were you playing the same music as you were going up as coming back?
Sometimes it is the mp3s themselves. A lot of music publishers now are
sending out purposely badly encoded mp3s (some with messages to piraters) to
get back at file sharers who distribute copyrighted material. Check the
song(s) you are trying to play on your computer as well just to make sure
its not the mp3 itself. The iPod is a dope mp3 player im trying to find a
15GB if anyone has one for sale..

"rondell meeks" wrote in message
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hello everyone. i know nothing about car stereos and even less about
sound. this is the first time i have ever posted a message to this
group. that said, i'd like to put this question to any of the experts
in this group.

i recently bought a new 30gig ipod. i loaded it up with about 5 gigs
worth of music at a bit rate of 192. everything sounds great on my
computer stereo system.

one of the main reasons i purchased an ipod was so that i could bring
a ton of music along with me when i travel by car (i drive a 2 year
old toyota 4runner)

i have tried the fm transmitter (i live in NYC) and there's simply too
much static. so i bought a Sony cassette tape adapter.

this weekend i was away for 4 days. the ipod sounded great on the way
up. truly. i was very pleased.

but on the way back i noticed that everything i played sounded bad. it
almost sounded like feedback or like static.

i turned on the CD player and the system sounded fine.

so i disconnected the power adapter to see iof it would make a
difference. it didn't.

i pulled over and turned off the engine so that i could hear the sound
system more clearly and indeed the problem did exist. even with the
engine off.

i finally opted to listen to the cd player.

has anyone else encountered this problem? any idea what i should do or
try? is this symptomatic of cassette adapters? is this symptomatic of
ipods? or is this just some strange accident?

i am a bit upset that i can't seem to duplicate the nice sound i get
at home (when playing the same MP3s) on my ipod in the car!

rondell