Dvd mp3 player

[Raikkonen]

Are these available yet? i wanna burn all my mp3's onto a dvd disc and use it instead of swapping cd's all the time..

any links to products would be most appreciated .

[Nav2k]

alpine make one i think

alpine also make a 100gig hard disk mp3 headunit

[darkprince]

I know that Pionneer has realeased on already...but in America.

Im not sure if it has reached Oz or not.

[Raikkonen]

yeah i had a look at the alpine website, i couldnt find any that specificly say it uses dvd's as the thingys. There are dvd players n stuff but thats not what i'm after just yet..

[Redback]

ill check my eclipse one sometime. if i can find that DVD-r somewhere around here........

[king_kw13]

Yeah i read somewhere that one might be out.... forgot which one tho... bloody awesome then - one DVD is only required hehehe. what about playing DivX as well

[GoldZilla]

yeah i had a look at the alpine website, i couldnt find any that specificly say it uses dvd's as the thingys. There are dvd players n stuff but thats not what i'm after just yet..

Don't bother with the Alpine website - they haven't updated it in god-only-knows how long. They do have a DVD player that does CD (obviously) and MP3, but whether or not it will play a DVD-/+R with MP3's on there is a different matter...

Give them a call instead at their head office in Melbourne and ask them to send you a current product brochure and price list, or download it (but then you miss out on the price list).

[flud]

I recently purchased the Boss Audio DVDC9000 6-Disc DVD Changer for USD $235 from Buy.com (US shipping only I think). This is a stand-alone changer that has two composite video outputs, line-level stereo outputs and also an optical SPD/IF connector for input into a surround processor.

So far I have found that it plays MP3's from both CD-R and DVD-R (with a hitch). The problem with playing DVD-R's is that the player often throws a fit on power up when trying to recognize a DVD-R disc. When it does decide to accept the disc, some songs play fine, while others tend to skip. I have found no such skipping problems with playing MP3's off of CD-R discs.

It may just be that I haven't found the best blank media to use in the unit yet, or maybe I need to get a different DVD burner. I have an early model DVD burner, the Pioneer DVR-A03, so it may be time for a replacement. I have tried using Mitsubishi/Verbatim 2X DVD-R media and a generic brand.

My other complaints with the unit are as follows:

The skip track Next and Prev buttons are the up/down buttons. When playing a CD-Audio or DVD disc, up is Next and down is Prev. When playing an MP3 disc, this is opposite.

When you turn the car off and back on again, it will resume playing a CD-Audio or DVD movie from where it left off. For MP3 discs, it just displays a list of folders/files when you start the car. You then have to navigate through the files/folders to the songs you want to play.

The default volume for the line-out jacks on the unit overdrives the input on my R33 factory LCD TV head unit and causes a lot of distortion with some music. This can be fixed by using the remote control of the DVD changer to turn down the volume output (from "15" to "5" or so). Unfortunately, this volume setting reverts back to max when the car is started.

For playing DVD video discs, the unit does an excellent job. I have had no problems with the player so far in this department. It even plays VCD's/SVCD's well.

If DVD, VCD/SVCD, or CD Audio is your thing, it is worth a look. On the other hand, I would stay away from this model if you intend to primarily play MP3's. I would instead go with something like a 10 or 12 disc CD based MP3 changer until prices on the brand name DVD units come down to reasonable levels.

Edit: Ahh. Forgot to mention that the player above is a region 1 DVD player, I'm not sure if there is a multi-region selectable feature on it or not. I am also not sure if the composite output is switchable to PAL or not, as I use NTSC.

[Raikkonen]

Hrmm thanks guys i'll have a look into it

[king_kw13]

I have the Japanese Alpine catalog, and it doesnt seem to have a DVD player that plays MP3 DVDs..... just MP3 CD-Rs. Mebbe cos I cant read Japanese

[paulr33]

I recently purchased the Boss Audio DVDC9000 6-Disc DVD Changer  for USD $235 from Buy.com (US shipping only I think).  This is a stand-alone changer that has two composite video outputs, line-level stereo outputs and also an optical SPD/IF connector for input into a surround processor.  

So far I have found that it plays MP3's from both CD-R and DVD-R (with a hitch).  The problem with playing DVD-R's is that the player often throws a fit on power up when trying to recognize a DVD-R disc.  When it does decide to accept the disc, some songs play fine, while others tend to skip.  I have found no such skipping problems with playing MP3's off of CD-R discs.

It may just be that I haven't found the best blank media to use in the unit yet, or maybe I need to get a different DVD burner.  I have an early model DVD burner, the Pioneer DVR-A03, so it may be time for a replacement.  I have tried using Mitsubishi/Verbatim 2X DVD-R media and a generic brand.

My other complaints with the unit are as follows:

The skip track Next and Prev buttons are the up/down buttons.  When playing a CD-Audio or DVD disc, up is Next and down is Prev.  When playing an MP3 disc, this is opposite.

When you turn the car off and back on again, it will resume playing a CD-Audio or DVD movie from where it left off.  For MP3 discs, it just displays a list of folders/files when you start the car.  You then have to navigate through the files/folders to the songs you want to play.

The default volume for the line-out jacks on the unit overdrives the input on my R33 factory LCD TV head unit and causes a lot of distortion with some music.  This can be fixed by using the remote control of the DVD changer to turn down the volume output (from "15" to "5" or so).  Unfortunately, this volume setting reverts back to max when the car is started.  

For playing DVD video discs, the unit does an excellent job.  I have had no problems with the player so far in this department.  It even plays VCD's/SVCD's well.

If DVD, VCD/SVCD, or CD Audio is your thing, it is worth a look.   On the other hand, I would stay away from this model if you intend to primarily play MP3's.  I would instead go with something like a 10 or 12 disc CD based MP3 changer until prices on the brand name DVD units come down to reasonable levels.

Edit:  Ahh.  Forgot to mention that the player above is a region 1 DVD player, I'm not sure if there is a multi-region selectable feature on it or not.  I am also not sure if the composite output is switchable to PAL or not, as I use NTSC.

Hmmm have you checked if the unit is loosing full power when u kill the ignition? My dvd player has similar features and it saves the volume its set to and what track its upto etc... But you have to press the power button on the head unit first before you turn it off otherwise it doesnt get a chance to save where its upto in the current track/title, but it saves the volume regardless. mines wired in via the cig lighter

[GTRboy]

yer i wuld try ebay.com n for worldwide shipping,,,,thats ure ebst bet