Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
If I want BBC world service or Radio One I can subscribe to Sirius satellite radio but when it comes to BBC radio Two and Four - I am stuck. You can listen to them online at home via the Internet but is it possible to listen to these radio stations in the car?
I have e-mailed XM and Sirius and they have no plans to add these stations so.... Is there a cell phone out there that can stream real audio and costs less than $20 a month to run? That is the only way I can think of doing it... maybe getting an FM transmitter for it and picking up the signal via the radio.... Any other ideas? I need my BBC fix! :thumbsup: |
Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
Originally Posted by uktoamerica
(Post 5099333)
If I want BBC world service or Radio One I can subscribe to Sirius satellite radio but when it comes to BBC radio Two and Four - I am stuck. You can listen to them online at home via the Internet but is it possible to listen to these radio stations in the car?
I have e-mailed XM and Sirius and they have no plans to add these stations so.... Is there a cell phone out there that can stream real audio and costs less than $20 a month to run? That is the only way I can think of doing it... maybe getting an FM transmitter for it and picking up the signal via the radio.... Any other ideas? I need my BBC fix! :thumbsup: I am sure there are mobiles that can stream but they probably cost a fortune for the web airtime. We stream through a wireless system at home so at least we can take the speakers anywhere in the garden and any room in the house and are not tied to a laptop or a desk top. Are you missing Steve in the afternoon and ask Elvis??? |
Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
There are cheaper unlimited data plans for PDA's / Cells. I pay $40 BUT you can do a lot more than just radio.
I have the Verizon AudioVox XV6700... Since it's an internet device you can get virtually anything on it. Verizon's 3G network, I often see 600k + Since I also have a UK SKY+ box connected to a sling box, I effectively get all the UK TV channels live (and recorded) too. I also can link back to my home PC's using ORB and can access my thousands of photos/video's/MP3's live too. SOund connects through any typical adapter. $40 a month for wireless (almost anyway) fast internet is very valueable to me for business and pleasure. |
Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
You could stream rip an hour or two worth of programming before you get up and then take it in via an iPod and play it back in your car. Not live, but pretty close.
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Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
Originally Posted by franc11s
(Post 5099384)
There are cheaper unlimited data plans for PDA's / Cells. I pay $40 BUT you can do a lot more than just radio.
I have the Verizon AudioVox XV6700... Since it's an internet device you can get virtually anything on it. Verizon's 3G network, I often see 600k + Since I also have a UK SKY+ box connected to a sling box, I effectively get all the UK TV channels live (and recorded) too. I also can link back to my home PC's using ORB and can access my thousands of photos/video's/MP3's live too. SOund connects through any typical adapter. $40 a month for wireless (almost anyway) fast internet is very valueable to me for business and pleasure. |
Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
Slingbox is cool. Its basically a box that sits between your TV and the TV signal and plugs into a high speed internet connection. It essentially takes the TV feed and streams it to an address and you pick it up via the slingbox software on your computer. To do it with sky, it would have to have the sky feed going into it. A lot of people in my office hook it up to their TV at home and watch whatever on a second monitor at their desk. Sky will have match of the day because it broadcasts all the standard channels as well as the sky ones.
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Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
Originally Posted by Adnams
(Post 5099447)
I've seen a lot of posts on here about bbc sky and slingboxes. Forgive my ingnorance but what exactly is a slingbox? And how does it hook up to pick up UK TV. Do you have to subscribe to Sky, which wont have match of the day will it? Okay I am a bit of a technie novice but if I could work out someway to get Match of the day and Test match special for the OH it would make his year especially if I can pick it up on the TV and not the pc.
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Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
Originally Posted by Bob
(Post 5099670)
There's a thread called slingboxes that explains it...but basically you need someone in blighty who'll be willing to hook it up, and have broadband...and they need dual tuners or they might not be to impressed with you changing channels on them :lol:
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Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
Originally Posted by Adnams
(Post 5099353)
Are you missing Steve in the afternoon
Although I like the way Sirius delays the transmission by 5 hours for Radio One so at least you get the breakfast show in the morning! Just wish they would carry Two and Four and I will be happy..... Thanks everyone else for the replies.... there must be a cheapo way to stream Real Audio via a mobile data plan... |
Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
Originally Posted by uktoamerica
(Post 5099893)
Yes ;)
Although I like the way Sirius delays the transmission by 5 hours for Radio One so at least you get the breakfast show in the morning! Just wish they would carry Two and Four and I will be happy..... Thanks everyone else for the replies.... there must be a cheapo way to stream Real Audio via a mobile data plan... I cant stand that bloke that does the am show on Radio One so I am not missign out there but really really miss radio four but have it on at home all day long so dont miss much when out adn about in the car. |
Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
isn't sprint $29 unlimited Data Plan ? It's all coming down in price....
www.orb.com is pretty cool and really simple. You could get someone in the UK to run orb for you on their machine, connect a TV tuner / Radio tuner.... There's lots of tech..... just nothing (other than slinging) that's packaged! |
Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
Originally Posted by uktoamerica
(Post 5099893)
Just wish they would carry Two and Four and I will be happy.....
Personally make do with dumping R4 shows to mp3 to listen to in the car - would be nice if it were a bit easier though. |
Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
Originally Posted by dinosaur
(Post 5100291)
Personally make do with dumping R4 shows to mp3 to listen to in the car - would be nice if it were a bit easier though.
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Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
Originally Posted by Bob
(Post 5099670)
There's a thread called slingboxes that explains it...but basically you need someone in blighty who'll be willing to hook it up, and have broadband...and they need dual tuners or they might not be to impressed with you changing channels on them :lol:
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Re: Need BBC radio Two and Four in the car - possible?
Originally Posted by Maz
(Post 5100740)
Or there's this service. We're not going to sign up as we'll be moving again soon, but maybe once we're in NZ we will. :thumbup: I've heard nothing but good things about this, though.
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