Since I bought Kyoko an MP3 player, I thought it would be nice if she could play it in the car. Of course there are car stereos now which have a connection available for your MP3 player, but a new car stereo can be a little pricey... But for $34.99, I can get a FM modulator which will play it over FM frequency so it can be heard on the car radio. The one I thought was the best was VR3 VFM8, which I found on SkyMall. It also has the capability that you can plug in USB flash drive to play mp3 files on the flash memory. Therefore the FM modulator itself also has play buttons. One advantage of this unit over its previous version is this unit can be songs in random order.
Update: On February 25, we finally got a chance to try it out... A little bit disappointing, mainly because we had to crank the radio about 3x higher plus put the volume on the mp3 higher to get it a fairly audible level. Perhaps most FM transmitters/modulators are like this. I mean, it would be a bit of a bummer if you're driving down the road and then you're listening to someone else's mp3 files, too. Also since you are not supposed to start the car within it plugged into the 12v outlet, then it's a bit of an inconvenience at times. I would be interested to see if the volume is any better when using a flash drive, but I don't have one off hand. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....... Anyway, it is still useful for long trips.
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