ipod hookup in car

[fsufan]

i was wandering if there is anything that you can get to hook ur ipod up to ur car to hear it out of your car speakers. do any of you know?

[RockinDaMike]

Re: ipod hookup in car

You can get the radio adapter accessorie for the ipod or buy a deck that has an ipod hookup. Example all alpine decks have an ipod hookup.

[bgeno]

Re: ipod hookup in car

You can go with an FM Transmitter, but they are often hit or miss and lack much sound quality.

You can get a tap adapter, but tape players are hard to come by anymore.

The best thing to do is to go to crutchfield.com and look for an Ipod car stereo adapter.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-U0qIQ9w...TnnxIDi*l5TIIi ...go to one of the top two links.

[fsufan]

Re: ipod hookup in car

You can go with an FM Transmitter, but they are often hit or miss and lack much sound quality.

You can get a tap adapter, but tape players are hard to come by anymore.

The best thing to do is to go to crutchfield.com and look for an Ipod car stereo adapter.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-U0qIQ9w...TnnxIDi*l5TIIi ...go to one of the top two links.

thanks man

[Dispatch]

Re: ipod hookup in car

iTrip

It makes it so your iPod broadcast onto an un used radio station and then you just tune into it like you would a regular radio station. They have other things if you want to be able to charge the iPod and listen to it through your car speakers. And they all just plug into the cigarette lighter place.

Just go to your local Best Buy or Circuit City, they should all have them.

[Birdsonbat]

Re: ipod hookup in car

If you have an aftermarket head unit, or one with aux inputs on it, you can simply run an 1/8" to rca cable to hook your Ipod to the aux input. That is how mine is hooked up.

[sportsdude]

Re: ipod hookup in car

If you live in an urban area, go with the tape adapter. The FM transmitter makes it so you have to use a station that doesn't exist, however in big cities, your radio often picks up weird frequencies even if there's no radio station then, thus renderring the iPod useless until you switch to a different un-used station.

[elicoleman]

Re: ipod hookup in car

Definitely go with the tape adapter.

I had one for my Walkman, and it works just the same for the iPod.

That's actually the only place I use my iPod is when I'm driving.

[p_rushing]

Re: ipod hookup in car

If you want good quality, don't go with tape,fm, itrip, etc. You need to get something to hook to the back of your radio. Get something from crutchfield, its not hard to pull your radio out and plug the port into the back and then run a RCA cable to wherever you are going to put the ipod.

[Spear]

Re: ipod hookup in car

I had so much trouble with my itrip it's not worth it. The one that plugs into the car lighter, which I think is the adapter...thats you're best bet. My buddy has one, it works great and it charges your ipod while its playing.

[Hooe]

Re: ipod hookup in car

In my car, I bought a CD player that has a line-in port, then used that to hook up the iPod to the car via the iPod's headphone jack. It worked for me, though this is probably one of the more expensive alternatives.

[aukevin]

Re: ipod hookup in car

I would probably go with a tape adapter if my car had a tape deck. I haven't had one of those in 10 years probably. I use a FM transmitter and it works pretty well with my mp3 player.

[The GIGGAS]

Re: ipod hookup in car

Got the one that hooks into the cigarette lighter. It's really good and it can drown out stations too.

[Flyboy]

Re: ipod hookup in car

Try to avoid FM transmitters at all costs.

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: ipod hookup in car

Try to avoid FM transmitters at all costs.

I've used one for 2 years, never had a problem and I live in a major city.