| Gone are the days to where you have to carry | | | | not have a car with advanced stereo options, you |
| around your CDs wherever you go. No longer do | | | | can also purchase these stereos separately to |
| you have to keep a CD case in your car and risk | | | | install yourself or have a professional install. Great |
| getting your collection stolen. With the technology | | | | brands that offer car stereos with Mp3 players |
| of the Mp3 player, you can take your music | | | | are from the companies that offer some of the |
| anywhere and everywhere. You can listen to your | | | | best audio and technology based products. Sony, |
| music collection inside of your home, in the | | | | Alpine, JVC, Kenwood, and Panasonic are just a |
| grocery store, while jogging and now in your car, | | | | few manufacturers that have car audio systems |
| with just one device - the Mp3 player. | | | | that come with built-in Mp3 playback capabilities. |
| In the past if you wanted to listen to your Mp3 | | | | These stereo systems come in varied prices, as |
| player in your car, you had different methods you | | | | low as $70 and as high as $300. With such a wide |
| could use. You could use a cassette tape adapter | | | | price range, these systems are accessible to |
| to plug into your cassette player in your car | | | | anyone regardless of the person's budget. |
| stereo. There were FM transmitters that you | | | | If you are one of the technically inclined, you can |
| could plug into the car's cigarette lighter or the | | | | install your own car stereo interface featuring an |
| car's power socket. Finally there was the less | | | | Mp3 player input. Or if you don't want to purchase |
| popular, no less successful option of line out the | | | | a new car stereo, you can install an Mp3 cable |
| stereo. But now that Mp3 players have been out | | | | into your current car stereo, which requires a |
| for years, these methods are no longer needed. | | | | GROM USB interface and USB cable. |
| In newer model cars, many systems will already | | | | No matter whether you decide to self-install, get |
| feature an Mp3 player input within the stereos' | | | | professional installation, or purchase a late model |
| interface. Some of these newer car audio | | | | vehicle, you can now enjoy listening to your music |
| systems will also include a docking system for | | | | selection on a car stereo that comes with a Mp3 |
| accessible placement of the player. Yet if you do | | | | player. |