[s-cars] custom integrated iPod controller

[JAM]

I actually just installed a VW iPod adapter into my wife's Beetle TDI and it 
absolutely works great.  I think in this case, you can only have 6 playlists 
since it was originally designed to control a 6 disc changer.  In the S6, 
you'd need a 95.5 car which was then changed over to the Concert radio to 
control the iPod from the head unit just as you would with the Phatnoise, if 
I'm not mistaken.
Jason Mawhinney
'95.5 S6a
'01 Beetle TDI w/VW factory iPod adapter


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Varon H. Fugman" <vfugman at globaldialog.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:21 PM
Subject: [s-cars] custom integrated iPod controller


>>>I'm working on a "real" integration project for iPod. It will have
> microcontroller based interface that will translate CD Changer commands 
> from
> HU to iPod and back.
>
> Ivan,
>
> Sounds like a slick project!  I'm assuming there is no way to display song
> information on the head unit, it would just display track count as if it 
> was
> playing a CD, right?
>
> (You could directly drive the IC display (like the TDS-1 digital boost
> display) to provide a custom display with song information, but there 
> aren't
> very many characters per line!  Maybe with horizontal scrolling you could
> display song names....)
>
> Sounds like the main disadvantage is you will be limited to 10 defined
> playlists, but this is true of most iPod-to-head unit integration 
> adaptors.
> One big advantage is that you don't have to find a place to install a
> control knob or external display, and there is nothing to give away that 
> you
> may have an iPod hiding in the glove box.
>
> Varon
> '95 S6 just say "no" to click-wheeling while driving
>
>
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