Top Mp3 Options For Your Car

In this guide we'll look at a few car CD receivers (players, head units, whatever you call them) that will let you preserve your iPod (or any other MP3 player) investment and let you play music in your car without burning a single disc.

There are essentially four types of such head unit categories—iPod ready, AUX in, USB in and Bluetooth. There’s also a new type with flash memory built in.

First up, there are head units with with iPod connectivity using adapters that work only with iPods and let you browse your music using the head unit itself (without touching the iPod). Most of these adapters are external accessories that connect to 'iPod Ready' head units, but unfortunately, they are not available in India right now, so we won't be talking about these models in this article. Sorry!

There are simpler ones with auxiliary inputs that can take in any audio input—be it an iPod or a Zen or a Walkman or even a little cassette player—but you need to browse and play music using that device itself, as the head unit will only take whatever audio input its getting and play it. A few of these with convenient front inputs are available in India, so we'll look at those.