Lidl Car mp3 radio reads from memory stick £60

shays_mum

Bazdoo, you got in 'their' before me!!, was wondering why so much detail about the specifics of the ETHONIC ppl buying the radio's & the assumption they will be flogged off, maybe they have families & friends they will give one to, tis the season of goodwill as they say , anyways at least you buggers all got a radio!!!!!!!!!:)

buggu

can you use an archos or a external usb hard drive with this stereo. I doubt the external hardrive be recognized unless there is away around it but will my archos be picked up?

ShaunJUK

Believe it or not I got the last one from a Grimsby store at 2PM!!!

Anyway, its in my car and looks great, not had a chance to play yet though

old_system

Sounds good, just need to get a car first!!

Bazdaa

Bazdaa wrote:

Whats an ETHONIC?

Bazdaa

Just wondering if he wears jeans with red braces, and a T-Shirt, with a green bomber jacket!

Bazdaa

barmonkey

dfarry wrote:

Isn't the Ipod Firewire only?... or do they now have USB interfaces too.

ipods have always been able to use USB, its just that they come in Mac format. if you use it on a windows system it has to be wiped and the windows version installed, its all on the disc that comes with it.
as for running it through the lidl radio, no problem, when you set the ipod up just set it as a mass storage device (this lets you put other things on it as well as music). just plug it into the radio and select songs on the ipod.

Mihangel

id like a update on ipods workng or not as i need to buy the misses a car radio and she wants a ipod and connector so could save myself some ££

gromituk

Save yourself some ££ by not buying an iPod!!

seanparkin

I'd agree with being weary of this player to be honest, also being an audio enthusiast. Either Lidl are missing a trick with the advertising of this, or it is missing some pretty basic stereo essentials such as RCA's (bog standard for plugging it into an amp/woofer or any other audio device etc) and lacks any info on the power output, frequency ranges etc.

So either it doesnt have any RCAs and has extremely poor performance and Lidl thought best not to mention them, or Lidl forgot to mention them entirely. Either way I personally am slightly worried.

Be weary, if anybody has the exact specs of this device then posting would be appreciated, so that somebody informed could advise you rather than rushing out and buying a turkey. It may be decent enough to play the childrens nursery rhymes, but I for one would expect more.

gromituk

Come on, it's not aimed at that market - which doesn't mean it's poor! It is to plug into standard wiring looms, and not to appeal to the tiny fringe who want a boombox on wheels. If "audio enthusiast" means "look at me, I'm making a loud noise and a complete exhibition of myself" then you can count me out!

I agree that a figure for power output would be useful - i.e. if it has bridged amplifiers or not. But that's it.

Regarding forgetting to mention things, they forgot to mention it's got RDS, which is pretty useful in a car radio!