Stuck in the 90’s

Dear Geek;

I travel a lot for work, and the radio gets a little old after a while.  I’d like to listen to my own playlist in my car.  The only problem is, my car is about 15 years old, which means it doesn’t have an input for a MP3 player.  My pc does have a CD burner.  How do I make a CD for the car?

Sincerely,

Stuck in the 90’s

Dear Stuck;

I’m sorry to hear you’re either stuck listening to the radio play the same song for the 10oth time, or your Glass Tiger CD that doubles as an ice-scraper.

If you travel a lot in the car for work, you may want to check out after-market MP3 inputs that can be installed into almost any car, unless you’re still running an 8-track.  Go to your nearest audio store to check out what they have for audio inputs, and most can do the install as well (for a fee).

Until your car stereo is brought into this decade, you are stuck making mixed CDs.  Ahhh, the memories of making mixed tapes for that girl/guy you were trying to impress…But I digress.

To burn an audio CD:  Go to “Start”.  Type in “Windows Media Player” in the search bar, then click on it.  Click the “Burn” tab (should be on the right side of the window).  Then click and drag the music you want on the CD, from the music library into the “Burn” list.  Put a blank CD into your computer’s drive, and click “Start Burn”.

The next step?  Toss the Glass Tiger CD and buy an ice-scaper.

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