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Old 11-05-2021, 02:37 PM   #79 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
Or get a Bluetooth to FM transmitter and tune to an unused frequency.

I tried that in the 00's with poor results. To many FM stations and other people with FM transmitters. I wonder if one would work today now that cars have had AUX inputs for more than a decade?


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The CD player was released in the year of my birth (year of the Gipper). It amazed me how slowly the auto industry adopted new tech. How long were we playing MP3s before the industry adopted that as standard? ....
The problem with adopting technology on the cutting edge of change is knowing what tech will win and become mainstream and what will just be a flash in the pan and then die. 8-tracks and mini-discs come to mind.
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