how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?

how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?

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ingenieur

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4,218 posts

188 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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As per title: how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?

With car audio equipment having barely ever been simple in any car ever... what do people do when they can't work all the buttons and controls?

Scrump

22,940 posts

165 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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Radio 2 (quietly).

dirky dirk

3,158 posts

177 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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I think I’m your target audience

Heart 70s or 80s for me

uuf361

3,155 posts

229 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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Thru the wireless

Louis Balfour

27,690 posts

229 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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ingenieur said:
As per title: how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?

With car audio equipment having barely ever been simple in any car ever... what do people do when they can't work all the buttons and controls?
Speaking as an elderly parent, I stab away at the buttons on the dashboard, try to unlock my phone, access Youtube Music (one of my children put it on there) and skip to one of my preferred easy listening standards. All of this whilst weaving dangerously across the road.

Happy to hear of any improvements I could make to my technique.

Glosphil

4,503 posts

241 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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I'm an elderly parent (75).
I use DAT radio (2, 4 & local), CD & SD card.

brownspeed

853 posts

138 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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i struggle to get my 8 track cassettes to work- there's no slot in the stereo

Louis Balfour

27,690 posts

229 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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Glosphil said:
I'm an elderly parent (75).
I use DAT radio (2,4 & local), CD & SD card.
Do you mean DAB radio?

ingenieur

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4,218 posts

188 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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My dad sold his CD collection about 10 years ago and went online with everything. The car he is getting rid of has a Pioneer double-din dumb touchscreen with USB slots. But recently he has lost his confidence with all this sort of stuff and he is changing his car.

Bobupndown

2,147 posts

50 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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Fitted new upgraded stereo to son's VW Polo and mentioned to him that as well as Bluetooth streaming it has an sd card slot in the front to which he replied "yeah but I'm not 50" how rude! I still miss my cassettes.

The Mad Monk

10,612 posts

124 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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ingenieur said:
As per title: how do your elderly parents listen to music in the car?

With car audio equipment having barely ever been simple in any car ever... what do people do when they can't work all the buttons and controls?
I am elderly, but I don't think I am your parent.

However, I listen to music - if I listen to music, which I don't often - now, where was I - ah, yes - I listen to music on the radio. How else would I do it?

I meant to say, is this a trick question?

jimPH

3,981 posts

87 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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My mum listens to radio 4.

personally, an exhaust flap button and a V8 is music to my ears.

WonkeyDonkey

2,419 posts

110 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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The Mad Monk said:
I am elderly, but I don't think I am your parent.

However, I listen to music - if I listen to music, which I don't often - now, where was I - ah, yes - I listen to music on the radio. How else would I do it?

I meant to say, is this a trick question?
You mean you don't listen to your grammaphone in your car?

996TT02

3,326 posts

147 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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WonkeyDonkey said:
The Mad Monk said:
I am elderly, but I don't think I am your parent.

However, I listen to music - if I listen to music, which I don't often - now, where was I - ah, yes - I listen to music on the radio. How else would I do it?

I meant to say, is this a trick question?
You mean you don't listen to your grammaphone in your car?
"Grammarphone" - I can see who might find it useful, were such a thing to be invented... smile

The Mad Monk

10,612 posts

124 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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WonkeyDonkey said:
The Mad Monk said:
I am elderly, but I don't think I am your parent.

However, I listen to music - if I listen to music, which I don't often - now, where was I - ah, yes - I listen to music on the radio. How else would I do it?

I meant to say, is this a trick question?
You mean you don't listen to your grammaphone in your car?
I do apologise, but I cannot resist the temptation to point out that there is only one 'm' in gramaphone.

But, you are correct, I don't.

Louis Balfour

27,690 posts

229 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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The Mad Monk said:
WonkeyDonkey said:
The Mad Monk said:
I am elderly, but I don't think I am your parent.

However, I listen to music - if I listen to music, which I don't often - now, where was I - ah, yes - I listen to music on the radio. How else would I do it?

I meant to say, is this a trick question?
You mean you don't listen to your grammaphone in your car?
I do apologise, but I cannot resist the temptation to point out that there is only one 'm' in gramaphone.

But, you are correct, I don't.
There is only one "a" too.

Pit Pony

9,242 posts

128 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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I don't think my parents use the radio in the car. Next time I visit, I'll borrow the keys and check what it's tuned to.

My dad (85) does have his phone connected to the radio and will take calls hands free.

GAjon

3,804 posts

220 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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As a pretty elderly parent and grand parent.

In 1980 I had a TVR 3000M with a cassette tape deck, I used to keep one tape in it with the Hotel California album on one side and Rumours On the other , just flipped it over continually from one to the other.

I now get in my car with my smart phone loaded with 500 or so albums, various individual pieces of music, singles etc.
The phone connects automatically, the music available pops up on the infotainment pad on the dash, I can touch screen, voice command, toggle a central controller or use the phone interface!

I tend to put on my playlist with Hotel California and Rumours on and just let it play.

PS I still have the TVR but any music player was removed yonks ago.

giantdefy

691 posts

120 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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As a ~70 year old I listen to my music from my phone using Poweramp via Android Auto

Om

1,922 posts

85 months

Sunday 27th February 2022
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giantdefy said:
As a ~70 year old I listen to my music from my phone using Poweramp via Android Auto
Still using Poweramp grandad?