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Car radio switches on/off at random - possibly OT
In message , Rod
writes
geoff wrote:
In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
The Medway Handyman wrote:
Adrian wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" gurgled
happily, sounding much like they were saying:
Don't spose you know where I can get a basic cheaap car radio, don't
want CD, DVD, I Pod, just radio?
Do they still make 'em? When name-brand MP3/CD/tuners with RDS are
less than £40, why bother?
Cos all I ever do is listen to the radio 2 & 4 and I don't want 47
buttons I don't understand, 18 special features I'll never use and a
'demo mode' screen showing gibberish that I can't turn off.
And I'd rather have £40 worth of radio, not £5 worth of radio & £35
worth of other stuff.
It's economies of scale. Making a few thousand basic radios could make
them more expensive than a mass produced more sophisticated one. And
since
the majority of designs will be for OEM, most would feel ripped off if
their new car came with a basic radio.
Bit like mobile phones innit? Try buying one that just makes phone
calls....
And why are they all so small? Don't they realise older people use them
too? ;-)
Even normal "wander" phones, I've just replaced my old ones at work
which were "normal" size (about 8-9" long" with some piddly little
ones which won't cradle in the shoulder properly
Oh for such a beast as a reasonably priced wireless headphone
What do you mean by reasonably priced? £26.94 Inc VAT
http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?W...oduct=PHILIPS+
BLUETOOTH+HEADSETS+SHB6100
.... for a mobile phone or PC, not a normal landline
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geoff
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