iPod and cars

[mamajumps 0]

I got an iPod for my birthday from my boyfriend and Im wondering is there a way to just have an auxilary jack added to my pre-existing stero in my car? I cant afford to replace the stereo, but would love to listen to my iPod in my car, and FM recievers suck majorly in the Central Fla area... any sugesstions?

[eeneR 3]

Only other option is the old stand by tape adapter if you have a tape deck.

She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway."
eeneR
TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto

[tigra 0]

Yup- neither is a perfect solution. My car is almost 10 years old and I'm not about to buy a new stereo for it. My cassette player died, and I've got problems/ issues with the FM transmitter thing too. Its very sad not to be able to listen to my iPod during my long drive to and from work! Amazing how spoiled a person can get!

If you go with the FM transmitter route, you can go to Belkin's website and there is a place for you to type in your zip code to get the best station to use.

[mamajumps 0]

Quote

Yup- neither is a perfect solution. My car is almost 10 years old and I'm not about to buy a new stereo for it. My cassette player died, and I've got problems/ issues with the FM transmitter thing too. Its very sad not to be able to listen to my iPod during my long drive to and from work! Amazing how spoiled a person can get!

If you go with the FM transmitter route, you can go to Belkin's website and there is a place for you to type in your zip code to get the best station to use.

COOL! thanks for the Belkin advice, I have a Belkin transmitter and I get so frustrated with that damn thing!!!!! I was tickled pink when I got the iPod for my bday, not something I would have bought for myself, but OMG..I love it so much!

[Thanatos340 1]

Also make sure to get a FULL spectrum FM Transmitter. Many cheaper FM Transmitters only have about 5 frequencies they will play on. Those suck and you WILL have problems with them. The Full Spectrum Transmitters let you choose any channel to play on.

[dfairleigh11 0]

Dunno what kind of car it is, but maybe there's one in this list that will work:

http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Group/ProductMenu.aspx?g=305250&c=3&tp=120&avf=N

I have my iPod wired to my Panasonic head unit with the Panasonic adapter and I love it... ...iPod almost never leaves the car.

"We'll start the ass kissing with you"

[tigra 0]

My iPod goes wherever I go!

[eeneR 3]

Quote

My iPod goes wherever I go!

I second that statement! I thank god however that my car came standard with the AUX jack for an Ipod!

She is not a "Dumb Blonde" - She is a "Light-Haired Detour Off The Information Superhighway."
eeneR
TF#72, FB#4130, Incauto

[mamajumps 0]

Quote

Dunno what kind of car it is, but maybe there's one in this list that will work:

http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Group/ProductMenu.aspx?g=305250&c=3&tp=120&avf=N

I have my iPod wired to my Panasonic head unit with the Panasonic adapter and I love it... ...iPod almost never leaves the car.

THANKS!!!!! I found exactly what I was looking for!!!! It will have to wait until after Chicago, but now I know it exists and the dummy at Circuit City was just that...a dummy...

[Beer 0]

I've got the iTrip. It plugs right into the top. No wires or batteries runs off the iPod.
You load everything onto the iPod and you select which station you want to broadcast over. Works great.

Learn to be happy. You can't be there for anybody else in life if you can't learn to be there for yourself.

[byates 0]

I went to a local car stereo shop and got an in-line FM Modulator. What this does is basically intercepts your antenna connection and for the given frequency it actively blocks receiving this frequency from the antenna so that it doesn't interfere.

They will cost you a few bucks more ($75 installed) but will do the trick.

[denete 3]

Find a Walmart and look in the electronics clearance section (near the TVs). I got a Griffin iTrip there for $30. I have the old-style iTrip (round) for my iPod, but I gave the new style (LCD display, stereo/mono, etc.) iTrip to my wife for her birthday.

It works great. Because it is a synthesized transmitter, you can use any single-decimal station.

Griffin has about 8 versions out now.
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/itrip/

SCR #14809

"our attitude is the thing most capable of keeping us safe"
(look, grab, look, grab, peel, punch, punch, arch)

[AggieDave 6]

I use a FM transmitter for my iPod with my work car. It works like a champ, the trick is finding an empty FM station, but that's not too hard. If you can't find a FM channel, then unplug the radio's antenna under the hood and try again. Now that makes it work great. Better yet is you can get good iPod FM transmitters for under $50 on Amazon.com.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[freeflydrew 0]

http://www.mp3yourcar.com sells a perfect solution called the neo. I had one in my honda and it is so much better than anything else on the market.

[tigra 0]

For that kind of money, I might as well replace the whole stereo system.