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TIVO-like Feature In Car Audio?

post #1 of 9
8/20/07 at 4:32pm
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Is there a head unit that has such a feature, and if not, why not? I am so spoiled at dodging broadcast commercials in my home theater, I wonder why this incredible possibility is not widely available on car units. Now that a limited few head units have up to 20G of memory it should be easy to design in a record for radio stations and skip features.

Have the manufacturers gone into league with the broadcasters to foil any such idea? That is the only reason I can think of why we haven't seen this selling point yet. Any answers?
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post #2 of 9
8/21/07 at 2:11pm
I've owned an Eclipse deck in the past that allowed me to record onto a memory stick. I could record data from my AM/FM or Sirius tuner, non-burned CD or the aux input. Wasn't quite Tivo like though, it didn't give me any options other than to record what I was listening to.
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post #3 of 9
8/23/07 at 6:07pm
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Is there a head unit that has such a feature...

I know there used to be. A few years ago I remember reading about such a head unit. Sadly I cannot recall the name of the gear. The ad may have been in Electronic House magazine.
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post #4 of 9
8/23/07 at 6:30pm
jvc makes one
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post #5 of 9
8/24/07 at 2:05pm
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I looked at JVC's website and could find no car stereos they make now that even has integrated memory or the feature mentioned. Perhaps it has been discontinued. Anyone have a model number?

In fact, I have trouble locating any brand that has integrated memory.
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post #6 of 9
8/25/07 at 6:32am
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I looked at JVC's website and could find no car stereos they make now that even has integrated memory or the feature mentioned. Perhaps it has been discontinued. Anyone have a model number?

In fact, I have trouble locating any brand that has integrated memory.

http://mobile.jvc.com/product.jsp?mo...hId=133&page=1
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post #7 of 9
8/29/07 at 12:33pm
get an xm2go or sirius stiletto instead. no commercials to dodge and lots more programs you might care to record. it's definitely worth the subscription.
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post #8 of 9
8/30/07 at 10:03am
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My two primary cars have factory satellite radios (one XM and one Sirius), which I have active, but neither have the record feature. I hesitate to add an ugly non-oem box to the mix. Besides, satellite radio does not have the programs I am most interested in.
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post #9 of 9
9/6/07 at 1:20pm
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My two primary cars have factory satellite radios (one XM and one Sirius), which I have active, but neither have the record feature. I hesitate to add an ugly non-oem box to the mix. Besides, satellite radio does not have the programs I am most interested in.

what type of music are you into? if you're into dance, there's blocks of hours of great, world-class dance music programming that you can record, from xm or sirius. otherwise, you can just record a big block from any channel you fancy and during playback, you can just skip the songs you don't like.
granted it is difficult to "integrate" into a car (especially the stiletto), the flexibility, features, and the subscription savings make it worth it.
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