I would like advice on which MP3 players to buy to play music and podcasts through the aux source on my truck as my ancient ipod has died.
I use a standard 3.5mm aux cable and change the source button on radio, plus charge the player via USB.
I am unsure what to buy, does not need to be Ipod, just want an idea of what others are using and what software you are using to load music on the device.
Cheers.
What kind of phone have you got? Most, if not all smartphones can be used as an MP3 player and probably have a podcast app on them.
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Samsung S7 edge, I did not think of that, will look into it.
Thanks for the reply.
Your Samsung will possibly have google play music installed on it already. If you’ve got all your existing music stored on a laptop, you should be able to upload it to google music and listen your tunes on your phone. Alternatively you could subscribe to google music for £9.99 per month and have access to almost 40 million songs. This saves all the faffing around trying to upload music from your laptop to your phone. Spotify and Apple Music are available on Android devices too. Same monthly price. I prefer Apple Music as I’ve got an iPhone, but they are all much the same. But I’m sure with Spotify, you have the ability to subscribe and listen to podcasts through that app. Don’t think you can do this with google and Apple Music, you need separate podcast apps for this.
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BBC i-player radio for all their stations, and podcasts for free.
Loads of free apps on Google play for podcasts and music.
Beware if you use something like Spotify to stream music from internet it will eat your mobile data allowance.
I use podbean for podcasts very easy and endless options.
For music best long term option if you don’t want to pay monthly but have loads of cd’s of your favourite music is to get somebody to convert them to MP3 for you (need a pc computer).
Then get a memory card for your phone to store them and just use a basic MP3 player to listen
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I would recommend pocket cast app for your pod casts
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Amazon is great for music and TV only 7.99 a month
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You can sometimes find on ebay a spotify upgrade to premium for a small one-off fee. Worth a search
I’ve been using Podcast Republic for over 4 years now, its free, easy to use and also has internet radio and rss feeds
podcastrepublic.net/get-it-now
I understand Amazon Auto is being released in the uk in the near future, so if you have an amazon music account that maybe an option
As above use your phone…
Get a SD Card, copy all your MP3s onto that and use the music player app on the phone.
If you have Amazon Prime you have Prime Music basic subscription included.
Free Spotify account, stream music although the free account comes with adverts.
BBC Sounds, Absolute80s, Absolute Radio and countless other radio stations have apps for streaming music.
Amazon Kindle or Audible for talking books
If you have Spotify premium you can download quite a quantity of music to play offline - download at home on your wi-fi then play in the truck from your phone.
As mentioned, put a decent sized SD card in the phone and play music and downloaded podcasts from there. Also, if possible, use Bluetooth to connect to save having cables everywhere.
I’ve got Amazon prime membership and I use my phone for music/pods Unlimited music to choose from. I’ve also got BBC sounds all for more pods.
gardun:
Also, if possible, use Bluetooth to connect to save having cables everywhere.
Has anyone ever driven a Volvo as they are the only ones posh enough to have Bluetooth?
Has anyone ever gotten bluetooth to work in a truck while driving a Volvo on agency? (See point 1).
trevHCS:
gardun:
Also, if possible, use Bluetooth to connect to save having cables everywhere.
Has anyone ever driven a Volvo as they are the only ones posh enough to have Bluetooth?
Has anyone ever gotten bluetooth to work in a truck while driving a Volvo on agency? (See point 1).
The Actros has fully functioning Bluetooth and except for one or two issues with some Android phones (easily fixed) it works very well. I use it all the time.
gardun:
trevHCS:
gardun:
Also, if possible, use Bluetooth to connect to save having cables everywhere.
Has anyone ever driven a Volvo as they are the only ones posh enough to have Bluetooth?
Has anyone ever gotten bluetooth to work in a truck while driving a Volvo on agency? (See point 1).
The Actros has fully functioning Bluetooth and except for one or two issues with some Android phones (easily fixed) it works very well. I use it all the time.
Afaik MAN’s only let you Bluetooth your phone for calls, at least I’ve never managed to pair it for media, I use one of those bluetooth radio transmitters, it plugs into the ciggy lighter socket you tune your radio to 106.0 FM (or whatever you set the transmitter up as) and that way I can use the MAN’s sub standard media centre to listen to my Amazon Prime tunage.