AMEN

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...878423556&rd=1


The D-Link DWL-121 wireless receiver, which connects to the DMS1 in your home or the DMP1 in your car, allowing you to receive wireless transmission of audio files from your computer.

 

I have to stick with George on this, one.
I have been in search of the ultimate in "in-car" audio ever since i first had a car.
Memory sticks or flash media are just that.
We only have to wait till all manufacturers get the hint that USB-enabled is smart (just like they did with MP3-enabled)

[borrowing and adding to George's statement]
USB drives are nice for several reasons:

Hard drives are not ideal in a car because,

 

Agreed- devices come and go (cd, minidisc, mem stick...), but a good solid hard drive deck that's upgradeable to use multiple codecs would kick ___ out of all of them.

 

Yes, the mechanical hard drives are not the best answer. I know there are units out that have hard drives in them, but I think they are solid state. Solid state hard drives solve the mobility issue, but will raise the price (at least for now).

 

It was only a matter of time ladies and gentlemen...


The Empire Strikes Back, Via the Dashboard USB Jack

 

Now imagine that being combine with your I.C.E. How nice would that be.

 

One thing to keep in mind
Hard Drive + Bumps + Time = Dead Drive
At least it did when I did the Computer in the car to play MP3s back in '01.

[Technobable]
Besides, I want a 100 gig Flash Based, MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG, AVI, WMV, MVK, MP4, h.264, xivd, divx, 3vix capable player, with a screen, that can auto sync with my Media server over VPN. For CHEAP! Or I could always just put my Hacked Xbox in my car...
[/Technobable]

 

you mean some thing like this???

http://www.everythingusb.com/usb_car_radio.html
http://www.autotoys.com/x/cust/produ...productid=5266

 

So has anyone tried out these USB HU's? I'm really interested. I've been looking for a way to control my Creative Zen Touch 40gig for a while. This sounds like it may be the perfect solution.

 

You guys wanna hear something sick?

A friend of mine has a wireless network at home. My friend works from about 4am to 2pm or some crazy hours like that.

SO many times, he's in his car and he wants music that he downloaded to listen to... His solution?

He installed a carputer with a wireless network card. at about 3:30am, as he is warming up his car, he connects to his home PC via the wireless network. He then copies his music (can be videos, whatever), etc all over onto his carputer and listens to the newly downloaded songs on his way to work!!!

The other cool thing - he has the xenarc 7" touch screen and he's running windows xp. Windows xp has a built in on-screen keyboard that he uses to input commands and stuff. so he doesn't have a keyboard or mouse laying around in the car!