[Tfug] any Linux in-dash car audio tips?

[Tim Ottinger]

Just get an audio system with minijack input.  If you can plug in whatever
you want, you can plug in an ogg/mp3 player.


On 1/3/07, Andrew Halper <andrewhalper at cox.net> wrote:
>
> Anyone have experience with Linux-based car audio?
>
> The factory CD player in my car is on the fritz, and I'd like to replace
> it with something that plays Ogg Vorbis/MP3.  A hard drive and 802.11would be nice, but are not essential.  Even just something that at least
> plays Ogg Vorbis and Red Book would be OK.
>
> I've studied the VorbisHardware Wiki (http://wiki.xiph.org/VorbisHardware),
> but it seems like most of these players are either over-engineered, no
> longer available, or only marketed in the EU or Commonwealth countries.
>
> I even tried to buy the Insignia NS-C5111's low-budge sibling, the
> NS-C3111, in hopes that it would have the same firmware, but the salesperson
> at Best Buy was frightened away by the fact that it has to go in an old
> Prius.
>
> Many thanks,
> Andy
>
>
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