Car stereo compatible with iPod?

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Does anybody know if there are any car stereo head units made that would allow you to simply plug in and play music stored on an iPod?
 
sygyzy,
Thanks for the info. How is the connection made? Does Apple make a cassette adapter accessory specifically for the iPod?
 
Any audio device that uses a 1/8" output headphone jack can output to a car. Apple does make such an adapter, it's called a Car Kit. But so does Sony, Panasonic, Philips. Go to radio shack and ask for a car kit. One headphone plug goes to your jack, the other end is wired into a "cassette tape". You stick the tape in and your 1,000's of MP3's magically come out of your car speakers.

ENJOY!
 
The Casette adapters work alright, but the quality is generally quite poor.

Many relatively inexpensive head units made today have a standard 1/8 input jack right on the face. You can plug an iPod (or almost any other source of music that you want) into the unit and get perfect sound.
 
Another option is to use an iRock. You plug it into your headphone jack; it is a small FM radio transmitter. You then set your car stereo to the same radio station that the iRock is transmitting, and you're set.

I got mine at the Apple srore, in the box of sale-priced returned goods. I think it was $20. It works great.

--Mike
 
Thanks again, guys.

Originally posted by fishbulb
The Casette adapters work alright, but the quality is generally quite poor.
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Yeah, that's pretty much my memory of those devices back when portable CD players were first becoming available.

Many relatively inexpensive head units made today have a standard 1/8 input jack right on the face. You can plug an iPod (or almost any other source of music that you want) into the unit and get perfect sound.
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That's more along the lines of what I'm looking for.
 
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/itrip/

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Evolute, I also used one of those FM transmitters about 10 years, but it was almost impossible here in L.A. to find a broadcasting void on the FM band wide enough to get a decent signal.
 
Originally posted by fishbulb
The Casette adapters work alright, but the quality is generally quite poor.

Many relatively inexpensive head units made today have a standard 1/8 input jack right on the face. You can plug an iPod (or almost any other source of music that you want) into the unit and get perfect sound.
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Really? I must be behind. I have never seen this option on a car stereo.
 
Has anyone ever had any experience with the iTRIP and using this in a vehicle?

Rgds,
B
 
I have an MP3 compatible stereo in my car and burn CD ROM disks to insert (at last check, I have around 20-30 meg of songs on my hard drives in my home computer). Cuts the number of disks I need to carry in my car down by about seven-fold. I'm sold on this method.
 
my aiwa head unit actually has a 1/8in stereo input on the front for using mp3 players. also radio shack has this thing that you can plug into the headphone jack that sends a signal to your radio and it works pretty good.
 
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