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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Elite Pete on 22 January 2008, 09:40:26
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anyway of burning 3 CDs onto 1 or can I buy a CD that will hold more. Sorry if I sound thick, but as you get older technology passes you by :-[
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if summing the contents of 3 CD dont exceed the biggest CD capacity, its possible by copying them on disk and writing them at once..Otherwise DVD-RW is necessary
some CDs can hold upto 850 mb.. but the writing software must support..
another solution is compressing the files..
edit: personally I dont recommend high capacity CD like 850 some
units may not read them..
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.. or burn them onto a DVD?
What are we walking about - music or data?
If it's data, compression may help as cem said.
If it's music, some newer CD players can play MP3 files from CD, so if you ripped the music, compressed it to MP3 and then burnt the MP3 files back to CD it might help - if your CD player can play MP3 :-/
Kevin
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Are we talking Audio or data cd's?
If audio, how long is each cd?
If data, how much is on each cd?
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Its audio.
Im tight and I normally wait for an artists best of or greatest hits. I was thinking, if I could get for instance Queens Platinum Collection (3 discs)on one CD that would free up half the Omegas CD Player ;)
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In that case, no, too much Audio for one disk.
You could pick your favourite tracks and make 1 best of though...
youve about 72 mins to fill
or 80 mins on some cd's
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yep..agreed..
or expensive solution..convert the files to mp3 format..and fit mp3
player to omega..
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yep..agreed..
or expensive solution..convert the files to mp3 format..and fit mp3
player to omega..
As I have done ;) I don't have the bose system to lose though... and my changer was very intermittant.
Pop round if you wanna see what you could have had ;)
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yep..agreed..
or expensive solution..convert the files to mp3 format..and fit mp3
player to omega..
I was trying to avoid this as I have the ccrt700 which is quite useful. Looks like I will have to do as Jimbob suggests and pick my favorite tracks.
Cheers Fellas :y
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My solution is a pioneer bt55 headunit.
Colours match the meega well
MP3's so loadsa room (yes I know I lose quality)
Bluetooth hands free from my phone.
Display / Controls adaptor, so Mid and steering controls still work.
I think it's a cracking solution, perfect for me :y
Think it cost about £250 all in, there are cheaper alternatives now.
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My solution is a pioneer bt55 headunit.
Colours match the meega well
MP3's so loadsa room (yes I know I lose quality)
Bluetooth hands free from my phone.
Display / Controls adaptor, so Mid and steering controls still work.
I think it's a cracking solution, perfect for me :y
Think it cost about £250 all in, there are cheaper alternatives now.
if I understand correct you use some adaptor for display..
Can you give name or a link.. ::)
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My solution is a pioneer bt55 headunit.
Colours match the meega well
MP3's so loadsa room (yes I know I lose quality)
Bluetooth hands free from my phone.
Display / Controls adaptor, so Mid and steering controls still work.
I think it's a cracking solution, perfect for me :y
Think it cost about £250 all in, there are cheaper alternatives now.
I will lose the amp and sub though, wont I ?
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Cem - http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1166951635/all
shows my story, I think the BT-65 unit is the current equivalent
Pete, Yes, Lose Amp, Sub, and forgot, as you have the Phone display, dont think you can interface 3rd party stuff to that :(
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Cant you just swap the multi changer in the boot for say an MP3 player?
You would then keep your orginal radio and perhaps your steering wheel buttons?
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What I'd really like is an in-car MP3 player to which I can connect a great big hard drive full of all my MP3s and then browse them.
Anybody tried this? I guess a MP3 head unit with a usb disk connector might work, but can they cope with cataloguing 10's of gigs of data?
One of the old Dension units would fit the bill nicely but they don't make them any more. :-/
I know you can go this with an IPod + adaptor kit but I have no other use for an IPod and it's an expensive way of buying a hard disk.
Kevin
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What I'd really like is an in-car MP3 player to which I can connect a great big hard drive full of all my MP3s and then browse them.
Anybody tried this? I guess a MP3 head unit with a usb disk connector might work, but can they cope with cataloguing 10's of gigs of data?
One of the old Dension units would fit the bill nicely but they don't make them any more. :-/
I know you can go this with an IPod + adaptor kit but I have no other use for an IPod and it's an expensive way of buying a hard disk.
Kevin
Sounds a bit like the unit I had in my meeg before I put the factory unit back in. 20 gig hard disk, use it to store MP3/WMA files, does all the catalogue stuff -- sort by genre/folder etc. It also had an SD card slot, you can play the files directly from that or copy them to the HD. And as if that wasn't enough it has a DVD-ROM drive which can also be used to play MP3s. As an added bonus, it has Europe-wide navigation (maps stored on the HD so no faffing around with CDs/DVDs) and with the addition of an external screen can play DVD movies with full 6 channel Dolby Digital and DTS decoding.
All that in a single DIN unit :) Makes you wonder why car manufacturers seem so desperate to go to double DIN yet most of them still put out bottom of the barrell junk that has barely moved on since 1990 ::).
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Cem - http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1166951635/all
shows my story, I think the BT-65 unit is the current equivalent
Pete, Yes, Lose Amp, Sub, and forgot, as you have the Phone display, dont think you can interface 3rd party stuff to that :(
Thanks..Really interesting..Shows the way to go.. :y
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Sounds a bit like the unit I had in my meeg before I put the factory unit back in. 20 gig hard disk, use it to store MP3/WMA files, does all the catalogue stuff -- sort by genre/folder etc. It also had an SD card slot, you can play the files directly from that or copy them to the HD. And as if that wasn't enough it has a DVD-ROM drive which can also be used to play MP3s. As an added bonus, it has Europe-wide navigation (maps stored on the HD so no faffing around with CDs/DVDs) and with the addition of an external screen can play DVD movies with full 6 channel Dolby Digital and DTS decoding.
All that in a single DIN unit :) Makes you wonder why car manufacturers seem so desperate to go to double DIN yet most of them still put out bottom of the barrell junk that has barely moved on since 1990 ::).
I've always wondered why car manufacturers bother with their own branded head units. As you say, most of them are rubbish and they get more and more integrated so it's more and more difficult to change them for something else. Why don't they just fit an industry standard hole with an industry standard connector in it, lob a 100 quid Kenwood CD tuner in there and let the customer upgrade it easily when he inevitably gets fed up with it. >:(
Kevin
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Sounds a bit like the unit I had in my meeg before I put the factory unit back in. 20 gig hard disk, use it to store MP3/WMA files, does all the catalogue stuff -- sort by genre/folder etc. It also had an SD card slot, you can play the files directly from that or copy them to the HD. And as if that wasn't enough it has a DVD-ROM drive which can also be used to play MP3s. As an added bonus, it has Europe-wide navigation (maps stored on the HD so no faffing around with CDs/DVDs) and with the addition of an external screen can play DVD movies with full 6 channel Dolby Digital and DTS decoding.
All that in a single DIN unit :) Makes you wonder why car manufacturers seem so desperate to go to double DIN yet most of them still put out bottom of the barrell junk that has barely moved on since 1990 ::).
I've always wondered why car manufacturers bother with their own branded head units. As you say, most of them are rubbish and they get more and more integrated so it's more and more difficult to change them for something else. Why don't they just fit an industry standard hole with an industry standard connector in it, lob a 100 quid Kenwood CD tuner in there and let the customer upgrade it easily when he inevitably gets fed up with it. >:(
Kevin
I'd guess at two reasons, first the more the unit is built, in the harder it is for the local scum to remove it to flog for his next fix.
Secondly, more chance you will replace it with one of their units when it breaks.
So the selling point to the customer, greater security and to the car manufacturer greater profits from replacements.
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Sounds a bit like the unit I had in my meeg before I put the factory unit back in. 20 gig hard disk, use it to store MP3/WMA files, does all the catalogue stuff -- sort by genre/folder etc. It also had an SD card slot, you can play the files directly from that or copy them to the HD. And as if that wasn't enough it has a DVD-ROM drive which can also be used to play MP3s. As an added bonus, it has Europe-wide navigation (maps stored on the HD so no faffing around with CDs/DVDs) and with the addition of an external screen can play DVD movies with full 6 channel Dolby Digital and DTS decoding.
All that in a single DIN unit :) Makes you wonder why car manufacturers seem so desperate to go to double DIN yet most of them still put out bottom of the barrell junk that has barely moved on since 1990 ::).
I've always wondered why car manufacturers bother with their own branded head units. As you say, most of them are rubbish and they get more and more integrated so it's more and more difficult to change them for something else. Why don't they just fit an industry standard hole with an industry standard connector in it, lob a 100 quid Kenwood CD tuner in there and let the customer upgrade it easily when he inevitably gets fed up with it. >:(
Kevin
Thats what BMW used to do years ago, they got hammered in the press for it
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Problem is, things are moving fast enough that the car will outlast any entertainment technology by a long way, so it has to be designed for upgrades. My 2002 car has a slot for a cassette FFS! I can't remember when I last listened to one. In fact, I've only recently realised that I lent my cassette deck to mrs. KW's uncle about 2 years ago!
but.. I guess car manufacturers only have to impress the guy who drives the car for its' first 2 or 3 years and it's likely to be a company car, so he won't want to mess about with it.
Kevin