The Simple Way To Turn Your IPod Into Your Vehicle’s Sound System
July 25, 2010 by Stephen Drury
Filed under Gadgets
If you would like to ‘iPod’ your car – ie pump music from your iPod into your car stereo system, you could change to a brand spanking new auto that already has iPod integration, like BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and Volvo, but there are way more options open to you as well. If your vehicle does not have iPod connectivity, the answer is to install an adaptor.
An iPod adaptor retailed by companies like Debatable and Monster can be installed in the cavern of wires behind your vehicle dashboard, with one prong from the adaptor going to the back of your stereo while another prong goes to an iPod holder near to the front seat of the automobile. The adaptor works like an emulator and tricks the stereo to think it’s a CD changer, so you can use the track buttons on the stereo faceplate to choose songs.
Installing an iPod adaptor could be annoying for the non-mechanically inclined, and the services of a trained engineer might be easier. If your auto’s too decrepit, the factory installed stereo won’t be acceptable for iPod integration. For such vehicles, it is recommended to install a new player from makers like Alpine, Kenwood and Pathfinder.
If sound quality is important to you, the use of iPod cassette adaptors isn’t suggested as the sound quality isn’t quite ok, and just as seriously, they do not recharge the iPod’s battery.
With these flaws, the iPod cassette adaptor and the FM modulator are not the best options, and it remains the iPod adaptor that we suggest. To help your private research and to discover what iPod integration is best for your model of vehicle, there are online catalogues from auto audio online internet sites so your first step is to identify the iPod integration you desire for your auto and get the correct adaptor. Before long, you will be pumping your iPod tracks thru your auto stereo and enjoying your fave songs.
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