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Blaupunkt

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:09 am
by rjastra2
I saw this advertised in a mag.

NO CD player. just a mp3 aux in and a SD card reader. Way of the future????

http://www.blaupunkt.com/au/7647533310_main.asp

I think they sell for < $200

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:55 am
by Juffa
Alpine also have a similar unit, but theirs is around $600. One was for sale on this forum a couple of months ago.

J

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:51 am
by Jimmy
Next will be solid state hardrives so all your music is already loaded into the headdeck. Its about time they did this!

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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 11:24 am
by rjastra2
JimmyJ5 wrote:Next will be solid state hardrives so all your music is already loaded into the headdeck. Its about time they did this!


What do you think an SD card is ;)

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:47 pm
by jules
Love it. Looks great.

Jules

Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:47 pm
by Jimmy
i was more talking of a built-in hardrive but this would then pose the problem of uploading music to your cars headeck.

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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:06 pm
by ducktape69
Juffa wrote:Alpine also have a similar unit, but theirs is around $600. One was for sale on this forum a couple of months ago.

J


sure was...i bought that alpine unit...best head unit iver ever used...was glad i got to chuck away all the scratched cd's :)

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:50 pm
by Brad
A headunit that can play mp3's off a dvd-r would be a nice toy too. Sd cards are cheap but i still think there is a place for cd's, after all the cd mech is the cheap part. At least you wont have scratched cd's in the car .

Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:43 am
by Brad
It actually looks like it does have a cd player behind the face plate. There is a cd icon on the display and in the tech specs it mentiones cd.

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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:48 pm
by Juffa
Brad wrote:A headunit that can play mp3's off a dvd-r would be a nice toy too. Sd cards are cheap but i still think there is a place for cd's, after all the cd mech is the cheap part. At least you wont have scratched cd's in the car .


I'm pretty sure these are available, I think I saw some while at a JBHi-Fi store some time ago.

J

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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:17 am
by rjastra2
Brad wrote:It actually looks like it does have a cd player behind the face plate. There is a cd icon on the display and in the tech specs it mentiones cd.


I think the specs say it can control a cd stacker - DMS (Disk Management System). I am sure it doesn't contain a cd player within the unit.

as it says... "These impressive features eliminate the need for a CD drive and all the inconvenient juggling with your CD collection - you won’t miss it.
"

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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:26 am
by Brad
rjastra2 wrote:
Brad wrote:It actually looks like it does have a cd player behind the face plate. There is a cd icon on the display and in the tech specs it mentiones cd.


I think the specs say it can control a cd stacker - DMS (Disk Management System). I am sure it doesn't contain a cd player within the unit.

as it says... "These impressive features eliminate the need for a CD drive and all the inconvenient juggling with your CD collection - you won’t miss it.
"


Yeah, read that too.

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:37 am
by jules
Buy it Brad.

Jules

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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:41 am
by Brad
jules wrote:Buy it Brad.

Jules


Any ideas on price? Considering it. An 8GB SD card is $90 and will hold over 2000 songs.