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July 14, 2005

New: EG-CM100 plugs in cigarette lighter

Evergreen (Japan) began selling its EG-CM100, an MP3 player that plugs into the cigarette lighter socket of your car, on July 8th. The EG-CM100 has a built-in FM transmitter so you can listen to your MP3 files over the speakers in your car. The player is expected to sell for ¥5,980.

The EG-CM100 is of course powered by the cigarette lighter socket. The player has built-in flash memory and connects to a PC via USB. The built-in FM transmitter allows one to listen to the songs over the car’s speakers.

The EG-CM100 only plays back MP3 files, with a bitrate of 32~320kbps. The player behaves as a USB storage class device and can use memory card from 16MB to 1GB. Pause, skip and auto repeat functionality is also built-in. Further, besides being an MP3 player, the EG-CM100 is also a memory card reader.

The FM transmitter broadcasts on 3 channels: 77.4/77.8/78.oMHz, within an area of 5 meters. The outer dimension are 87x33x18mm with a weight of 34 grams.

Posted by mp3fan at July 14, 2005 9:31 PM