Jim Joyce writes:

On Thu, 20 Aug 2020 17:05:34 -0400, micky wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 20 Aug 2020 05:10:24 -0700 (PDT), bruce
bowser wrote:

The thing is, I never really bothered or let alone perfected recording with much CD burning or thumb drive use strictly for audio, at least. I have three thumb drives and they're all practically empty.

Unefortunately for me, my car radio plays only audio CDs, not MP3s etc.
and you can't get many songs on an audio CD.

Is your current car still a Toyota? One of the nice things about most
factory Toyota radios is that USB adapters are widely available, easy to
install, and not very expensive. Some of them plug into the CD changer port
on the back of the radio. That's the other nice thing about many Toyota
factory radios. They tend to have a CD changer port. When I added a USB
adapter to a 2002 Highlander it took only about an hour.

Back of the radio?

I just did some searches for my 2006 Scion Xb.
I don't see any indication that there is something
on the back of the radio for USB.

I know I can connect a player to the AUX port.
I really like the CD controls on the steering wheel which I don't
imagine would work with AUX.

I just looked for IPOD to USB, didn't look good.

If I could get an easy way to plug in a USB stick, I'd go for it.
Otherwise my data CD solution is good enough.

I could afford a newer car but I love the bizarre look of the early Xb
and I think I'm going to stick with it until I see something I like
more.

I'm 74 now and in great health, I'm thinking the Scion might outlast
me. I only have 50K on it, and lots of people have gotten 300K out of
them.

2020 - 2006 = 14 years.
300K / 50K - 1/6 of it's lifetime.

At this rate, I'd have to live to age 144.

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Dan Espen