[s-cars] RE: ipod lovin'

[Lee Levitt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Powell [mailto:powellb at gmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 5:55 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com; lee at wheelman.com
> Subject: ipod lovin'
> 
> > Yes, please. And since my wife's CD changer shit the bed 
> (again), I'm 
> > not interested in switching between changer and iPod. So I 
> should be 
> > able to use the CD wiring directly...lessee, I should just 
> need left 
> > channel, right channel, signal, anything else? (Power separate...)
> 
> Yes, I want this. I want to splice an ipod connector cable so 
> that I have power and line-out to my ipod. If we were really 
> ambitious, we would create a serial chip that would intercept 
> the head unit forward/back signals and send the proper serial 
> signal to the ipod.
> I'm too lazy and I don't know how to do it. The ipod connector looks
> like:
> 
> <http://pinouts.ru/data/ipod_pinout.shtml>
> 
> (of course, depends on your model).
> 
> I could ditch my CD player for all I care.
> 

Yep. I may try one of these. 

http://www.dlo.com/products/tp_Prod.tpl?command=showpage&cart=11364995634515
484

It charges the iPod, provides an FM transmitter connected via the dock
rather than the earphone jack, and a line out jack. Run a connection from
the line out jack to the cd changer plug and connect to R, L and common.

I don't know if this will work though...I don't know if the changer provides
other signals to the head unit that are required. Clearly there's a data
circuit that signals disk and track...

Uh, oh, this could be a problem. For later cars ('98+):

"Volkswagen's OEM head units lock this interface from being used by anything
but a Volkswagen CD Changer by muting the audio inputs unless there is a
valid data stream coming from the CD Changer. "

Bastids. Wonder if the same is true for earlier units.

Now I do have a (defunct) CD changer in place, but I'd rather just unplug it
and tap in to the end of the cable...but given the above, that may not
work...

Lee
'96 A6 quattro avant (w/dead 6 cd changer)
'95 A6 quatto avant (never had changer)
'93 MB 300d 2.5L turbodiesel (w/dead 6 cd changer!)