I hate the FM transmitters. The sound quality is ridiculously poor in my area. I use the Monster casette adapter. That Best Buy dude can bite me.
We can come by between classes. Usually I use that time to copy over my class notes with a system of different colored pens. But it's been pointed out to me that that's, you know...insane.
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Kristen - Dec 07, 2005 11:54:07 am PST #5892 of 10003
Gris - Dec 07, 2005 11:55:12 am PST #5893 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Agreed. Cassette adapters are better if you can do them, and built-in solutions are best.
SuziQ - Dec 07, 2005 11:55:58 am PST #5894 of 10003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Ooooh, timely discussion. I was thinking the FM transmitters sounded like a good idea, but no, eh?
Other options would be????
Dana - Dec 07, 2005 11:57:04 am PST #5895 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I tried two different FM adapters and never found a frequency that worked in my car.
That's one of my concerns too -- the airwaves around here are pretty crowded.
Better quality than a tape adapter is going to be one of those direct-to-console inputs
At this point, I think anything requiring installation is out.
That Best Buy dude can bite me.
Believe me, I'm tempted to go back there, find him, and tell him how much he can bite me. And you.
Dana - Dec 07, 2005 11:57:54 am PST #5896 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Maidengurl, this is iLounge's rundown of tape adapters, with a summary of what they don't like about FM transmitters.
The cassette adapters are also substantially cheaper.
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2005 11:58:34 am PST #5897 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Totally go with cassette. There's one out there that lets you control some of the iPod functions with the deck controls (FF, RW, I think). I need to work out how to google that, if you want me to check.
Dana - Dec 07, 2005 11:59:38 am PST #5898 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
And here is their summary of FM transmitters, which I haven't read yet:
There's one out there that lets you control some of the iPod functions with the deck controls (FF, RW, I think).
This one? [link]
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2005 12:00:44 pm PST #5899 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You found it just as I did. Griffin's got the coolest iPod stuff, I swear.
Kristen - Dec 07, 2005 12:00:47 pm PST #5900 of 10003
Believe me, I'm tempted to go back there, find him, and tell him how much he can bite me. And you.
Bring a video camera!
There's one out there that lets you control some of the iPod functions with the deck controls (FF, RW, I think).
I think it's Monster's iCruze. Which doesn't work if you already have an external CD player.
ETA: Oooooh. I hadn't seen that one before!
Typo Boy - Dec 07, 2005 12:05:38 pm PST #5901 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Speaking of PDFs, is there an innexpensive program that will allow you to modify them? I'm thinking here not of forms but of simple copies of documents. What I'd like to do is the equivalent of underlining or writing notes in the margin.
The one I really like for this is ScanSoft PDF professional. (Light might also work for your needs.) I like the ability to convert a pdf file into a word file (or even PDF tables into excel spreadsheets). I can save back to pdf by doing a "print to pdf" thing. Note while most of format is preserved, some fonts and formatting is almost always lost in round trip. Damn handy though - especially if you end getting huge amounts of data to analyze in pdf format.