You really have to reach back to remember how THIS worked in your car
-
Yeah, it worked much better than our current USB bluetooth dogle that lags every 30 seconds.
Just because we could not get radio wit cassette player. I still have the cassette adapter.64gb USB stick filled to the brim with pirated music. No skipping, no ads. This is the way.
-
Yeah, it worked much better than our current USB bluetooth dogle that lags every 30 seconds.
Just because we could not get radio wit cassette player. I still have the cassette adapter.Ugh I WISH… my old car didn’t have Bluetooth so I bought a BT-AUX adapter. It worked INSTANTLY and sounded amazing. Zero delay, loved it so much.
Got a newer car. Bluetooth included! …with a two second delay. I go to plug my BT-AUX adapter in so I don’t have a delay… NO AUX PORT IN CAR AAAA
-
We were using this well into 2010 or so. Better audio quality than an FM tuner as long as the electromagnet wasn't overheating.
The best option though was to get an inline FM injector and plug it in where the antenna plugged in. Perfect audio.
We were using these in 2013 also. Went through a ton of them then never lasted
-
We were using this well into 2010 or so. Better audio quality than an FM tuner as long as the electromagnet wasn't overheating.
The best option though was to get an inline FM injector and plug it in where the antenna plugged in. Perfect audio.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]My 2000s-era cars don't* have tape decks, unfortunately. I say "unfortunately" because they also don't have line in, USB, or Bluetooth, so their AM/FM/CD car audio units are, in 2025, objectively inferior to the AM/FM/cassette ones in my 1990s-era cars.
* Present tense because I still own cars from the '90s and 2000s. I refuse to own any car capable of violating my privacy, which is every new car.
-
This post did not contain any content.
We’re still using one of these haha.
-
This post did not contain any content.
Same setup I have now just plug the rca jack into a Bluetooth receiver instead of a CD player.
-
My 2000s-era cars don't* have tape decks, unfortunately. I say "unfortunately" because they also don't have line in, USB, or Bluetooth, so their AM/FM/CD car audio units are, in 2025, objectively inferior to the AM/FM/cassette ones in my 1990s-era cars.
* Present tense because I still own cars from the '90s and 2000s. I refuse to own any car capable of violating my privacy, which is every new car.
Let me introduce you to the Citroen Ami/Opel Rocks-e/Fiat Topolino, where the entertainment system is a literal bluetooth speaker in a cupholder.
-
Let me introduce you to the Citroen Ami/Opel Rocks-e/Fiat Topolino, where the entertainment system is a literal bluetooth speaker in a cupholder.
Yeah, but we're talking about cars. I think the Ami is legally something like a dune buggy
-
Yeah, but we're talking about cars. I think the Ami is legally something like a dune buggy
I haven’t seen it in ANY of the dune movies though…
-
My 2000s-era cars don't* have tape decks, unfortunately. I say "unfortunately" because they also don't have line in, USB, or Bluetooth, so their AM/FM/CD car audio units are, in 2025, objectively inferior to the AM/FM/cassette ones in my 1990s-era cars.
* Present tense because I still own cars from the '90s and 2000s. I refuse to own any car capable of violating my privacy, which is every new car.
I refuse to own any car capable of violating my privacy
Is this you?
-
My 2000s-era cars don't* have tape decks, unfortunately. I say "unfortunately" because they also don't have line in, USB, or Bluetooth, so their AM/FM/CD car audio units are, in 2025, objectively inferior to the AM/FM/cassette ones in my 1990s-era cars.
* Present tense because I still own cars from the '90s and 2000s. I refuse to own any car capable of violating my privacy, which is every new car.
Luckily most cars with cd players made after 2007 also included an aux port.
-
I refuse to own any car capable of violating my privacy
Is this you?
*Is this GNU?
-
My 2000s-era cars don't* have tape decks, unfortunately. I say "unfortunately" because they also don't have line in, USB, or Bluetooth, so their AM/FM/CD car audio units are, in 2025, objectively inferior to the AM/FM/cassette ones in my 1990s-era cars.
* Present tense because I still own cars from the '90s and 2000s. I refuse to own any car capable of violating my privacy, which is every new car.
It's okay. My car is covered in cameras and has a mobile broadband connection to the mothership, so it's probably tracking your glorious 90's swag wagons without your consent anyway.
Anyway, sorry about that. I'd tape the cameras up but then the car complains a lot.
-
Two cars ago I had this. I had a MiniDisk player to go with it. I felt like the coolest young adult.
Then I got another car that had a CD player with no AUX port. Had to get a RF adapter. Worked well.
Then the FCC put limits in the RF adapters and they sounded worse.
Replaced my radio after that one with a shamcy one. Got my AUX cable back!
... Now they took my AUX cable away from my phone.
Get a Bluetooth AUX receiver.
-
Get a Bluetooth AUX receiver.
Those didn't exist yet. It was amm FM Transmitters. They might've been around but too expensive.
-
This post did not contain any content.
I would have had to reach forward, because I never understood them until this thread. Now I can pretend to understand them and just frustratedly say, "It's basically electromagnets, to oversimplify it" next time someone mentions these.
-
My 2000s-era cars don't* have tape decks, unfortunately. I say "unfortunately" because they also don't have line in, USB, or Bluetooth, so their AM/FM/CD car audio units are, in 2025, objectively inferior to the AM/FM/cassette ones in my 1990s-era cars.
* Present tense because I still own cars from the '90s and 2000s. I refuse to own any car capable of violating my privacy, which is every new car.
You may want to look into a GROM audio subsystem. They work remarkably well. Buddy installed one in his 2004 Volvo and you'd never know it was there.
-
Let me introduce you to the Citroen Ami/Opel Rocks-e/Fiat Topolino, where the entertainment system is a literal bluetooth speaker in a cupholder.
It'd have to be a long-distance relationship, because those aren't sold in the US.
-
I refuse to own any car capable of violating my privacy
Is this you?
No, but he's right.
-
My 2000s-era cars don't* have tape decks, unfortunately. I say "unfortunately" because they also don't have line in, USB, or Bluetooth, so their AM/FM/CD car audio units are, in 2025, objectively inferior to the AM/FM/cassette ones in my 1990s-era cars.
* Present tense because I still own cars from the '90s and 2000s. I refuse to own any car capable of violating my privacy, which is every new car.
A lot of CD units from the 2000s were wired to connect to a 6-CD changer mounted in the trunk, and you can get an adapter cable that provides an AUX input this way. I drive a 2001 BMW and I'm able to play music from my phone over the car stereo with one of these (cost around $50).
This worked a lot better before I was forced to buy a new phone without a fucking headphone jack. I have a USB adapter that works but the signal level is much lower than a normal headphone jack so the maximum volume is a lot lower.
