Recommend me a (cheap) MP3 player for my Leon

[sk4tec]

Hi guys, I'm enjoying driving my new (to me) Leon FR and find the single disc a bit limiting. I guess I should go mp3.

I was wondering what make and model of MP3 people use? I don't really have the budget for an Apple branded product.

 

[richibiza]

hey sk4tec... what year leon have you got?? have you got an USB or just an AUX port?

If you have got an USB, i would just get a cheap 3, 8 or even 16 GB flash drive and drag and drop your music on that

sorry to boast I have an ipod so therefore really dont have a clue on MP players as i have not brought one for years

 

[sk4tec]

My Leon has an AUX port near the handbrake. I was thinking of something like this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-San...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1333530761&sr=1-1

It might fit in the cup holder near the aux port.

 

[richibiza]

thats not bad at all to be honest http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0055AQNHY/ref=asc_df_B0055AQNHY7286945?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B0055AQNHY

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/8903177/SumVision-M18-4GB-FM-MP3-Player/Product.html?searchstring=mp3+player&searchtype=ELEC&searchsource=2&searchfilters=s%7bmp3+player%7d+c%7b321%7d+&cpage=8&ob=4&urlrefer=search

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/5307410/Play-com-4GB-MP3-Player/Product.html?searchstring=mp3+player&searchtype=ELEC&searchsource=2&searchfilters=s%7bmp3+player%7d+c%7b321%7d+&cpage=9&ob=4&urlrefer=search

http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/16443739/DIGIFLEX-4GB-Ultra-Slim-Small-MP3-MP4-FM-Radio-Video-Photo-Music-Movie-Player/Product.html?searchstring=mp3+player&searchtype=ELEC&searchsource=2&searchfilters=s%7bmp3+player%7d+c%7b321%7d+&cpage=10&ob=4&urlrefer=search

just a few other ones for you to have a look at

 

[Wimbledonian]

Really good tiny MP3 is the Sandisk Sansa Clip+. About £30 for the 8Gb version, but you can add a microSD card - so I now have 40GB on mine. It does the normal MP3 formats, but also high-quality lossless FLAC, which sad audiphiles like me prefer.

One tip for using it though - particularly with headphones - is to select region=US, not Europe. If you select Europe, it puts a volume limiter on, which is chronic.

 

[tom.b]

you can get a second gen iPod nano for £40 off eBay mate iv had mine for about 5 years never missed a beat, woulnt buy anything else

 

[putridmocha]

Im suffering this so I've got a £3 radio transmitter plugged into my iPhone lol!
The sound quality sounds as good as cd to my ears tho

 

[sk4tec]

Thanks for the advice guys.

Just wondering what happens when I plug an MP3 player through the AUX port. I presume that the car stereo will treat this like an audio line-in and that the stereo won't be able to control (play, skip etc) the MP3 player. Not sure if there's much point in doing that as I can't see myself fiddling with a tiny mp3 player selecting tracks.

I'm wondering if its better that I go down the re-writeable CD route? Least the stereo controls will work??

 

[Wimbledonian]

You need a stereo with a USB port if you want to use the steering wheel controls to play/stop/skip tracks and so on. In which case, just a USB stick full f MP3's will do.

 

[Jarre]

i have one of the new ipod nanos in mine. used to have a ipod classic that i bought second hand off ebay for £60. You can then buy the ipod lead for about £15 off ebay, and all your tracks will come up on the stereo

 

[Kevyla]

FAO: Wimbledonian

Really good tiny MP3 is the Sandisk Sansa Clip+. About £30 for the 8Gb version, but you can add a microSD card - so I now have 40GB on mine. It does the normal MP3 formats, but also high-quality lossless FLAC, which sad audiphiles like me prefer.

One tip for using it though - particularly with headphones - is to select region=US, not Europe. If you select Europe, it puts a volume limiter on, which is chronic.

Hi Wimbledonian,

Just wondering if you have your Sansa Clip+ connected through your USB port? I can't seem to get my 2009 FR CR Tdi to recognise the device? Just wondering if you have any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Kevyla.

 

[Jimbobcook]

Will the CD player recognise an mp3 cd?

You could fit quite alot of mp3's onto a 700mb CD should see folders etc...

 

[Kevyla]

Hadn't thought off that. not sure if it would recognise MP3's on a CD?

 

[putridmocha]

if it says mp3 on the front it will

 

[Jimbobcook]

Mine definitely does 57 plate... has folders and stuff... Read the manual thing for which buttons do what lol

 

[Kevyla]

Have got the MP3 player working now. It was to do with setting the USB mode to MSC on the device and files, but I won't bore you with all the details...