Patent ID: 7400859

Claim:
A combined digital audio file player and modulator apparatus comprising: an elongate housing having a substantially cylindrical distal portion and a proximal portion that flares outwardly from the substantially cylindrical distal portion and has a control panel surface; a cigarette lighter power adapter formed into the substantially cylindrical distal portion of the elongate housing; an interface port in the elongate housing for receiving an external memory device; a user control panel located on the control panel surface of the proximal portion; an audio input jack in the elongate housing; a circuit located within the elongate housing and operably coupled to the cigarette lighter power adapter, the interface port, the audio input jack, and the user control panel; the circuit comprising means for retrieving an audio data file stored in a digital format on an external memory device that is in operable cooperation with the interface port, means for decoding the retrieved audio data files, and means for transmitting the decoded audio data files or an audio signal received by the audio input jack to a radio timer.