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#117012 - 19/09/2002 12:46 iPod use in car
lastdan
enthusiast

Registered: 31/05/2002
Posts: 352
Loc: santa cruz,ca
a good friend of mine is looking for a way to use his iPod in his saab. saab does not use any RCA cables for the head unit, single indash CD or the amp(s).
does anyone have any experience with the RF type of 'car kits' that will allow the use of a hand held 'walkman' type of device?
the wireless unit we tried is sub-par, but I have seen units that tie in the the radio antenna. any better? any other options? (other than the tape thingie)
thanks all,
dan

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#117013 - 19/09/2002 12:52 Re: iPod use in car [Re: lastdan]
robricc
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Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
I recommend the Irok 300W. I use it for playing MP3s in rental cars. Works well and is the best built that I have handled. I sent one to Archeon. Maybe he can give his opinion on it since he may use it more than me.
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#117014 - 19/09/2002 13:05 Re: iPod use in car [Re: robricc]
BartDG
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/05/2001
Posts: 2616
Loc: Bruges, Belgium
Yeah, I would if I could. Unfortunately it's still laying around here doing nothing.
Why?
The iPod I plan on buying has still not reached my distributor. I've been waiting for this thing since the beginning of august now. Every week they postpone the release date for yet another week.
*sigh*
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#117015 - 19/09/2002 13:15 Re: iPod use in car [Re: lastdan]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
I use that same model of Irock as well. It works well and they sell them off the shelf at Radio Shack. The only wish I have is that it could be powered by an adapter off the cigarette lighter socket. The batteries are always seeming to die on me.

Anyone know of an FM transmitter that runs off 12v?
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#117016 - 19/09/2002 13:36 Re: iPod use in car [Re: JBjorgen]
lastdan
enthusiast

Registered: 31/05/2002
Posts: 352
Loc: santa cruz,ca
how about the NON-wireless type? anyone try em yet?

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#117017 - 19/09/2002 14:56 Re: iPod use in car [Re: JBjorgen]
image
old hand

Registered: 28/04/2002
Posts: 770
Loc: Los Angeles, CA
i have a similar product which uses the cigarette lighter, and it carries over noise over the fm frequency, which makes it almost not worth it. if you need to, rechargable batteries are the way to go.

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#117018 - 19/09/2002 16:27 Re: iPod use in car [Re: image]
lastdan
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Registered: 31/05/2002
Posts: 352
Loc: santa cruz,ca
woops.
sorry, what I should have said was....
looking for info on the type of unit that is hard-wired to the antenna lead, not so much wireless in the power supply area.

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#117019 - 20/09/2002 01:36 Re: iPod use in car [Re: lastdan]
David
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Registered: 05/05/2000
Posts: 623
Loc: Cambridge
If there is a CD-changer input on the head unit that that is unused, you *may* be able to get an adapter that fools the HU into seeing a changer and provides RCA inputs.

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