Comments on: What about a standard docking interface?

By: rektide

rektide — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:27:10 +0000

I guess the integrated FM only solves some of the problem. You still have to remember to pause the unit, it still doesnt work with your car’s headunit.

There already exist standards for this control though. It’s called universal plug and play. God bless TCP/IP?

By: rektide

rektide — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:21:09 +0000

Two things;
1) Neuros owns the patent on the integrated FM transmitter so its the domain of the open source mp3 player alone.
2) Mercedes has a PCMCIA slot instead of a dedicated iPod jack

By: Nina

Nina — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:00:15 +0000

Yea, non-integrated control systems are real headache! I thought only I do the operations you’ve metioned above every day :)

By: Matthew W. S. Bell

Matthew W. S. Bell — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:13:14 +0000

Seems like a perfect extension to the ExpressCard standard, which has USB and PCIE. Maybe add firewire, and define a new physical format…