What is the best setup?

1/31/2007 9:41:41 PM

hit self with shovel

1/31/2007 9:46:30 PM

just wear earphones when you drive... fuck passengers... they can bring their own damn ipods...

1/31/2007 10:25:34 PM

I hear good things about Alpine.

1/31/2007 11:41:23 PM

who still has an am headunit????? unless your car is a classic car or something

1/31/2007 11:46:08 PM

AFTERMARKET HEAD UNIT

1/31/2007 11:48:08 PM

oh, i feel dumb now, but i mean really when I see AM i think amplitude modulation, not aftermarket

1/31/2007 11:51:00 PM

Best setup for hooking the iPod up to the headunit?

For mine I just spent four dollars on a y-audio cable and hooked it up to the aux RCA jacks on the back of my new stereo. Then I ran the wire under the trim and let the headphone jack hang out in the cup holder (the most convenient spot to put the iPod). It was significantly cheaper than getting the special connector for my radio that would hook up and charge and control the iPod (I'd rather just control it through the iPod since the interface is quick and easy and I already paid for it).

2/1/2007 1:54:30 AM

alpine was one of the first to see the ipod potential and integrate it into their hus. they have by far the best and fastest interface for an ipod. they can be had for extremly cheap used(like most car audio). i think some1 was selling the 9855 w. ipod connector for like $2xx in the classifieds.

your other option would be what mindstorm did and just get any hu with an aux in. there are a few drawbacks to that though
1) won't charge ipod
2) you'll lose sound quality
3) hu and ipod controls are independant ie. u have to adjust both volumes etc.



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2/1/2007 3:38:50 AM

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"who still has an am headunit????? unless your car is a classic car or something"

That's what I thought too. Why couldn't you just type out 'Aftermarket' then just an ambiguous A.M. which has a lot of meanings...

Alpines are good, they are pricey then others, but they are quality headunits. I got their 1st mp3/cd player that could accept an ipod docking bay in 2004. The good thing about it was that you could put the ipod docking stating anywhere out of sight such as the glove box.

2/1/2007 8:37:23 AM

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"That's what I thought too. Why couldn't you just type out 'Aftermarket' then just an ambiguous A.M. which has a lot of meanings..."

2/1/2007 8:38:08 AM

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"Quote : "That's what I thought too. Why couldn't you just type out 'Aftermarket' then just an ambiguous A.M. which has a lot of meanings..." "

2/1/2007 11:06:51 AM

Well I was gonna try to integrate to the stock one but decided thats just silly since the cost of the interface is close to the cost of a headunit.

2/1/2007 11:49:53 AM