Solid State Audio Player?

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I'm looking for an MP3 player, or equivalent device, that has a power
socket. I want to plug a wall wart power supply into 120 volt power so
that the player doesn't need batteries. My application is for playing
on-hold messages for phone systems. The player would run continuously.

An ordinary MP3 player would be fine, except that I can't find one with
a power jack. I'm using portable CD players for this now, but they have
moving parts that wear out after a few months of continuous play.

I could get out the soldering iron and modify an MP3 player, but I'm
selling these to customers and don't want the reliability and liability
issues I might encounter with modified equipment. Price would
(preferably) be under $100. I only need about 10 minutes of play time,
so capacity isn't an issue.

This seems like a simple thing, but I haven't been able to find a player
with a power jack at a reasonable price. Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

- Jim Cline

Archived from groups: rec.audio.pro (More info?)

Hi Jim,

Try this device.

http://www.cfsound.com/index_CFSound.asp

Not MP3 based, but inexpensive and designed for OEM's

Mark


"Jim Cline" <jcline@timberwolfpress.com> wrote in message
news:jcline-90C8F6.09283722092005@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com...
> I'm looking for an MP3 player, or equivalent device, that has a power
> socket. I want to plug a wall wart power supply into 120 volt power so
> that the player doesn't need batteries. My application is for playing
> on-hold messages for phone systems. The player would run continuously.
>
> An ordinary MP3 player would be fine, except that I can't find one with
> a power jack. I'm using portable CD players for this now, but they have
> moving parts that wear out after a few months of continuous play.
>
> I could get out the soldering iron and modify an MP3 player, but I'm
> selling these to customers and don't want the reliability and liability
> issues I might encounter with modified equipment. Price would
> (preferably) be under $100. I only need about 10 minutes of play time,
> so capacity isn't an issue.
>
> This seems like a simple thing, but I haven't been able to find a player
> with a power jack at a reasonable price. Any suggestions would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> - Jim Cline

Archived from groups: rec.audio.pro (More info?)

Jim Cline <jcline@timberwolfpress.com> wrote:

> I'm looking for an MP3 player, or equivalent device, that has a power
> socket. I want to plug a wall wart power supply into 120 volt power so
> that the player doesn't need batteries. My application is for playing
> on-hold messages for phone systems. The player would run continuously.
>
> An ordinary MP3 player would be fine, except that I can't find one with
> a power jack. I'm using portable CD players for this now, but they have
> moving parts that wear out after a few months of continuous play.
>
> I could get out the soldering iron and modify an MP3 player, but I'm
> selling these to customers and don't want the reliability and liability
> issues I might encounter with modified equipment. Price would
> (preferably) be under $100. I only need about 10 minutes of play time,
> so capacity isn't an issue.
>
> This seems like a simple thing, but I haven't been able to find a player
> with a power jack at a reasonable price. Any suggestions would be
> greatly appreciated.

An iPod will do it just fine (if you want it to be solid-state, that
would be an iPod Nano or iPod Shuffle). The power jack is actually a
proprietary connector that connects to a USB or Firewire interface, but
that's fine because the power supply has a USB connector on it too.

ulysses