Many people feel sentimental about their old cars for some reasons. This makes them avoid having a new car. They might be people who want to get their hands on the latest technologies. The old cars do not have facility for many of the latest technologies like an mps player or even the USB. To overcome this, the following paragraphs in this article suggest some ways on how to hook a USB up to an old car. The USB that is found in most of the latest models of the automobiles in the market helps in listening to music in the latest trend. Using this port various forms of music files can be played from the music player.
Sometimes there are easy steps to do anything and the following steps are such easy steps that help in achieving the owner of the car to hook a USB to his or her old car. This can also be done with either no or little help from some experts.
First some things that are required must be kept ready at hand. If these are not available they can be purchased from any shop that sells electronic items for all types of automobiles. The things like input adapter of the USB for the stereo and the CD player in the car. Generally the CD player that is present is enough for this purpose and need not necessarily be a new latest one.
The engine of the car is turned on. This is done so that the player is turned on and played. The car must very importantly have a compact disc player installed in it. The input adapters that are to be used are compatible and work only in the compact disc players and not in the tape decks. Therefore this must be made sure.
After the player is turned on, the adapter for the input is carefully inserted in the compact disc changer. This adapter that is used is a form of compact disc that has a cable running across the centre of it. This cable runs for a little distance of about one foot or more out and away from the compact disc player before it actually connects with the display that is generally digital. This display is a part of this adapter and the wire that is present helps in manipulating and moving the location for the display.
The mp3 player is then connected to this port. Apart from this mp3 player any such similar device can be used for playing in the port. The USB’s power is turned on. When the player is turned on the list of the songs and other information regarding the various tracks appears on the screen of the adapter.
After the list appears, the favourite song can be selected and played from the controls on the stereo system of the car. These controls however do not function in the same way as it would when a compact disc is played.
By following the above steps on how to hook a USB up to an older car stereo, the USB can be attached successfully.