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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:02:01 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:21:52 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>>
>>> I did hear some guy who had is car stereo knicked. So he wanted to set
>>> up a laptop running Xine on Linux to act as a music player. He was
>>> asking how to wire a switch to the serial port and script it so he
>>> could change tracks.
>>
>> Over here you can get aftermarket removable stereos or with removable
>> faceplates (which takes the entire control interface off the radio).
>> The thing is, if you get one of those, you'd better *always* take it
>> with you.
>
> Yeah, I used to have one of those. It's a pitty is you forget to take
> the faceplace with you... no music. :-(
Yeah, that would be my problem. I spend enough time in the morning
trying to remember to grab my access badge and office keys before I head
down to Provo. But I've also determined that it sucks to get there and
then realise I can't get into the building (or my office) - because there
ain't no way I'm driving another 90 miles so I can open my door. :-)
> My mum has this currently. And never removes it. But then, this woman
> can't find her car keys in the morning, so...
>>> At this point, somebody said "dude, you just had your car stereo
>>> knicked, so you want to park a *laptop* on the passenger seat??"
>>
>> Hehehehehehehe
>
> Yeah. Literally, is plan was to take a knackered old laptop and park it
> on the passenger seat with a bunch of wires going into the speakers.
> Hmm... ;-)
I'd believe that. On longer trips, I've done this myself (back when I
had a USB-powered RF modulator that I could plug into the headphone jack
on my laptop). One power inverter and I could run the laptop as long as
the car had power. But I'd just use RF to get it to the stereo, rather
than wires.
A lot of the newer radios I've seen in rental cars have an aux-in jack on
the front now. I wish mine did (I'm too cheap to put in an aftermarket
radio these days).
Jim
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