how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?
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Berw said:
Im 70, it depends on the car. My lotus carlton I use cds although i also have a few cassette in the glove box. My daily I use a usb stick, on my motor bike I use an Sd card.
In house I use vinyl.
I'm older. I don't really bother with music in the car. I might occasionally play Classic FM, or BBC Radio 3. Normally it's speech radio.In house I use vinyl.
The Mad Monk said:
ingenieur said:
As per title: how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?
With car audio equipment having barely ever been simple in any car ever... what do people do when they can't work all the buttons and controls?
I am elderly, but I don't think I am your parent.With car audio equipment having barely ever been simple in any car ever... what do people do when they can't work all the buttons and controls?
However, I listen to music - if I listen to music, which I don't often - now, where was I - ah, yes - I listen to music on the radio. How else would I do it?
I meant to say, is this a trick question?
My dad actually has a gramophone so all these posts about gramophones aren't entirely out of context.
He's actually relatively young at 65 but had an operation last year which has fried his brain. He's getting better slowly.
Sounds like a lot of people are mostly radio listeners.
The car has an aux socket and a power socket in the glovebox so I'm thinking maybe the solution is some sort of MP3 player?
CheesecakeRunner said:
ingenieur said:
As per title: how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?
They Bluetooth stream from their iPhones. They’re elderly, not idiots. Sounds like a lot of people are mostly radio listeners.
The car has an aux socket and a power socket in the glovebox so I'm thinking maybe the solution is some sort of MP3 player?
ingenieur said:
As per title: how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?
In the case of my FIL - f
king loudly, until we finally convinced him he needed hearing aids. Not before he'd blown a head-unit and a few speakers, mind. Now he can hear a pin drop in the next town.In the case of my parents; they stream via Bluetooth and whatnot and have done for years. They're not engineers or IT types but have always been ahead of the curve when it comes to computer stuff. They're both in their 70s.
I think some people just like the tech they are familiar with and don't see a benefit of anything else. It becomes more obvious with age as they get further from the current norm, but it starts young.
I guarantee that in the 2080s, people who are children right now will be shouting about how we don't need flying cars when the wheel is perfectly adequate. They'll also be banging on about how Martian food is too spicy and what's wrong with a good old fashioned English lamb vindaloo.
ingenieur said:
If you want to listen to a complete album by a favourite artist at a time of your choosing without interruptions from ad. breaks... in the past you might have had a cassette tape or a CD. But what do you do in the 'digital era'?
Rip the CD album to Flac or download a hi-res copy of the album to an sd for the car.I find the car a good place to listen to albums uninterrupted. There’s less inclination to skip tracks whilst driving as well.
Miserablegit said:
ingenieur said:
If you want to listen to a complete album by a favourite artist at a time of your choosing without interruptions from ad. breaks... in the past you might have had a cassette tape or a CD. But what do you do in the 'digital era'?
Rip the CD album to Flac or download a hi-res copy of the album to an sd for the car.I find the car a good place to listen to albums uninterrupted. There’s less inclination to skip tracks whilst driving as well.
Miserablegit said:
ingenieur said:
If you want to listen to a complete album by a favourite artist at a time of your choosing without interruptions from ad. breaks... in the past you might have had a cassette tape or a CD. But what do you do in the 'digital era'?
Rip the CD album to Flac or download a hi-res copy of the album to an sd for the car.I find the car a good place to listen to albums uninterrupted. There’s less inclination to skip tracks whilst driving as well.
Miserablegit said:
Rip the CD album to Flac or download a hi-res copy of the album to an sd for the car.
I find the car a good place to listen to albums uninterrupted. There’s less inclination to skip tracks whilst driving as well.
1950's boomer here.I find the car a good place to listen to albums uninterrupted. There’s less inclination to skip tracks whilst driving as well.
As above. The car has it's own memory and an SD slot.
Many hundreds of hours of music can be stored and easily selected.
O/P
I'm elderly, and don't often listen to music in my car, as I spend most of my time creating it in recording studios - which have lots and lots of buttons.
When I do decide to listen in the car, it's usually via the wifi built into my car, or bluetooth from one of my devices.
HTH.
I'm elderly, and don't often listen to music in my car, as I spend most of my time creating it in recording studios - which have lots and lots of buttons.
When I do decide to listen in the car, it's usually via the wifi built into my car, or bluetooth from one of my devices.
HTH.
Edited by GetCarter on Thursday 5th May 18:04
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