XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.eletctronics.design, rec.autos.tech   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 28/7/2023 2:57 pm, Jim Joyce wrote:   
   > On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 21:15:28 -0400, micky  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:35:55 -0500, Jim Joyce   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>> Sitting still I could watch the   
   >>>> app go to Pause in less than 2 seconds after I switched from CD Changer   
   >>>> (Bluetooth)** to AM.  More than half the time it would switch back to   
   >>>> Play when I switched the radio back to CD Changer.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> **This is a car and radio from 2005 and didn't come with Bluetooth.   
   >>>> GTA Carkit has add-ons for many older cars to connect the phone to the   
   >>>> radio, to play phone calls and webradio through the much better car   
   >>>> radio speakers.   I think it was about $140 and well worth it.  Also has   
   >>>> an AUX input.  There might be another company that sells something   
   >>>> similar.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It works in my and I think most cases by plugging into the CD Changer   
   >>>> jack in the back of the radio.  I didn't have and didn't want a CD   
   >>>> changer anyhow.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes, Toyota factory radios tend to have the CD changer port. I've never   
   seen   
   >>> anyone actually connect a changer there,   
   >>   
   >> My previous car, same model Solara, but 2000, had a changer IN the   
   >> radio.  I liked that, but by 2015 it stopped working.  I couldn't fix it   
   >   
   > My 2002 Highlander had a 6-CD changer like that, but it still had the rear   
   panel   
   > connector for an external CD changer. I added an Aux port. This was before   
   > Bluetooth and USB were a thing.   
   >   
   >> and to get my CDs out, I had to destroy it.   A changer in the trunk   
   >> would probably not be so compact or fragile, but I don't want to have to   
   >> the trunk to change CDs.  And now we have smartphones!   
   >>   
   >>> but I've seen and helped install 15-20   
   >>> adapters of varying kinds for people who wanted an aux port or a USB port   
   or   
   >>   
   >> Wow, you must be an expert on this.   
   >   
   > No, you've seen how easy it is. A chimp can do it.   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   >> It was so humid the other day there was water above the middle two AC   
   >> vents.   And when I take the keys out of the ignition, they are cold.   
   >   
   > I currently live in south Mississippi. I know something about humidity.   
   >   
   A single CD changer that can deal with MP3 format, convert all the songs   
   you want into MP3 format and stick them onto a *single CD*. I had the 6   
   stack CD in my 2010 Corolla - and found I never used it much. In my   
   current car I have all the songs I want to listen to on a thumb drive.   
   If I get sick of them, I keep others in the glove compartment. The   
   advantage, not so prone to heat issues like CDs. I used to burn copies   
   of my CDs to use in the car. At the same time I would rip them into MP3   
   format and the CDs would then be stored in a safe, dry and cool spot.   
   Haven't used a CD in the car in, quite literally, years. I think they   
   are phasing car CD players out in newer models, my current Toyota is   
   2016 and still has one.   
      
      
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