laptop in car?

[kwhauck]

ok, here is the deal, i am very new to computers in cars and crap and as soon as i am finished with my bodykit i am in the market for a laptop for college, however, i would like to be able to plug and play the laptop into my car for mp3 as my cd player in my car is mp3 compatible, how does this work? do i need any certain things i am looking for in a laptop to complete this....also if i have other screens in my car can i use them as a screen also when i plug in my laptop...any info, help, or point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated....thanx, Kyle

[overdrive75]

You can just burn mp3's to a cd in mp3's format and play them in there, that seems like a more simple solution. Not to mention it is illegal for the driver to use a laptop in a vehicle for anything other than navigational software.

[Naich]

you can use an FM transmitter to stream mp3 to your radio. I actually still have mine from before I sold my laptop... it plugs into the USB port, and then you tune your radio to like 88.1 FM and it'll play. The sound isn't perfect, but it is ok... better than regular radio since its transmitting so close. This is definately the simplist solution... and it requires no wiring. You can also stream it to your home stereo with this for parties and whatnot. If you want mine, it is a really good one (not a cheap iROCK) made by LineX. It was like $90 about a year ago... I'd sell it for like $40.

As for direct wiring, it might be a little tricky... you will need a laptop with RCA audio plugs and your head unit will need an AUX port. If you have an aftermarket HU that doesn't have an aux port, but it does have cd changer controlls, check out http://www.xmfan.com which will convert your cd changer controlls to rca jacks. If you have the stock HU, they also sell a kit that will give you RCAs, but it's more expensive.

Hope this helped.