What to look for when buying a tape recorder with a flash drive

Sometimes the lucky owner of a new car is convinced that the original radio cassette recorder, installed by the manufacturer, does not suit him. There may be several reasons, but maybe only one, but important. It's just that there are such music lovers for whom FM radio stations, oriented to a mass audience, do not broadcast suitable programs, and they have to carry their music library with them. Previously, it was problematic, the tapes took up a lot of space, and finding the right one took time. With the development of information technology, this situation has changed for the better. First there were compact discs CD, then MP3, even later - DVD MP3, and here is the top of convenience - flash drives with a capacity, calculated by gigabytes. Hundreds of musical compositions are placed in a small case smaller than a cigarette lighter.

It remains one thing: to buy a tape recorder with a flash drive and install it in its original place. This solution simplifies the use of the road music and entertainment center to the limit. Music can be sorted by different attributes - genres, artists, albums or play in succession, for example, in alphabetical order.

The radio with USB-input has, in addition to the ability to play audio and video programs, another great advantage. The lack of need for a kinematic scheme that is sensitive to pollution and road irregularities significantly increases the reliability of work not only in comparison with cassette players, but also with more modern ones that use optical discs as a carrier.

What you need to know when buying a tape recorder with a flash drive? The choice basically has the same motivation as when buying ordinary automotive music. Sound quality, output power, appearance, manufacturer, usability, price - these are the main criteria. Usually, the USB input is located on the front panel, side, but there are other options, for example, at the back, with the cable output. Of course, it is more convenient to change drives when they are most accessible, but there is a risk of damaging the card sticking out of the connector, and the radio itself too, so many prefer the second option, especially since it is often not necessary to change the repertoire, it can be simply huge One carrier.

A tape recorder with a flash drive can be equipped with a huge number of options, not all of which will be useful in the future. Viewing movies or video clips in a car is usually necessary for those who often have to wait for something or someone, sitting in the car. If "he sat down and drove off," then he should look at the road, not on the screen.

The same applies to bright multi-color displays. Information on them a lot, the sense of it is not enough, but distracted strongly.

Typically, a tape recorder with a flash drive is equipped with a built-in amplifier with four outputs, two per channel, in order to arrange a uniform scoring of the entire cabin space. A useful function is to adjust the sound balance to the listening position, especially if you have to travel often to one. But the equalizer is most often not needed, digital recording formats assume that it is no longer necessary to equalize the signal, it is optimized. This rudiment went to modern equipment from the previous generation of cassette recorders, on which sometimes records of not better quality were played.