ipod dock

[sonicpc]

my wife got a ipod as a gift what i am looking for a way to use it in our car through the speakers in the car

any suggestions

[Ricardo Gil]

FM Transmitter?

[MasterC]

Besides the FM Transmitter as Ricardo suggested, some factory stereos come with a spot for an adapter in the back that let you hook up an iPod through its headphone port. This would provide better sound, but if I remember correctly, they are a little more expensive than a transmitter.

[Lqv2015]

If you're cheap like me & have a cassette player in your vehicle, get a cassette adapter. $10 at Wal-Mart & it works great. FM transmitter sucks sometimes. Once you get out of a certain range, it's very static. So you have to keep finding a good clear station.

But the best solution is what MasterC just said.

[ToneKnee]

If you're cheap like me & have a cassette player in your vehicle, get a cassette adapter. $10 at Wal-Mart & it works great. FM transmitter sucks sometimes. Once you get out of a certain range, it's very static. So you have to keep finding a good clear station.

But the best solution is what MasterC just said.

I think they were refering into making the actual iPod into a 'FM Transmitter' so you can pick it up on the Cars radio.

[FiB3R]

If you want decent sound, don't go the FM transmitter route. You need a head unit (car stereo) that has a "line in" port.

Or you can get adaptors for some stereos, that connect to the back of the unit.

[d3bruts1d]

If you are in a heavily populated area, you do not want an FM transmitter. It's damn near impossible to find a clear station. I've also found that with the transmitters, you have to jack your volume up quite a bit just to hear anything. Age of your vehicle and/or radio will also play a major part in how well the transmitter works.

As someone who is on the road a lot I currently use the Belkin TuneCast Auto with ClearScan. Before that, I was using something similar to this. While it worked better than my current transmitter, the unit was so heavy (w/o the iPod) that it broke the power adapter in my truck. I've seen other complaints about this as well with similar devices.

Your best bet would be:

1- Use a cassette adapter like this.

2- Buy (or hope) your current system has audio input. Some will offer L/R input, while others have an input similar to the iPod earphone connector.

3- Buy a stereo that actually has iPod and/or USB integration. This is the route that I'll probably be going if I stay on the road much longer.

[HawkMan]

Get a clarion or other are stereo head unit with a iPod compatible USB port.

Got a clarion myself and it works really well. Actually it's the only reason I got the ipod... even though the unit plays more formats through the USB port without using the iPod since the unit by itself can also play WMA and such, and it's not picky on the MP3's like the iPod, wich liks to choke on 90% of my MP3's and go into a click,click,click eternal loop, and I have to do a rewrite of the mp3 stream in Foobar to fi the mp3 into somethign the iPod is able to handle.