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iBook radio transmitter

dansuz1

dansuz1

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May 7, 2003
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Washington, D.C.
I recently used my iBook with a AC/DC power inverter on a long car trip to allow my kids to watch videos and give my wife and me some peace and quiet. The problem was that they had a lot of trouble with the earphones I gave them.

I was wondering if anyone knows of some device that transmits to a car radio (like the iPod transmitters) from an iBook?

Thanks for your ideas,

Dan
 
dansuz1 said:
I recently used my iBook with a AC/DC power inverter on a long car trip to allow my kids to watch videos and give my wife and me some peace and quiet. The problem was that they had a lot of trouble with the earphones I gave them.

I was wondering if anyone knows of some device that transmits to a car radio (like the iPod transmitters) from an iBook?

Thanks for your ideas,

Dan
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I personally would buy a portable DVD player since now they are so cheap for the car. They work great with my 2 kids
 
The ibook has a 14" (?) screen that is bigger than most portable DVD players, plus I'm incredibly cheap, plus the DVD player still leaves me with the same sound problem..doesn't it?
 
dansuz1 said:
The ibook has a 14" (?) screen that is bigger than most portable DVD players, plus I'm incredibly cheap, plus the DVD player still leaves me with the same sound problem..doesn't it?
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Not really. I have one with a y connector and it shares the sound. Maybe you could visit Radio shack and get a y connector
 
I guess what I mean is that the kids still don't like wearing the headphones, so I still need some way to use the car stereo.
 
dansuz1 said:
I guess what I mean is that the kids still don't like wearing the headphones, so I still need some way to use the car stereo.
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Well you got me on this. I don't know if it is possible to do but I might be wrong
 
If they're like the MacBook they're a bit crap and you wouldn't hear them over the road noise.
 
if you want the ibook to play on the car stereo, buy a cassette adapter, or any transmitter that gets audio from a stereo jack source rather than a dock adapter, as ibooks do not have the latter (duh!!)

i think this could all get rather complicated though, other options (previously mentioned) are to plug in external speakers (battery powered), get different headphones, or get a different dvd/music system entirely.

personally I feel sick if i try to watch a movie, or read a book on the road!
 
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