1990 V8 Radio Question (Not a Bose Question)

[urq]

... excellent point!  Funny, I've already converted both my cars over to the 
Gamma-Bose units of the 1992-on V8s and a lot of other Audis of similar 
vintage.  The Gamma unit has direct inputs, so you don't have to worry about 
the RF modulator kluge.  Of course if your car happens to have some sort of 
RF modulated CD changer installed, you *can* use a similar technique to the 
A8 article posted to switch the line input lines into the modulator.  I've 
seen that article posted before ... to my taste it seems to be a lot of work 
without a lot of return ... I want something that is integrated into the 
deck.

My goal is to make it so that the ipod information ends up going to the 
display on the dash and the ipod can be controlled to some level from the CD 
changer controls on the face of the Gamma.  The main problem seems to be 
getting a hold of the interface specification for the ipod ... funny thing 
is that just this evening I found that I can get a JBL box that has a remote 
control interface for an ipod for $30 ... which is below my pain threshold 
for stuff purchased for experimentation.

Good luck!
Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)
>
> The 1990 V8 factory CD changer does use an FM modulator/"injector", there 
> is
> not a separate input for the changer on the back of the Bose Delta head 
> unit
> so the A8 method won't exactly work either.
> http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audi/radios/
>
> Something can be done to make it work, I'm sure, but it won't be plug and
> play by any means.