# MP3 Players

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-players/33179>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 14, 2000, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-players/33179 "2000-09-14T13:46:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lamsai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5daacb/32.png) [@Lamsai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamsai)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-players/33179/1 "2000-09-14T13:46:17Z")

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Is there a MP3 player I can purchase for my car? Something with a large portable hard drive that I can remove & connect to my computer? There seems to be many portables but I am looking for an in dash unit.Being based in Thailand, we cannot feep up with the latest electronics.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-players/33179/2 "2000-09-14T14:12:54Z")

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[http://www.empeg.com](http://www.empeg.com)

That’s a good one to start at.

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**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-players/33179/3 "2000-09-14T14:17:38Z")

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The famous Drs. Damage and Evil of the Tech Report have recently been drawn to in-dash MP3 players. However, I do not think either of these will meet your requirement for a hard drive:

[The Xeenon Shuttle](http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2000q3/shuttle2/)

[The Aiwa CDC-MP3](http://www.tech-report.com/onearticle.x/1184)

[The Unusual Rome MP3 Portable](http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2000q3/romemp3/)

The first two rely on CD-R technology, which is a recordable CD. The neat part about them is with MP3 compression, you can cram over a dozen albums on one CD-R. The bad part is you have to burn your own CD-Rs.

The third is a bit of a whacko. It is an MP3 player designed to fit into a tape deck. Pretty flash, but it has its limitations.

I have yet to see a platter-based MP3 player for an automobile, but I bet they’re on the way.

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**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-players/33179/4 "2000-09-14T16:52:55Z")

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Actually, Sofa, the Xeenon Shuttle II, which is where your link is pointing to, is **exactly** what the OP was looking for. Removeable hard disk for the car with a mounting bay for your PC, so you can copy your songs right to the disk. Hard disk sold separately…

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**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-players/33179/5 "2000-09-14T16:58:52Z")

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You may also want to look at

> **[sdfwefd](https://mp3car.com/)**
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> sdfwefd

> **[mp3kit.com - contact with domain owner | Epik.com](http://mp3kit.com)**
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> Contact with an owner of mp3kit.com domain name.

mp3Car has mobile mp3 solutions, such as mp3 Discmen, whereas mp3kit is a removable hard drive that plugs into a line in in a good head unit.

–Tim