[s-cars] RE: ipod lovin'

[chris chambers]

Lee,

I have the previous version of the Dlo Ipod adapter, and it 
while it does work well the one thing I don't like is that you
have to crank up the volume on your head unit higher than normal.

I am unsure if this is a design flaw of the Dlo or just the level
the Ipod sends out.

If you are lucky you can get the previous version for ~$60, thats
what I did.

HTH
Chris


--- Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:

>  
> 
> > -----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!)
> 
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