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One more for the road.(CD/mp3 player )(Brief Article)
There's another new audio technology that's just as suited for road-tripping as satellite radio: the mp3 player.
The mp3 audio compression format is the standard for computer music files. Recently available on the market is a range of consumer devices that can read and play these files. The Alpine head unit we installed in the Thunderbird has a CD/mp3 player in it in addition to the satellite radio. It functions as a CD player for regular audio discs, but can also decode mp3 music files stored on CD-R/RW discs.
The advantage offered by a unit like this one is that you can fit literally hundreds of songs in mp3 format on a single compact disc. This makes it possible to take a far bigger collection of music along on a road trip. I ``ripped'' (the process of converting an audio CD to mp3 files) ...