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Antonio Machado · 8086 Joined: 24 Jun 2009 Posts: 18

Hello experts !

I have Sony Walkman in which I have storaged many audiobooks about History, Psychology, Foreign Relations, etc., and I would like to listen them while driving my Mitsubishi Galant 2004. Unfortunately my car doesn't have the connection where to plug a Walkman. So I was wondering if it does exist something like an adapter or something I could use to listen my audiobooks in my car ? Thanks in advance, best, Antonio.

CharBroiled · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:20 pm Post subject:

there are adapters that will plug into the headphone jack of your walkman and play it over your FM radio.

walmart, kmart radio shack etc even some dollar type stores have them.

here is an example.

robertco300 · 8086 Joined: 12 Oct 2009 Posts: 87

Doubt it but if your radio has a cassette player, they make cassette tapes that plug into your ipod or mp3 player for output.

As said already, an FM broadcaster is your best bet.

GBH · Team Member Top 1000 Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 291

Every FM broadcaster I have used or been in a car that someone else was using sucked =/

If your car has a tape player, thats the best option to go. But I doubt a 2004 model has a tape player.

93 ford taurus ftw?

robertco300 · 8086 Joined: 12 Oct 2009 Posts: 87

I use the FM transmitter for my satellite radio solely and it works great. Now, I mostly use it to listen to Howard Stern which is much different than someone listening to music. Actually, when I hit my heavy metal station and other music stations the sound is quite good. I also run a top end radio system in my car. That makes a huge difference too. Your friends who had bad results probably were using an inferior stereo.

Tape cassette or some kind of direct feed into your radio will be your best quality for sure but if you have a quality stereo in your car, I'd bet the FM transmitter would do quite well.

Hey, buy one and keep the receipt, don't like it take it back and get something else. Best Buy I must say is really good about returns. Make sure you pay with cash then you will get cash if you have to return it. Otherwise you will have to wait a while until they hit your account or credit card with the return money.

CharBroiled · Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject:

FM frequency response its usually capped around 15 Khz due the the need to filter the 19 Khz pilot signal. some really top end receivers may go to 17 or 18 Khz with steep filters but thats pretty rare. most FM stations wont even bother with that kind of quality signal anyway. Im in the sticks however so maybe city stations are better perhaps?

Tape adapters can go to 20 Khz easy.

I have both type adapters, a Belkin FM and no name tape and used both at one point or another in my 2000 Cherokee. the $5 tape adapter easily beats the $30 Belkin FM adapter as far as sound quality, S/N ratio and freq response. but I am the 1st to admit the Cherokees stock FM radio and speakers are junk.

for audio books it wont really matter.