I thought about both of those. I'll eventually get one of the FM things for road-trips taken in not-my-car, but I don't want one for home use. I also thought about the cassette adapter, but decided I wouldn't like the looks of the wires dangling from the front of the deck. I could probably string the wires through to the back, but what the heck... I'm having fun poking around with electronics and learning stuff.