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ipod soluitons for Exige
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:56 pm
by dave h s
Hi - has anyone got any experiences of plumming in nano ipod's to car stereo's? I am thinking of either going with a transmitter type solution although I have heard some very varied reports as to how effective they are and my current radio reception is AWFUL...not sure if this is gd news for an FM transmitter or not!
Anyway - other option is to buy a new stereo with perhaps a front USB port or trying to pull wires from behind the stereo and feed them to a cunning point in the car that i can reach from the drivers seat?? Anyone tried this?
Cheers
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:05 pm
by graeme
If you go for a new head unit, Pioneer do a great ipod adapter for Pioneer head units which allows you to put the connector in the glovebox (or on the tray in the Exige) and control the ipod menus through the head unit. Works very well, and charges the ipod. The adapter is £70.
http://www.pioneer.co.uk/uk/products/25 ... index.html
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:25 pm
by jj
If you have the Blaupunkt DAB stereo you can buy a lead from
http://www.bluespot.co.uk that plugs straight in as the AUX input, I think mine was about £6.
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:00 pm
by mrbennybennett
jj wrote:If you have the Blaupunkt DAB stereo you can buy a lead from
http://www.bluespot.co.uk that plugs straight in as the AUX input, I think mine was about £6.
Cant go wrong at only £6 !
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:25 pm
by Andy G
thats what i had in my 111r - the fm transmitter will be pretty dodgy for an Exige
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:59 pm
by Sanjøy
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:26 pm
by jj
Sanjoy, have you seen anything else on the net about that Parrot one that the iPod goes inside?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:50 pm
by Sanjøy
jj wrote:Sanjoy, have you seen anything else on the net about that Parrot one that the iPod goes inside?
Nufink since I posted it. I liked that solution ALOT it covered so many bases.
Actually Dave buy one of them and review it for the team.
HTH.
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:20 pm
by jj
I read they were going to be £150 - at that price I`ll definately be having one, as the Alpine CD player I have in the exige is so old skool it doesnt even play mp3 cds.
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:58 pm
by dave h s
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:18 pm
by craigs135s
jj wrote:I read they were going to be £150 - at that price I`ll definately be having one, as the Alpine CD player I have in the exige is so old skool it doesnt even play mp3 cds.
Can't be any worse than mine!!! CD got stuck in it the first day i got it. I must get myself a new one.
Cheers
C
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:56 pm
by BiggestNizzy
I have mini disks
the worst thing was when I bought the car the guy had left a dire straights minidisk in it and until I got a mini disk recorder that was my only option
I can't get radio at all on mine not even when parked underneath the darvel transmiter I tried everything checking grounds/ally tape on the boot lid nothing
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:59 pm
by dave h s
what are the chances of a gd FM transmitter working in an exige then?
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:06 pm
by Sanjøy
dave h s wrote:what are the chances of a gd FM transmitter working in an exige then?
Hee
Haw
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:24 pm
by thinfourth
dave h s wrote:what are the chances of a gd FM transmitter working in an exige then?
I think you have a very good chance of an FM transmitter working in an exige
As to whether you can actually pick anything up from it with the exige stereo well thats a whole new question