I have two questions, how long is usb cord and will it work well in a car? What surface would work best in a car, would it work to put it on a center plastic console? Would love to use it for our dvd player as it is not hardwired to our car speakers and so only works with headphones or car radio (not very good at this)? thanks I have two questions, how long is usb cord and will it work well in a car? What surface would work best in a car, would it work to put it on a center plastic console? Would love to use it for our... » Read More I have two questions, how long is usb cord and will it work well in a car? What surface would work best in a car, would it work to put it on a center plastic console? Would love to use it for our dvd player as it is not hardwired to our car speakers and so only works with headphones or car radio (not very good at this)? thanks « Show Less
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I am sorry I can't answer your questions. My husband took it with him and I haven't seen it.I know he takes it to work, I don't know about the car. But he seems very pleased with the way it works.
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It works well sitting on the dash. The bottom has a little sticky tape that makes it easy to remove from the surface and doesn't leave a mark. The cord is about four feet. We have, also, placed it on the center console in a vehicle and the tailgate of a truck. It's absolutely worth the price. We purchased a different brand for some of our children at christmas time for double the price and they work exactly the same. I am going to buy a few more for birthday gifts because family members who have visited us love it so much.
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I haven't used it in the car. but it should work fine. The only concern I would have there is stability. The box it came in works pretty good as far as a surface goes. But i think you would take something with you in the car to play it on. And I'm not sure the battery would last a very long road trip. The cable is 2 or 3 feet long. It's a cool little speaker, but not sure about the use of it in the car. :)
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@ Benjamin H.Well. I put mine inside my wife's car. Hid it in the back with the jack where I would have access to it to change out the batteries. They only last about a week, but you don't loose the data. If your covering more spaces of time. I'd erase it after each download. Otherwise it gets monotonous searching through old data. The magnet is pretty strong but I wouldn't put it under the car. At a hundred bucks I'd hate to have lost it. Is picks up the signal pretty good inside the car, maybe under the seat.Hope that helps Good luck. Just remember; you ask questions, you get answers. @ Benjamin H.Well. I put mine inside my wife's car. Hid it in the back with the jack where I would have access to it to change out the batteries. They only last about a week, but you don't loose the data. If your covering more spaces of time. I'd erase it after each download. Otherwise it gets monotonous searching through old data. The magnet is pretty strong but I wouldn't put it under the car. At a hundred bucks I'd hate to have lost it. Is picks up the signal pretty good inside the car, maybe under the seat.Hope that helps Good luck. Just remember; you ask questions, you get... » Read More @ Benjamin H.Well. I put mine inside my wife's car. Hid it in the back with the jack where I would have access to it to change out the batteries. They only last about a week, but you don't loose the data. If your covering more spaces of time. I'd erase it after each download. Otherwise it gets monotonous searching through old data. The magnet is pretty strong but I wouldn't put it under the car. At a hundred bucks I'd hate to have lost it. Is picks up the signal pretty good inside the car, maybe under the seat.Hope that helps Good luck. Just remember; you ask questions, you get answers. « Show Less
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Hey I don't know if this helps so here I go. I have a pioneer dvd/navigation head unit in a 2005 gmc sierra. I did not like the way that the usb/3.5 cable just hung loose in my truck. I removed one of the power points up front and this worked fine to clean it up. My radio supports all Apple products and have worked fine through the usb charging, video, and music play back. I have hooked my zune up and works fine also using the usb for charging and the 3.5 for music play back. Ok and I checked the plug and took it apart on the male side and there is four conductors in it. I hope this helps, been in my truck about 4 months and no issues and I am picky on my stuff.
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Yes, it does work well in a car. I am very happy with the Bose Soundlink Mini and continue to use it daily. I'll bet I've sold at least five of them after friends family and co workers see mine.
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I'm not sure since I don't have a car, but I believe you could provided your car radio has the appropriate auxiliary jack. And I believe it would probably need an auxiliary cord, not a USB.
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I used it in my car, but the unit that it is connect to has another connection specific for iPods/iPhones. It works fine for storage devices so I think there should be a problem for what you may want to use it for
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Works in all my dvd/cd players except the Wii, even though it states that it does but dosen't......your answer is yes, it will work in your car.
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I'm not sure it might work, as most of the features in the remote are only intended for a Car Radio CD/MP3 Player and not for a DVD player. Features like VOLUME UP/VOLUME DOWN, Source, Power, ATT, etc might work universally, but that does not it works with a specific Car DVD Player. I've never tried it.
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You need to have a flip and swivel type of portable DVD player. I use my car headrest all the time, especially on trips. I love it. Hope this helps?
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I'm mixed about this answer. I think it may depend on the actual car because I have had this in a few different cars with antennas in front and rear and different results. I know this answer doesn't help but I will say this is one of the better quality products I've tried. If you car has an aux input this device has and output or if your has a tape player it will work with one of those adapters. Good luck and sorry for the vague answer.
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I had to go look and see since I had not used in awhile. Yes it will work with a USB flash drive. As a matter of fact I used a USB flash drive to load my music on and then I plug it into the player and it worked fine. So you should not have any problems. This works great in cars that don't have the mp3/usb already built in.
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Where and how do you want to use it ? ( I have never tried either one in a car) I use them at home. The gooseneck one I would say is good unless you have a cheap phone / Tablet that needs you to "poke" at it. The short one is rock solid on a smooth surface, great for the desk
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Hi Jane,The USB option is really meant for computer-to-device communication. You could use the output jack, which is used for headphones for your car, and maybe buy an adapter for it.
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We used it on a 4 cylinder car & it was fine. We now have a V6 & still no problems. While we drive, we use it to run a DVD player, plus charge an iPhone & an itouch at the same time. You should be fine using it for the laptop & speakers.
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You must plug it into the cigarette lighter of your car to work and the car must have a good working fully charged battery in it. It will work with the car turned off as long as your car battery is fully charged. BUT it will in fact drain your car battery if you use it while the car is turned off for a long time. I have used it for up to 30 minutes to charge a cell phone, and I've used it for about 20 minutes to run my lap top, both times with the car turned off and I had a fairly new car battery but I would not go any longer than that and I would not use it with the car turned off if your car battery is not new or is not a high quality brand. You must plug it into the cigarette lighter of your car to work and the car must have a good working fully charged battery in it. It will work with the car turned off as long as your car battery is fully charged. BUT it will in fact drain your car battery if you use it while the car is turned off for a long time. I have used it for up to 30 minutes to charge a cell phone, and I've used it for about 20 minutes to run my lap top, both times with the car turned off and I had a fairly new car battery but I would not go any longer than that and I would not use it with the car turned off if your... » Read More You must plug it into the cigarette lighter of your car to work and the car must have a good working fully charged battery in it. It will work with the car turned off as long as your car battery is fully charged. BUT it will in fact drain your car battery if you use it while the car is turned off for a long time. I have used it for up to 30 minutes to charge a cell phone, and I've used it for about 20 minutes to run my lap top, both times with the car turned off and I had a fairly new car battery but I would not go any longer than that and I would not use it with the car turned off if your car battery is not new or is not a high quality brand. « Show Less
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I'm not sure what you mean, I only know of one type of usb. I can tell you it has worked in all our devices so far, including: our computer (2011), dvd player(2010), and blue ray player (2012). We haven't tried it on anything older than that, but it fits into our car usb port as well. Hope this helps.
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Yes, BUT ... Car players are built to damp out the car's bouncing, but aren't perfect. If the laser carriage ever bounces up and hits the underside of the disc, your CD will probably be ruined. It's always a good idea to make a backup disc to leave at home. This is even more important for original commercial discs. The same goes for movies on DVD; if you have a DVD player in your car, try to always use a home-burned copy rather than the purchased original disc.