Ever since I got my 40 Gig MP3 player I have been using a Tape Deck adapter to play the files back in the car.
I have been looking at buying a replacement radio for the Mazda and the number of decent setups that include a tape deck is becoming extremely small.
Now that the "iTrip" phenomenon is becoming legal I can forget about it and pick a decent DAB/FM/CD system.
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Yes you can, but the iTrip is notoriously bad at reception in particularly built up areas of cities. Now I'm no expert, but last time I look London fell under that category.
What I've done is downloaded the Japanese bandwidth frequencies and hacked my iTrip to broadcast at 87.5 which my car stereo managed to find. Now the UK radio frequencies of both stereos and iTrips are 88 - 106.
My iTrip is an old style one and the new ones can't be hacked by PC the frequency selector is in the unit itself, not via iTunes.
I'd recommend getting one of the car stereos which has an iPod connector or at least a input jack if you still don't want to take a bite from the Apple just yet....
What I mean by that above is, by selecting a broadcast frequency outside the UK bandwidth the iTrip wasn't interupted by stronger frequency signals or give off a lot of static; the problem in built up areas....
I wasn't actually going to use something as scummy as an iTrip! ;)
There are better 3rd party devices out there... I just didn't want to commit to one until the law was changed.
It's not like the power of an 'iTrip' can even upset the radio of the car you're driving alongside so it makes no sense having them banned, and therefore law or no law I bought one anyway.
If it's breaking the law, well the sheer nature of an MP3 players breaks the law, as even if though you own the CD, copying it to another format, even for your own use is actually copyright infringement.
So what's the point? We're all law breakers...
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