month
so my wife didn't see the value in it. It has shortcomings though. The
satellites can be blocked by trees and overhead obstructions. If you spend
time in the downtown areas of large cities, the buildings can block the
signals. If you are stopped at a traffic light to the freeway and are under
the overpass at the time, the radio will go away until the light turns
green. The upside is that you can put on a station in New York and drive to
Los Angeles and listen to the same station the entire trip. There are
stations that do Books On Tape, that are cool for long drives. I'm not sure
how you would deal with listening to a book on the way to work, then pick up
where yo uleft off on the way home, but I'm sure they have thought about
that. I live in a radio market fringe area where I can drive a few miles in
pretty much any direction and loose more than half of the stations I can get
in my driveway, so XM solves lots of problems for me.

HD is okay, I suppose. I don't have it. But it requires a strong signal, and
my living in the great outback of radio market areas renders the technology
useless to me because I have such a week signal in the first place.

Why don't you get yourself a 32G iPod and a radio with an interface to plug
it into? You could damn near fit the Library of Congress on it and never
hear the same song twice. Okay, that's an exageration, but you get the
point.

Keep in mind that you're putting a system into a Corolla that could exceed
the value of the Corolla. Okay, yet another exageration ...





From: Jeff Strickland on

"Jane Galt" <Jane_G(a)gulch.xyz> wrote in message
news:Xns9D47C1A62BE6DJaneGgulchxyz(a)216.196.97.142...
> Now that we got this 2002 Corolla, the stock CD player-receiver is pretty
> shot ( wont even power-off ), so we're interested in something a little
> better.
>
> I see now, that they have XM receivers that now feature hd sound (
> digital )
> and most of the big city local FM stations now broadcast in this HD. Is it
> doing surround sound yet, or havent they worked that part out yet?
>
> Instead of getting one with a DVD just to play several gigs of mp3 with (
> super expensive, and we're not interested in movies, just putting about
> 5GB
> of MP3 music in the car to play ), I see that some receivers now have USB
> jacks that can take a USB carrier with a SD card. Is that how they can
> play
> many gigs of MP3's?
>
> Gosh I love technology. :)
>
>
>


From: Jane Galt on
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote :

>
> "Jane Galt" <Jane_G(a)gulch.xyz> wrote in message
> news:Xns9D47C1A62BE6DJaneGgulchxyz(a)216.196.97.142...
>> Now that we got this 2002 Corolla, the stock CD player-receiver is
>> pretty shot ( wont even power-off ), so we're interested in something a
>> little better.
>>
>> I see now, that they have XM receivers that now feature hd sound (
>> digital )
>> and most of the big city local FM stations now broadcast in this HD. Is
>> it doing surround sound yet, or havent they worked that part out yet?
>>
>> Instead of getting one with a DVD just to play several gigs of mp3 with
>> ( super expensive, and we're not interested in movies, just putting
>> about 5GB
>> of MP3 music in the car to play ), I see that some receivers now have
>> USB jacks that can take a USB carrier with a SD card. Is that how they
>> can play
>> many gigs of MP3's?
>>
>> Gosh I love technology. :)
>>
>>
>>
>
> For soembody that loves technology, you ask a lot of questions about it.
>
> I had XM radio that I really enjoyed, but the cost was about $10 per
> month so my wife didn't see the value in it. It has shortcomings though.
> The satellites can be blocked by trees and overhead obstructions. If you
> spend time in the downtown areas of large cities, the buildings can
> block the signals. If you are stopped at a traffic light to the freeway
> and are under the overpass at the time, the radio will go away until the
> light turns green. The upside is that you can put on a station in New
> York and drive to Los Angeles and listen to the same station the entire
> trip. There are stations that do Books On Tape, that are cool for long
> drives. I'm not sure how you would deal with listening to a book on the
> way to work, then pick up where yo uleft off on the way home, but I'm
> sure they have thought about that. I live in a radio market fringe area
> where I can drive a few miles in pretty much any direction and loose
> more than half of the stations I can get in my driveway, so XM solves
> lots of problems for me.
>
> HD is okay, I suppose. I don't have it. But it requires a strong signal,
> and my living in the great outback of radio market areas renders the
> technology useless to me because I have such a week signal in the first
> place.
>
> Why don't you get yourself a 32G iPod and a radio with an interface to
> plug it into? You could damn near fit the Library of Congress on it and
> never hear the same song twice. Okay, that's an exageration, but you get
> the point.
>
> Keep in mind that you're putting a system into a Corolla that could
> exceed the value of the Corolla. Okay, yet another exageration ...

LOL

Hey come on, it's a 2002 Corolla, not the old 93.