markie
Joined: October 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 13178
Re: iPod in the Car
January 28, 2005 at 08:35 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Bags:
isn't it incredibly inconvenient to have your ipod in your glove box? I don't want mine on shuffle all the time…
It charges in there. You can access the menu to select playlists and then skip songs… The song names appear on the head unit.
Its OK. I cannot be bothered paying the $300 so I just stick to the aux cable and selecting stuff from the better ipod interface….
And I love BMWs
kosmo
Joined: September 23, 1999 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 16329
Re: iPod in the Car
January 29, 2005 at 02:55 AM UTC
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kosmette has an iTrip which has it's moments, it's so hard to find a clear station in the area.
do you have one of those ipod covers on? for the orginial cover, which was much thicker then her current iSkin cover, kosmette had to use a rubber band to hold the iTrip snug on to the iPod cover. The thinner iSkin works better with the iTrip.
chaz
Joined: December 09, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 5111
Re: iPod in the Car
January 29, 2005 at 03:19 AM UTC
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If you're using an itrip try this -
http://leenes.demon.nl/xmitter_settings/ People are turned off by the idea of transmitting in mono instead of stereo, but I've had much better results using these. Just easier to lock in and hold onto and the sound quality is pretty good.
Also, maybe try this -
http://www.mactech.com/news/archivedisplay.mgi?id=00000a39bb48cab5
Darth Ed
Joined: May 19, 2003 at 05:01 AM UTC
Posts: 1159
Re: iPod in the Car
January 29, 2005 at 04:32 AM UTC
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If your car stereo doesn't support a CD changer, doesn't have a tape deck, and doesn't have an auxiliary input, you have four options:
(1) FM transmitter (like iTrip)
(2) FM modulator (
something like this or
this)
(3) buy a new car stereo
(4) buy a new car
The advantage of (2) over (1) is that there's no interference with FM stations because the FM antennae is basically disconnected when you are using it. If you choose (2), then I recommend getting it installed by a car stereo specialist.
chaz
Joined: December 09, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 5111
Re: iPod in the Car
January 29, 2005 at 12:51 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
If your car stereo doesn't support a CD changer, doesn't have a tape deck, and doesn't have an auxiliary input, you have four options:
(1) FM transmitter (like iTrip)
(2) FM modulator (something like this or this)
(3) buy a new car stereo
(4) buy a new car
LUckily many car stereos do support cd changers You can get your ipod hard-wired to this unput using 3rd party products. Using these gizmos you can hook the ipod to the stereo directly. In many cases you use the stereo controls for fast fwd, search etc.
http://www.dension.com/main.php?pageid=50&topid=42 That's just one but there are others.