[s-cars] Radio & iPod upgrades

[Matthew Russell]

Bill!
Thanks for picking up the white courtsey phone. Appreciate the info  
and the links.

The best of both worlds for me would be to retain the cd changer  
utilizing a switch like you did.

But then too, with all my CDs on the hard drive, do I really need that?

Matt

Mmmmmm...iPhone


On Sep 11, 2009, at 1:07 PM, "Bill Mahoney" <wmahoney at disk.com> wrote:

> Hey Matt,
>
> It’s been so long since I did this I forget the mechanics of it all. 
>   But, basically I intercepted the audio from the CD player, and ins 
> talled an A B switch to chose between CD and Ipod / iphone.
>
> I used this to make the connection between the Bose and the ipod.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Auto-Charger-iPod-White/dp/B00009KAPX
>
> The beauty of this device is that in addition to charging, there is  
> a headphone jack where I spliced the audio out from the ipod and  
> made the connection to the switch mentioned above.
>
> Subsequent to this fine adaption, the newer  3G and 3GS phones now  
> use USB (5volts) instead of Firewire (10/12Volts?) for charging … so 
>  I had to cobble together this..
>
> http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/firewire-to-usb-converter
>
> This is all hidden behind the dash and then I got this USB dock  
> extension to the iphone so that only one connector needs to come out  
> front to make the connection.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-DOCK-EXTENSION-Cable-iPod-TOUCH-Classic-Nano-Mini_W0QQitemZ370236571094QQcmdZViewItemQQptZOther_MP3_Player_Accessories?hash=item5633d1bdd6&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
>
> There may be a more elegant way to do this now… but the headphone ja 
> ck on is an easy way to tap into the audio and I don’t know of a new 
>  charger adapter that has this feature.
>
> I have a 3GS and the “Pandora “ application works great!  Like  
> free satellite radio.
>
> I have also integrated a Bluetooth Sony HCB 30 for hands free  
> calling which also works great but that’s for another thread sometim 
> e.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Bill~no more CD’s~M
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