i pod nano
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09-13-2005, 09:40 PM
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Newport,
Thanks for the pics. It looks like the display on the kenwood is not as intuitive as the apple. How are the alpine or pioneer screens? The ipod menu is soooo easy to use. My wife took the dig camera. I will take a pic of the install I did.
Thanks for the pics. It looks like the display on the kenwood is not as intuitive as the apple. How are the alpine or pioneer screens? The ipod menu is soooo easy to use. My wife took the dig camera. I will take a pic of the install I did.
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09-13-2005, 09:59 PM
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Well....its the same as playing a CD....nothing more, nothing less...pretty simple.....It just also gives you a way to play playlists as well as individual songs. I have no probs with it....You plug it in, and it starts playing...its actually easier than the ipod.
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09-14-2005, 09:36 AM
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The best thing at this point is to defeat it yourself and yank that system......unfortunately. It seems the aftermarket community has embraced the ipod MUCH faster than the automakers...I never understood it though. Ever since I first saw the ipod I said, the car company that integrates one in their car will win big...to this day, no one truly has. Sure there are ways to it, and some are better than others, but why not have your system BASED on the ipod and its OS, as opposed to making some sort of half hearted attempt to making it work in the audio system by making the radio think its a CD changer. Imagine what the dealers can charge for ipod prep and actual ipods...
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09-14-2005, 01:23 PM
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Good point Newport, I don't get it either. I'll bet apple would charge a fortune, and it would seriously hurt the cd and cd changer business. The other electronic companies would be against it for sure. Two sides to every idea.
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09-14-2005, 01:33 PM
Originally posted by newport996
The best thing at this point is to defeat it yourself and yank that system......
The best thing at this point is to defeat it yourself and yank that system......
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09-14-2005, 04:18 PM
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Yeah I know...I have Nav as well though and probably better in every respect.....Also its Sirius ready, just buy the antenna and it plugs right in, also contrallable from the touchscreen....as well as playing DVD's.....And it looks pretty factory...no one thinks it's not....A buddy bought a C4S and asked what dealer he should take his car to to get my radio put in...he thought it was factory....
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09-14-2005, 04:25 PM
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Originally posted by neil.schneider
Good point Newport, I don't get it either. I'll bet apple would charge a fortune, and it would seriously hurt the cd and cd changer business. The other electronic companies would be against it for sure. Two sides to every idea.
Good point Newport, I don't get it either. I'll bet apple would charge a fortune, and it would seriously hurt the cd and cd changer business. The other electronic companies would be against it for sure. Two sides to every idea.
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Originally posted by newport996
Yeah when the ipod first came out...EVERYONE got one but me....I am a big Apple fan and in the music industry so everyone said, why dont you have one....simple. I spend too much time driving, and when I am not driving, I am in a studio or at home, so when would I listen to an iPod....as soon as I can have one in my car...then I'll buy it. So now I have one...I love it. I done have one CD in my car. The sound is as good or better than a CD...since its going digitally into the CD changer input directly from the ipod....its a BIG difference from FM modulators and from earphone jack cables. Yeah, when Apple links up with a Pioneer or Kenwood, or Alpine, and makes a music system centered around the ipod, and OEM's it to VW, BMW, Porsche, GM, etc....they will make a killing....AutoPod.
Yeah when the ipod first came out...EVERYONE got one but me....I am a big Apple fan and in the music industry so everyone said, why dont you have one....simple. I spend too much time driving, and when I am not driving, I am in a studio or at home, so when would I listen to an iPod....as soon as I can have one in my car...then I'll buy it. So now I have one...I love it. I done have one CD in my car. The sound is as good or better than a CD...since its going digitally into the CD changer input directly from the ipod....its a BIG difference from FM modulators and from earphone jack cables. Yeah, when Apple links up with a Pioneer or Kenwood, or Alpine, and makes a music system centered around the ipod, and OEM's it to VW, BMW, Porsche, GM, etc....they will make a killing....AutoPod.
So newport,
Is there a better way to hook up the nano to the aux of my head unit? Presently I am using the earphone jack.
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Check the Harmon Kardon iPlay I think it is and the Monster iDrive...The idea is to plug into the other port on the iPod instead of the headphone.....This may not give you control of the ipod from your radio, the harmon Kardon comes with a screen and a joystick type thingy to control the ipod.....
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09-15-2005, 08:33 AM
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I think those solutions are to integrate to a spacific type radio. I would need one that goes from the apple input into RCA jacks. Don't know if that is even made.
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09-15-2005, 08:41 AM
Originally posted by neil.schneider
I think those solutions are to integrate to a spacific type radio. I would need one that goes from the apple input into RCA jacks. Don't know if that is even made.
I think those solutions are to integrate to a spacific type radio. I would need one that goes from the apple input into RCA jacks. Don't know if that is even made.
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Originally posted by neil.schneider
I think those solutions are to integrate to a spacific type radio. I would need one that goes from the apple input into RCA jacks. Don't know if that is even made.
I think those solutions are to integrate to a spacific type radio. I would need one that goes from the apple input into RCA jacks. Don't know if that is even made.
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Originally posted by wross996TT
You mean iPod output into RCA jacks?
You mean iPod output into RCA jacks?
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Originally posted by wross996TT
You mean iPod output into RCA jacks?
You mean iPod output into RCA jacks?
A google for the HK iplay found zip. Maybe it is not made anymore. The monster adaptor does not show aux outputs.
PITA. There isn't one on apple's site either.
Just called apple and they said there is no docking jack to RCA adapter.
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