Where can I buy a cheap in car CD player?

yenners

Hi all

Can anyone help me with this - I am looking to buy a cheap but reliable CD player for my car. I don't need anything fancy and am looking to pay only about £50, but I don't want something so cheap that it won't even last a year.

I have looked on google and found lots of sites selling car audio systems, but don't know which ones are reliable.

Any advise you could give me will be very welcome.

Thanks in advance,
Yenners

LEE69_2

£50 is really low tbh,maplins have this for £60

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also free delivery as its over £35

philhoggins

yenners wrote:

Hi all

Can anyone help me with this - I am looking to buy a cheap but reliable CD player for my car. I don't need anything fancy and am looking to pay only about £50, but I don't want something so cheap that it won't even last a year.

I have looked on google and found lots of sites selling car audio systems, but don't know which ones are reliable.

Any advise you could give me will be very welcome.

Thanks in advance,
Yenners

Get a cheap mp3 player and connect it to your car hifi wish a cassette adapter or wireless adapter, you get portable audio as well as in car.

DazzaMc

philhoggins wrote:

Get a cheap mp3 player and connect it to your car hifi wish a cassette adapter or wireless adapter, you get portable audio as well as in car.

I tried that. Sound quality wasn't very good and the volume kept going up and down. Very annoying.

I'm quite dubious about the maplin cd player. Stick to a name you trust. I've always had sony and never had any complaints.
Against sony, that is. I have plenty about the thugs who pinched it.

Lol. I got mine for £69.99 from argos in a sale. It's the same model I paid for a few months before for £100.

Might be an idea to look in argos.

joshm_2

Hi,

You should be able to get a new head unit for around £50 with a CD tuner, especially siince most people are after units with MP3 capability these days.

I recently bought a great Kenwood unit from http://caraudiosecurity.com and I notice that they have a Panasonic CD Tuner for £50. The P&P is something to consider though - I picked mine up from the store (they ore on Tottenham Ct Rd, London) since I live nearby.

Have a look on EBay too - there are lots of legitimate, authorised sellers putting out discounted units that may be of interest. There was quite a tidy looking Kenwood unit for about £52 if I recall (again, postage is another matter).

HTH, JoshM

yenners

thanks Lee, phil, dazza and josh. I will check out those sites. Good idea about the mp3 player josh, but I don't have a stereo in my car to begin with so no can do.

I did see caraudiosecurity but P&P was £10! I didn't know they had a shop so will check that out - thanks josh

Will also look in argos dazza.

thank you all.

ey_up

Check out kelkoo car audio section. Had a couple of £50 ish ones on there over weekend.

There was a pretty basic JVC one listed which atleast is a solid/reliable brand.

clarabell1984

why not try ebay?

bingsy

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=101367


Panasonic CQC1011/01 (Good brand but No MP3)

£45 + Delivery

£49.22 including supersaver delivery
£50.28 including standard delivery

Product Information

The 45W x 4 High Power headunits represent superb value with 2.5V Preamp Out, Intelligent RDS Tuner and styling that creates an impressive finish Panasonic's latest range of in-car systems offers audio excellence and includes a variety of models designed to suit every need and budget.

Additional Features:

• 2.5V/200 ohms Dual Preamp Outs Sound Quality Mute Separate
• Bass, Treble, Balance, Fader Intelligent RDS Tuner 18FM, 6MW(LW)
• Station Presets Selectable AF Sensitivity Auto Preset Memory with Scan Automatic
• TA Volume Adjustment Seek Tuning with DX/Local Switch
• CD Player Section CD-R/CD-RW Playback CD Text Display 3-beam Hologram Pickup Scan, search, repeat and random play pause
• Other Features
• LCD Illumination Colour - Black Button Illumination Colour - Red
• Remote Control In Face Colour - Black Removable Faceplate ISO Connector

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http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=17127348629&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=90686

Foryou CM226 CD/ MP3 Receiver

£45.99 + Delivery

£50.21 including supersaver delivery
£51.27 including standard delivery

Product Information

Let the good times roll! Foryou has got everything you need to thrill your ears. No matter what car you drive. And whatever volume you want. Foryou gives you an open road of technology marvels. So settle into the front seat of a musical wonder. General Features

• Motorised Slide-down Detachable panel
• Rotary Volume Encoder
• Multi-color simular DOT-matrix display
• 45 watts~ 4 channels Max Power output
• Bass / Treble / Balance / Fader Control
• Turn-on Volume Memory
• DSP sound effect---Classic,Pop,Rock,Flat
• Clock Display
• 2-channels~2V line-out
• ISO-DIN mounting

Disc Playback Features

• CD / MP3 / CD-R / CD-RW Playback (CM226)
• CD / CD-R / CD-RW Playback (CD226)
• Top track play
• Intro Scan (10s)
• Random and Repeat Play
• Pause
• MP3 File / Folder Name Display (CM226)
• MP3 ID3 Tag Display -- Music,Album,Artist (CM226)
• MP3 Track / File / Folder / Character Search (CM226)

Tuner Features

• 18 FM / 12 AM presets
• Seek and preset scan
• AMS-Auto Memory Store
• One touch memory

Optional Features

• 25 watts~ 4 channels Max Power output
• 4-channels line-out
• 4V line-out
• Sub|out
• AUX IN ( CDC alternative )
• CD-changer Control -- For Sanyo ( 6EA,10EA )
• Card-size Wireless remote control
• RDS
• Telephone-in mute
• Key on illumination
• ISO Cable Connector

General Section

• Dimension: 178 ~ 50 ~ 155 (mm)
• Weight : 1.65 kg

wallner

Hi! I can supply the cheap and good car CD player for you. It only cost 41$/pc, This is the newest model in 2010. We just produce this model in September. Please contact me, we also have other car products, If you are interested in them.I send the details for you. Many Thanks!
Best regards
Mike
Mail: service@wallne.com

yenners wrote: »

Hi all

Can anyone help me with this - I am looking to buy a cheap but reliable CD player for my car. I don't need anything fancy and am looking to pay only about £50, but I don't want something so cheap that it won't even last a year.

I have looked on google and found lots of sites selling car audio systems, but don't know which ones are reliable.

Any advise you could give me will be very welcome.

Thanks in advance,
Yenners

thetartanman

Have a look at this unit from Aldi. £49.99, USB - SD card - Front Aux input - Mp3 - CDR/RW

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_15819.htm?WT.mc_id=2010-10-04-14-05