iPod in the car

rastix — Thu, 04 May 2006 22:11:00 +0200

In my car, I have an auxiliary input to connect an audio device such as an iPod to the car stereo. The auxiliary input is located under the arm rest together with a cigarette lighter. That makes it easy to put the iPod out of sight and still power it while connected to the car stereo.

To power the iPod, I use the Monster iCarCharger for iPod. It also provides a 3,5mm jack to connect the iPod to the car stereo’s auxiliary input. That provides better sound than connecting the iPod to the car stereo using the headphones connection.

Of course, it’s a bit inconvenient to have to open the arm rest to change tracks so I also bought a Griffin AirClick. The AirClick allows you to change tracks, pause, play, and so on. Because it uses RF signals, the iPod can stay neatly under the arm rest.

When the car is turned off, the iPod automatically pauses. When the car is turned on, playback can be resumed by using the AirClick’s play button. Naturally, you have to change playlists on the iPod itself.

It is of course much better to have the iPod integrated with the car stereo so you can change tracks from the radio or steering wheel, change playlists, view track names and so on. I can get that for my car from BMW itself but then I would have to pay something like 400 euros. Other solutions such as Dension’s ice>Link Plus are usually cheaper but there are some problems with the new BMW 3–series E90 model. I decided not to wait until they got that fixed. The solution described here works well, is cheap and above all, the sound quality is good!

New cd from Thievery Corporation

rastix — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:47:00 +0100

You will probably know them from the single Warning Shots. It’s played a lot on StuBru. The cd is called The Cosmic Game.

It’s great stuff, one of their better ones to date. Relaxing…

More info about the cd on Amazon.

Great Belgian band: Monsoon

rastix — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:20:00 +0100

I am listening to their cd Speak. It was released in 2004 but I only learned about their existence from seeing them on TMF Cafe.

Reminds me of PJ Harvey at times. If you like alternative music, you really need to check it out.

Listen to some of their music @ http://www.monsoon.be.

The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button

rastix — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:12:00 +0100

Great stuff. Check it out at Amazon.

baeke.info

iPod in the car

New cd from Thievery Corporation

Great Belgian band: Monsoon

The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button