Currently have an Alpine CDA-9815 head unit in my car and planned on getting an i-pod controler for it but just recently found out that the controlers only work on 04 models so I had to upgrade to a CDA-9835 this is the 04 deck with biolite display. Will arrive on my doorstep this coming Tues. Looking forward to it. Only difference between this deck and mine is the power output, this new deck isn't as powerful but doesn't matter much since I have an external amp already plus new deck has the option of downloading preset settings from website and installing them into deck via CD.

Just thought I'd mention this to those of you who planned on getting an i-pod for use in your cars. Was going to use the FM tunner put those things suck. Sound quality is really bad. The Alpine controler in combination with a compatable deck allows you to control your i-pod using your head units control buttons and it will display the song titles and charges your i-pod while you listen. I'll post some pics of my new deck when I get it in.

 

I had one in my car a few years ago. I had a Alpine 7873 with an AI-Net adapter. The adapter was just RCA inputs so it didn't control the iPod but it was still nice.

 

cool but could you use like... full sentences becuase when its late and im tiered like always.. i get confused easily... need more pics

 

Who you talking about Saigon_Bob?? Got my new deck today, probably won't get around to installing it until Fri. Will post some pics once I get it installed. Want to see how good this Biolite display really looks up close.

 

I've got a pioneer HU w/ the CD Changer->RCA adapter. I used a surround sound speaker mount with a cell phone holder to mount the iPod, I can easily take it out for updates or to take it into work. I've also got the belkin auto adapter, so it uses the car's power, and the belkin adapter has a stereo mini adapter plug in it that I use to go to the cd changer box. Works like a charm

 

nice

 

not too shabby. Was thinking how I was going to mount mine

 

Home Depot - Surround sound speaker mount with adjustable angle......10 bucks or so.
Screws - $.05 or so.
Wallmart - Cell phone holder, 5 bucks or so.

Mount the mount to the car, glue, screw, whatever the cellphone holder to the swivle part of the speaker holder, and then put it in the mount. Correct angle, put in iPod, and crank up the volume

 

Hey, I had the Alpine Ipod interface in my last car(Ford Focus). Pretty easy to use once you've worked it out.

I'm currently in the process of fitting it in my GTA.

The sound quality is better than I expected. And an extra is that it charges your Ipod through the same lead.

Go do it, you won't regret it.

Allen

 

Well, currently, I just set my ipod between the power window seats and turn to the radio station for my iTrup... As soon as I bother to buy one, I'm just gonna use the input on my Alpine. I can't convince myself to spend so much, well, $100, for something that just siplays what I'm playing on my headunit, and allows me to control my iPod.. I can already do that, plus I hate looking down to the HU whlle driving...

 

Want to do that. Sounds like good idea. Will have much music.

 

my head unit has a 30gig harddrive but if it didn't i'd have one somewhere in the car tied to it. great idea indeed.

 

kandied... is ur name jeff because i think i have that ChevyHi your car pwns....

 

little confused by your senteces but yes the car was in chevy high performance, camaro world, popular hotrodding, gm hightech and a few more this summer.

 

Hmm, you are right, sentences would make things easier. Hi is you name Jeff? I saw a car that looked like yours in one of my Chevy High's and I thought it was yours. The mag is buried right now so i can't see if it is the correct month.

 

lol... yes it's my car.

 

Yeah but does anyone have an ipod and a FIREBIRD, all those pictures are of camaros.

 

hey you guys, I've noticed the ipod has fairly poor bass response - how does the bass sound in car compared to a cd player? I've always wondered that

 

Ive never noticed any issue with bass, it sounds the same as a CD to me.

 

Make sure you have the EQ on the iPod set to Flat, and then set the EQ curve on your head unit to that.

Could also be the MP3 you are trying to play.

I know my iPod with the subs in the car go all the way down in the frequency scale

 

IPOD

 

i just got an ipod mini will it work with my pioneer DEH-3500? what do i have to get it to work on my head uint?

 

Here is what I did:
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Wired this to the Cigarette Lighter leads and Connected the Line out to my AUX 1 in my panasonic reciever which looked like this:
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Works great.

 

if you ask me there is no point of having an Ipod, unless you get the 60g model... I hate transferring files around, and I'd want access to my ENTIRE collection..

There has been significant development in the area of getting headunits to control computers to play your entire collection, so you could just squeeze a tiny computer under the seat for the same price as the ipod and the controller.

that is where this little guy comes into play....

Game Over, Ipod.

 

oh yeah, he should have a pioneer version out VERY soon... I may actually get it, then just stuff a cheap pc under the seat... no special (stealable) screens required... nothing fancy.

this would be the BEST thing to ever happen to the car audio world.

 

I have a 40gb model and holds plenty of songs and is very small compared to a car puter or whatever. I can take it inside and load whatever I want and listen to it outside of the car with head phones aswell, carry it with me or whatever. Plus the ipod user interface is very easy and recognizeable to navigate through i cant imagine really needing an actual computer in my car it seems like over kill i have a lot of songs but i dont need that many.

 

well also you could control all sorts of stuff... like navigation and video playback (albeit, no graphics can be sent to the headunit, but you could still get turn-by-turn stuff sent to the screen...

that would rock.

 

What can be done, and what is easy are two seperate things

Sure the computer nerds out there might do something like that, but overall I think a headunit with a MP3 CD player or HD or an external MP3 player is the best option for most people out there.

Plus its pretty cheap. Couple hundred for a decent MP3 player, up to 100 bucks for power and headunit adapters, and 10 bucks for a mount. Versus a few hundred to build a computer, 65 for the usb adapter, 20-40 for the power inverter, and then the time spent to set it all up correctly.

Plus, you just can't beat the iPod interface, its almost made for driving....best one handed operation MP3 player out

 

oh, well yeah, you could do some cheap-o interface, but I'm talking where you control all the songs with the headunit... like that $150 ipod interface.... just with a computer off in the background with all your songs on it...

once this cable is finished, all it would take is for you to plug it in to your headunit, and your PC, install the software, and you'd be done.

 

If I were to buy a 20g ipod or something around that size what would be the slickest way to mount it? I saw a very nice looking one that was sort of like a cell phone mount but had the fm module thing below it. Does anyone make a nice mount?

 

yossarian... the SICKEST way of mounting it, would be to buy that interface that works with ANY car stereo... that lets you navigate all your mp3s via the headunit... you can actually stash the ipod under your seat and leave it there...

I'm wondering if I could buy a 5g ipod, and open it up and make a custom ipod with a 400Gb hard drive... I wouldn't care if it fit in the original case or not...

 

wtf... you CAN upgrade the hard drive for the ipod, and use a REAL hard drive... 400g+!!! wow!

this may be exactly what I've been looking for!

 

Get that new Omnifi DMP1 MP3 player. Its basically a 20GB Ipod in a car format. Runs on 12V, Single DIN remote mountable face plate for naviagation, trunk mount harddrive, WiFi sync for updating music library.

 

Omnifi DMP1... aka Kenwood Music Keg

 

AKA much cheaper and you don't need a Kenwood Deck for it to work.

 

uh I don't normally do this... but wtfomg...

apparently it's VERY easy to upgrade the internal hard drive on this omni thing, and the unit sells for $199 on crutchfield...

that means I could get it for like $100 on ebay...

if only it could interface with my headunit...

 

I can't seem to find a good review on the actual INTERFACE... just the overall workings of the unit...

I want to know if I should get this, and just use the controller with some velcro... or if the interface sucks really bad, I might as well wait for my carputer...

 

well.... damn you for getting my hopes up... the unit doesen't even have a FAST FORWARD or a REWIND feature!!!

man, I was actually getting sweaty palms thinking about this thing... now I'm back to the drawing board...

oh well I really want have an all-in-one multimedia solution, to play videos and stuff as well...

hello carputer.

 

Yeah, lack of fast forward and rewind blows, but everything else is awesome about it. I never use fast forward so it doesn't bother me. Navigation is great though, sort by genre, artist, album, etc.

 

Dude, Scrap, your addicted to this thread, take a break! lol

Yossarian14 - You saw a 'sick' setup with the cellphone holder in THIS THREAD, scroll up! Thats my car, and I explained how it is done.

 

must...have...thread...

but in all seriousness, the best solution is to put a pc under the seat, and use the interface cable with the headunit... no lcd screens to steal.

 

I have an ipod...and i just use the iTrip thingie (broadcasts a very short rante FM signal ^_^) and set it somewhere close to the radio...I don't usually need to do much adjusting other than turning the volume up (it's kinda soft)

 

how is that working for you? i thought about one of thoes is it worth it? how often do you have to replace the bateries?

 

Well thats what I was talking about, the one kit I saw was like above except had small fm thing underneith and charged the ipod also. The idea of a computer is way overkill in my opinion and in no way easier or cheaper than using an ipod.

 

It's the same thing I use right now too.. For me, and it does depend I'm sure on the quality or the station you choose to transmit on, it's mediocre. As he said, the volume on my ipod is like 90%, and my HU volume is about 80%, and it's still not nearly as loud as 50% on some cds.. Also, often times the quality can drop for a bit.. It's not the best solution, but for a cheap temp fix, I like it.. I'm using it till I get my stupid Alpine ai-net thiingy cable bought/installed...

It works, but if you have an AUX input, I say use that.

 

what is an AUX input? i do not know a lot about this stuff. and if i have an AUX input what do i connect to the my Ipod mini to use the AUX input.

 

Plug a 3.5mm stereo cable into the Ipod (mini headphone jack) and RCAs into the deck if you have the auxilary in.

 

What he's saying is an AUX input (auxillary) is an input into your headunit that will play whatever audio you plug into it, so you can plug in a cd player, iPod, or whatever else you want to come into your speakers...

Some are the jacks just like on the iPod, at which point you buy a cable that has the jack on both ends, plug, plug, and it will play.
The more common nowadays, I think, are the RCAs. That is, the headunit has red/white cables on the back. You buy a cable that has the headphone plug on one end, the RCAs on the other, and plug them together...
This gives a direct connection, and a really good audio quality...

If you want the BEST possible sound, you'll want to actually bypass the iPod headphone jack altogether, because the audio has been amplified by the iPod, which is of inferior quality to car audio amps..This involves ANOTHER connector which connects to the dock port, and then gives you the same 'headphone' jack. This is considered Line Out, and hasn't been amped, sent through the EQ, or had any processing done to it...

Geez, that came out long...

 

This here is the cable you will likely need...
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=148894

 

thanks for all the help what does that connector look like that connect to the dock port? i think i am going to have to work on this tomarow on my day from work