Lidl Car mp3 radio reads from memory stick £60

ShaunJUK

Technical Information

Car Radio - Recorder
Nominal voltage: 13.8 V DC (minus pole negative, connected to vehicle chassis)
Power consumption: 10A
Output: max. 4 x 45W active power factor
Distortion: -40dB (1%)

Amplifier TAD 7386
4 Band preset EQ
Electronic master level for: Low-frequency and high-frequency sound, loudness, fade-in/fade-out, balance

Pre-amplifier In (LINE IN)
Input level: 775 mV = 0dB
Impedance: 47k Ohm

Pre-amplifier Out (LINE OUT)
Output: 2000 mV
Impedance 4,7k Ohm

Sound Control
Bass frequency: 100Hz +- 10dB
High frequency: 10kHz +-10dB

Connections
ISO: 12 V DC
ISO: loudspeaker (max. 2x2 pairs)(4 - 8 Ohm)
MP3 player or memory stick with USB connection (USB 1.1 and 2.0)
SD or MMC
CD changer
Final amplifier

Display
Liquid crystal screen (8 digit alpha-numerical Dot Matrix LCD Display)
Background lighting (colour blue, 2 dimming levels)

It goes on about the radio frequencies and stuff but I cant be bothered to type it all up

Connections on back

ISO plug jack to connect loudspeakers
ISO plug jack for 12V DC power supply
DIN 8 pole plug-jack AUX (CD changer connection)
LINE IN Cinch plugs
LINE OUT Cinch plugs (front)
LINE OUT Cinch plugs (rear)
Aerial socket

Hope this helps

gromituk

Well done Shaun. So it has got these fabled "cinch/RCA/phono" outputs after all. Though what "Output: max. 4 x 45W active power factor" means is anyone's guess.

seanparkin

A quick look shows that its decent enough for most. Fairly versatile, but the frequency range isn't fantastic (a good system will aim for at least the 20-20 rule, 20hz-20khz but this only hits 100hz-10khz) - but this won't affect the majority of people who would be interested in this so don't be put off.

The 4x45w is the power output to the speakers - 4 speakers at 45w each. Plenty really, unless you have aftermarket, large speakers installed (and then you would probably have them amped anyway) as standard fit speakers won't go that loud before themselves distorting too far to make any sense of it.

Thanks go to gromituk and his belief that anybody who has any interest in music has to be a boyracer who likes shaking down trees with a boot full of subs. Don't be so narrowminded and simple - I hate loud systems, just I don't like stereos hissing at me.

gromituk

seanparkin wrote:

A quick look shows that its decent enough for most. Fairly versatile, but the frequency range isn't fantastic (a good system will aim for at least the 20-20 rule, 20hz-20khz but this only hits 100hz-10khz)

Erm, that's not the frequency response - that's the centre frequency of the tone controls!

The 4x45w is the power output to the speakers - 4 speakers at 45w each.

No it isn't. It is some sort of meaningless number. What does "active power factor" mean? Nothing at all. The only meaningful specification of power output is RMS. And this is not it.

Incidentally, the only meaningful specification of frequency response includes the tolerance within which the measurement is made. So even if the frequency response were given as "20Hz-20kHz", on its own, that would be meaningless.

I think we've drifted rather off-topic here, but it could be quite educational!

Thanks go to gromituk and his belief that anybody who has any interest in music has to be a boyracer who likes shaking down trees with a boot full of subs. Don't be so narrowminded and simple - I hate loud systems, just I don't like stereos hissing at me.

I'm very glad to hear it. But you haven't mentioned signal to noise ratios so far!

trigger_mike

I saw this in the Sun the other day, looks good for the money, does have RDS, you can see the Sign on the radio in the Newspaper, good vaule if your only after a cheap CD stereo