gregh

Does anyone use their iPOD in the car?

looking into the possibilities, and saw the iTRIP which broadcasts on FM, and wondered if anyone had an 1st hand experience of it.

regards,

greg

corradoboy

IIRC those FM transmitters are illegal here. Have a trawl around the ICE forum and I think there's a thread or two about using iPods in cars.

RichardC

You can buy a car connection kit for the IPOD for about £35 IIRC.

I have mine wired into the AUX port of my stereo and the power lead hard wired to the cigarette lighter. Quality is not the best i've heard, but if you play with the settings in iTunes then it helps.

RichardC

lpski1

A friend has this setup in his car, when he demo'd me on it, sounded quite well, basic Cherokee Jeep ICE though. Came through clear, you have 4 fm channels to choose from.

Carl Davey

iTrader: (3)

I've used mine in my car via iTrip with no problems.

Markus

You can always go the cassette adaptor route. I think Alpine are begging to make head units with ipod integration in them.

gregh

hi Carl,

What's the sound quality like with iTRIP?

regards,

greg

Carl Davey

iTrader: (3)

When i experimented with it it was ok. I had to turn the volume on the stereo up a little bit (it was already almost at maximum on the iPod) to get it to a decent level. This may have been due to the specific frequency i was running it at though.

I'm sure with a little fettling i could get used to using it on a day-to-day basis. Ideal for longer journeys though, expecially if you have someone who can change tracks for you when you feel like deviating from your playlist...

angrynorth

I saw a proper kit the other week. Still kicking myslef over not saving the URL. It was properly fitted and acted as a CD changer, you could control the iPod using the remothe controls already fitted in a car and it was powered by the head unit. It looked brilliant.

Richard where did you get the kit to connect to your AUX input?

J1nxy

http://www.ihavetohave.it/acatalog/ICE-Link.html

Is that what you wanted??

Steve

angrynorth

J1nxy you are a king amongst men, that is exactly what I was looking for! Cheers

RichardC

Angrynorth,

I got the cable kit from John Lewis (Not sure of the maker of the kit), but the kit included all types of connectors for various uses. The AUX connector was from Alpine.