tape cd players

[Pete]

mums got a tape player in her car-Vauxhall corsa
but i thought for her birthday or christmas it might be cool to get her a cd player for her car
i heard u can get cd players that plug into the tape player in a ca and then u can just play cds through the tape player
does anyone know where i can get one of these bad boys?
Thanks

[Lead_Head]

They are called tape adapters. I got a Sony one, which I used to use in my old car.

Its basically a tape shaped apater which goes into the tape bit of the stereo in the car. Out of the tape shaped adapter, is a wire, which plugs into a personal CD player via a 3.5mm jack into the headphone socket of a personal mp3/mini disc/cd player.

They are quite handy and dont suffer any loss in sound quality. I got mine from the Sony centre if its any help. I think Argos and Index do Goodmans ones, but not sure on the quality of it... about £5-8 for the cheapest ones.

[Howard]

Are they really that good? I've heard that the quality is terrible

[Raz316]

the one I got doesn't even appear to be branded and it sounds fine. I did only ever use it in a moving car though

[Lead_Head]

Are they really that good? I've heard that the quality is terrible

I didnt notice any sound quality deteriation. However, the equipment it was used on wasnt top spec anyway.

I used a Sony Mini disc player, with the Sony adapter.

[Pete]

got any links as i reckon ill buy it on the net?

[Howard]

I don't exactly have top quality equipment in my car either at the moment... Might give one a try then

[Rave]

I was surprised how good it sounded when I used a Goodmans one. The limit with my car audio is the speakers, I couldn't tell the difference between the adaptor and a metal tape I recorded on my hi-fi.

Rich :¬)

[Rob]

HERE'S a good one. Had the older version for my last car. Great as it has massive anti-jog memory, and the remote commander maens you can leave all th kit in your glovebox out of sight.