Can this be done? Audio question.
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Can this be done? Audio question.
This may a weird request. Is there a way to listen to (whatever is being played) privately? i.e. via headphones? There are times when I am driving home with my family, late, and everyone is asleep. Would love to listen to my music - sure, to keep me awake - but I cannot because it would disturb everyone. And that makes a very boring ride home.
Maybe cars do not offer headphone jacks for drivers for the same reasons they do not let drivers watch DVDs while driving. Duh. And I understand that.
Maybe cars do not offer headphone jacks for drivers for the same reasons they do not let drivers watch DVDs while driving. Duh. And I understand that.
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This may a weird request. Is there a way to listen to (whatever is being played) privately? i.e. via headphones? There are times when I am driving home with my family, late, and everyone is asleep. Would love to listen to my music - sure, to keep me awake - but I cannot because it would disturb everyone. And that makes a very boring ride home.
Maybe cars do not offer headphone jacks for drivers for the same reasons they do not let drivers watch DVDs while driving. Duh. And I understand that.
Maybe cars do not offer headphone jacks for drivers for the same reasons they do not let drivers watch DVDs while driving. Duh. And I understand that.
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First off, if you really want this options, I'm sure it can be done by most audio installers. Probably not a good idea since it would block out your hearing of emergency vehicles and such, also in CA, its a law not to have any on while driving.
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Wearing headphones while driving is insanely dangerous (can't hear what's going on around you). If not for yourself, don't do it for the sake of your family in your car, and the others on the road.
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With the new cars these days and there dampened interiors and the nice stereo's they have, you can't hear a flippin thing outside anyway. Surely you have a phone that plays
MP3's and can use a headphone jack or an Ipod.
MP3's and can use a headphone jack or an Ipod.
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Fair enough K-A, but the same argument could be made about listening to the music loud on the regular car audio.
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It's still totally different. Headphones REALLY muffle out outside sounds, far more than any tomb-like car could. Not only that, but they're far more intimate, and can really zone your mind out of your surroundings far more than a comfortable and isolating car.
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This may a weird request. Is there a way to listen to (whatever is being played) privately? i.e. via headphones? There are times when I am driving home with my family, late, and everyone is asleep. Would love to listen to my music - sure, to keep me awake - but I cannot because it would disturb everyone. And that makes a very boring ride home.
Maybe cars do not offer headphone jacks for drivers for the same reasons they do not let drivers watch DVDs while driving. Duh. And I understand that.
Maybe cars do not offer headphone jacks for drivers for the same reasons they do not let drivers watch DVDs while driving. Duh. And I understand that.
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there are tons of jackwagons driving around here
with earbuds on.......not to mention bikers, walkers, joggers....etc...
glad someone else notices these things
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This may a weird request. Is there a way to listen to (whatever is being played) privately? i.e. via headphones? There are times when I am driving home with my family, late, and everyone is asleep. Would love to listen to my music - sure, to keep me awake - but I cannot because it would disturb everyone. And that makes a very boring ride home.
Maybe cars do not offer headphone jacks for drivers for the same reasons they do not let drivers watch DVDs while driving. Duh. And I understand that.
Maybe cars do not offer headphone jacks for drivers for the same reasons they do not let drivers watch DVDs while driving. Duh. And I understand that.
