iPod in the car
Posted by: Bosh on 24 January 2006
I have tried a £10 Ebay from Hong Kong FM transmitter to listen to my 4Gb Nano through the car radio with partial success. The sound is poor quality when compared to the radio itself and volume is low
Is it worth trying a Griffin version or do I really need the £100 hardwired version like that Halfords are advertising
Is it a good idea to get a docking/battery charging version or does continually charging the battery shorten its life
Is it worth trying a Griffin version or do I really need the £100 hardwired version like that Halfords are advertising
Is it a good idea to get a docking/battery charging version or does continually charging the battery shorten its life
Posted on: 24 January 2006 by Bob McC
I have an I-trip which although critical of where you put the i-pod in the car, once sited performs excellently, to a high quality.
Posted on: 24 January 2006 by Avalin
The Dension ice link really works well. I have it in a BMW and an Audi. In the BMW you even get track titles and artist names ie the ID3 tags. i Pod charges whilst in use and with a 40 Gb player you just never run out of things to play. Well worth the investment, and easy to use & control. About 30/45 minutes to install provided you know how to remove the radio from fascia. Does not work though with all sat nav systems so check your car model, radio model combination before buying the specific connector kit for your car. www.ipodmycar.com is a good place to go, good service and support.
Posted on: 24 January 2006 by kevinrt
Seconded.
I fitted a Dension Icelink in the Fabia and it works very well. Getting the Radio/CD out was the only difficulty, but mainly because it was such a snug fit and didn't just pop out when the catches were released.
In this car the interface is a bit crap, but you can select next or previous track or one of 5 of your playlists and adjust volume via the car's heads unit, which is as much as I want to do whilst driving. A passenger could operate the iPod as normal from its own controls.
Icelink cost about £100 and comes with either a cradle which you can attach somewhere on the dash (much like some of the mobile phone cradles which attach to an air vent) or with just a fly lead which in my case I have run into the glove compartment.
You can set it to charge all of the time or only whilst it's playing or whilst its playing and for an extra 2 hours once switched off.
I fitted a Dension Icelink in the Fabia and it works very well. Getting the Radio/CD out was the only difficulty, but mainly because it was such a snug fit and didn't just pop out when the catches were released.
In this car the interface is a bit crap, but you can select next or previous track or one of 5 of your playlists and adjust volume via the car's heads unit, which is as much as I want to do whilst driving. A passenger could operate the iPod as normal from its own controls.
Icelink cost about £100 and comes with either a cradle which you can attach somewhere on the dash (much like some of the mobile phone cradles which attach to an air vent) or with just a fly lead which in my case I have run into the glove compartment.
You can set it to charge all of the time or only whilst it's playing or whilst its playing and for an extra 2 hours once switched off.
Posted on: 24 January 2006 by garyi
Bosh the FM transmitters are a bit hit and miss, plus they are illegal in the UK.
There is an ipod dock ker jigger in Halfords that looks the job.
There is an ipod dock ker jigger in Halfords that looks the job.
Posted on: 24 January 2006 by manicatel
I did have the i-trip for a while, & it was crap. But that was probably because it relies on the car aeriel to pick up the signal, & my car aeriel is built into the windscreen, & that is crap! Also, if you drive in a big built up city, you do pick up interference from small local radio stations.
Now I've got an alpine in-car-hi-fi which runs/controls the ipod, & it works great. The aeriels still crap though!
matt
Now I've got an alpine in-car-hi-fi which runs/controls the ipod, & it works great. The aeriels still crap though!
matt
Posted on: 24 January 2006 by thirty three and a third
Another happy iceLink owner here. It's like have a 100 CD changer in my car. With the iPod as with any rechargable product, you should periodically run the product down till it shuts off to recalibrate the battery.
Posted on: 24 January 2006 by Chris Dolan
quote:www.ipodmycar.com
I will look again at this - but at the moment I can't seem to buy the cable that supposedly connects my nano to the auxiliary socket in my car that BMW advertise as an ipod connection.
Minor gripe - as the car and the nano are otherwise superb.
Chris
Posted on: 25 January 2006 by garyi
Chris surely a dock would connect and plug the nano into the dock?