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I recently bought Kindle Fire. It's getting harder and harder to find audiobooks on CDs. Most are now downloadable and have DRM protection. I can get them on the Kindle from the library through the Overdrive app, but I can't rip them to a USB thumb drive. The Kindle is capable of playing through a headphone jack and I've already used that to play an audiobook on my home stereo. My question is whether this is practical in the Leaf using the Aux jack.
The biggest problem is that I don't see how to control the audio, i.e. pausing and restarting. Unlike music, it's not okay to miss a section while giving all my attention to traffic. I believe the iPad works with the USB port and allows dash or steering wheel audio controls, but I see no such functionality with the Aux input. It wouldn't be safe trying to pause and start or rewind the story on the Kindle as I drive. On the other hand constantly switching CDs is a distraction, too. I could see maybe on a long drive on the freeway with little traffic, where the need to stop and start play would be little to none, it might be safer to have the audiobook playing on the Kindle than on CDs.
Anyone who has experience with the auxiliary jack, what is your advice?
The biggest problem is that I don't see how to control the audio, i.e. pausing and restarting. Unlike music, it's not okay to miss a section while giving all my attention to traffic. I believe the iPad works with the USB port and allows dash or steering wheel audio controls, but I see no such functionality with the Aux input. It wouldn't be safe trying to pause and start or rewind the story on the Kindle as I drive. On the other hand constantly switching CDs is a distraction, too. I could see maybe on a long drive on the freeway with little traffic, where the need to stop and start play would be little to none, it might be safer to have the audiobook playing on the Kindle than on CDs.
Anyone who has experience with the auxiliary jack, what is your advice?