Comments on: What’s The Best Way To Connect An iPod To A Car?

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By: Ma Lou

Ma Lou — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:05:40 +0000

There are heaps of alternatives! FM transmitter is relatively easy but poor quality. Try connect directly to the back of the car stereo. There’s heaps of different ones like Dice or Grom. I use this one at http://www.cushieaudio.com.au“

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By: Ford Focus Parts

Ford Focus Parts — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:12:31 +0000

Practically speaking I've also tried the previous one you've mentioned. And yes its quite frustrating that the sound of the music may depend on the quality of your MP3 though. So if you are having a low class MP3 on your car while and the car is in motion the sounds seems like grrrr.. so whew! Maybe I'll get that new device that may attach on my car.

By: Michael Lankton

Michael Lankton — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:52:52 +0000

With my phone, I stream via bluetooth to my car stereo. Handy for audiobooks, but the fidelity is not adequate for music. I plug in via USB, and then I can use voice commands to search and play. The dash display reflects the artist and track when I am hooked up via USB as well, which is nice. I think any car stereo that uses USB would be the thing. I have a Mercury, which uses Microsoft's Sync system. While I have a gripe or two regarding Sync's voice recognition, it is a good system on the whole.

By: shuan

shuan — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:26:08 +0000

why dont you just get a cd player that has a AUX jack slot and buy an AUX cable ? it will play anything withh a 3.5m jack like ipod or mp3 player.

By: Everton

Everton — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:06:29 +0000

@rfctabs

Yes I got the Dension 500 fitted. It’s excellent and works well with my 5G 60GB ipod. Only issue I have and it’s not the Dension’s fault, is that my car’s display doesn’t display the song/artist details so I’m restricted to playing playlists only (not too bad to be honest) as I can’t navigate by artist/album/genre etc. If I’d known this in advance I probably would have upgraded my car’s head unit to the one that supported this.

Lesson – check compatability before ordering!

By: Everton

Everton — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:06:00 +0000

@rfctabs

Lesson – check compatability before ordering!

By: rfctabs

rfctabs — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:29:23 +0000

Hi Everton,

Did you get thte Dension 500 fitted? Is / was it good? I’m looking at one for my car to use with a Creative Zen Vision M 60Gb and also a 250Gb portable USB hard drive. I’m struggling to find a local fitter (S/E Birmingham) and am just wondering if it’s worth it. I like the idea that all of the music will come up on the iDrive and I REALLY don’t like iPods…

Cheers,

Peter

By: rfctabs

rfctabs — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:29:00 +0000

Hi Everton,

Cheers,

Peter

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By: Everton

Everton — Sun, 27 May 2007 12:25:06 +0000

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Everton — Sun, 27 May 2007 12:25:00 +0000

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By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Sun, 27 May 2007 11:39:37 +0000

Found I have to get my files down to 160kbps otherwise they are too big/many for ipod.

I routinely use 192kbps (or better) MP3 files on my iPod Mini and my wife uses the same files on her iPod Nano v2, so I'm guessing the issue is capacity rather than capability. If so, I'm with Everton - don't water down your music. A bit off-topic but, for those of you who use iTunes to download music, I'd urge you to use MP3s ripped from actual CDs rather than paying for songs from the iTunes store. Click the article linked below to find out why: Read about my "Digital Music Conversion Project."

By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Sun, 27 May 2007 11:39:00 +0000

Found I have to get my files down to 160kbps otherwise they are too big/many for ipod.

By: Everton

Everton — Sun, 27 May 2007 07:22:51 +0000

Funny, that's the same retailer I'm going to get mine from although I'm getting the Gateway 500 which is the one that is compatible with the car I'm getting. Who did you use to do the fitting?

Found I have to get my files down to 160kbps otherwise they are too big/many for ipod.

Do you mean the Dension won't play big files, or you had to make your files smaller to get them to fit on your iPod? My advice if it's the latter, is not to do this and import your files in the best format possible as in the future you will have more storage space, and it saves you having to go back and re-import your files.

By: Everton

Everton — Sun, 27 May 2007 07:22:00 +0000

Funny, that's the same retailer I'm going to get mine from although I'm getting the Gateway 500 which is the one that is compatible with the car I'm getting. Who did you use to do the fitting?

Found I have to get my files down to 160kbps otherwise they are too big/many for ipod.

By: mark

mark — Sat, 26 May 2007 11:33:50 +0000

Hi there, I just dumped Itunes having read your site. I use the Dension kit with a Renault and it works brilliantly. Does not display on the dash, but there a number of good places to get it from. I used but I am sure there are other places. I got the extension cable from the US as the cable in UK was crazy price. Link. Found I have to get my files down to 160kbps otherwise they are too big/many for ipod.

By: mark

mark — Sat, 26 May 2007 11:33:00 +0000

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By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Fri, 25 May 2007 19:46:59 +0000

My Honda Element has a direct audio port, so I just connect my iPod Mini directly via the headphone jack. Results in much cleaner sound than with an FM transmitter. Quite a few car stereos are coming equipped with auxillary jacks for just this sort of thing now.

By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Fri, 25 May 2007 19:46:00 +0000

By: Everton

Everton — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:44:06 +0000

Iâ€™m currently using an iTrip with my iPod Mini and that works great for me on the default channel, mind you Iâ€™m not exactly in the middle of London or any other city!

In London there are so many pirate stations on the freqs that are free it’s very hard to find a clear freq, and I prob have to change freqs every couple of miles

Can I ask, what software are you using to re-import in a lossless format? Is it the usual kind of things, but ripped as a .wav?

I’m so glad you asked me that question as I just used the Apple format in iTunes without thinking about the compatibility issues. I just tried playing one of my files in WMP and it didn’t work, so I guess Apple are up to their old tricks again.

Got any pointers for how I should import my lossless files for maximum media player compatibility?

By: Everton

Everton — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:44:00 +0000

Iâ€™m currently using an iTrip with my iPod Mini and that works great for me on the default channel, mind you Iâ€™m not exactly in the middle of London or any other city!

In London there are so many pirate stations on the freqs that are free it’s very hard to find a clear freq, and I prob have to change freqs every couple of miles

Can I ask, what software are you using to re-import in a lossless format? Is it the usual kind of things, but ripped as a .wav?

Got any pointers for how I should import my lossless files for maximum media player compatibility?

By: Zath

Zath — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:29:20 +0000

I’m currently using an iTrip with my iPod Mini and that works great for me on the default channel, mind you I’m not exactly in the middle of London or any other city!

Can I ask, what software are you using to re-import in a lossless format? Is it the usual kind of things, but ripped as a .wav?

By: Zath

Zath — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:29:00 +0000

I’m currently using an iTrip with my iPod Mini and that works great for me on the default channel, mind you I’m not exactly in the middle of London or any other city!

Can I ask, what software are you using to re-import in a lossless format? Is it the usual kind of things, but ripped as a .wav?

By: Everton

Everton — Thu, 24 May 2007 06:55:03 +0000

Thanks, I’ll check out the site and see if any products listed are available in the UK

By: Everton

Everton — Thu, 24 May 2007 06:55:00 +0000

Thanks, I’ll check out the site and see if any products listed are available in the UK

By: listikal

listikal — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:52:08 +0000

Unfortunately I’m not going to much help, but the one thing I can recommend, is finding the equivalent to our http://www.crutchfield.com

They give you all of the compatible stereos for your car, and all the compatible adapters that go along with it. They also have the best customer service I’ve ever seen.

By: listikal

listikal — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:52:00 +0000

Unfortunately I’m not going to much help, but the one thing I can recommend, is finding the equivalent to our http://www.crutchfield.com

They give you all of the compatible stereos for your car, and all the compatible adapters that go along with it. They also have the best customer service I’ve ever seen.