Looking for car audio

[Gusty987]

Hey, whats the best head unit for <$100 that plays CD-R/RW and has a jack to hook up an MP3 player?

 

[LED]

Clarion IMO

 

[Gusty987]

...Which clarion?

 

[mrchan]

pioneer and alpine make the best reasonably priced decks.

 

[LED]

Here's 1

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: LED
Here's 1

doesnt look like that has an audio input like he wants. If you want one with that feature you will be looking at a no-name kind, or the used kind.

 

[Gusty987]

Why do some of these units say they play CD-R/RW but do not support MP3 or WMA? I thought CD's recorded in MP3 and WMA?

 

[hellman69]

1. Jensen CD3610
2. Blaupunkt Montreal CD34

I don't recommend the Jensen. It is under $100, but that's for a reason. In addition, the input is RCA, so you would need a mini-plug to RCA cable.
The Blaupunkt has the mini-plug input, but it is on the rear. It is just a hair over $100, but it's a decent deck.
If you really need to stay below $100, find an older used Blaupunkt on Ebay. They use to make a bunch of decks with the input on the face.

Trevor

 

[LED]

It does with rear jacks...

 

[Gusty987]

Thanks a few of these look pretty good.

Why do some of these units say they play CD-R/RW but do not support MP3 or WMA? I thought CD's recorded in MP3 and WMA?

Can anyone explain this?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Gusty987
Thanks a few of these look pretty good.

Why do some of these units say they play CD-R/RW but do not support MP3 or WMA? I thought CD's recorded in MP3 and WMA?

Can anyone explain this?

No, songs are most definitely not encoded in MP3/WMA for standard Redbook Audio music CDs.

 

[Gusty987]

Redbook Audio?

 

[DPmaster]

MP3/WMA are audio formats
CD-R/RW are storage formats

 

[Gusty987]

So if I burn a CD of mp3's using deepburner or whatever I could listen to it on a head unit that does not support mp3 or wma?

 

[DPmaster]

Originally posted by: Gusty987
So if I burn a CD of mp3's using deepburner or whatever I could listen to it on a head unit that does not support mp3 or wma?

No that would not work. The head unit actually has to support MP3 or WMA in order for it to work. If a head unit says it supports CD-R/RW but does not say it supports MP3 or WMA then the only thing you can listen to are WAV files (structured as an audio CD).