IPOD Car kits

[Dizzie]

obviously. unless you ran the ipod straight to your amps lol

[eyeletboy]

hey dizzie,if i pop in to sextons in cardiff,you couldn't sort me out a sub and amp could you for the cab?i have all my ice done at sextons in swansea with graham and justin.

[Dizzie]

pop into swansea shop. we own them both
tell them i sent you and they'll sort you out dude

[adamt]

HI

I have also just joined the site, and am looking for advice on the ipod situation.  I am about to get a Mkv golf gt Tdi as a company car and want to use my ipod.  The car will come with the standard single disk head unit.  My itrip was uselss in the demo car i had, does anyone know if the cables mentioned below will work with the single disk VW head unit?

Thanks for your help

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[Dizzie]

you'd have to go down the FM modulator path if you use the standard headunit. There isn't a AUX input to use

[Judderi]

right being a bit of an anything hi-tech numpty, i saw an article on a car that didn`t have a head unit and ran an ipod instead now i quite fancy having a set up like this but what do i need? and how much is it going to cost me?
c`mon dizzy sort me out please

I think i know what you mean mate. When i was a poor student i didnt have a head unit and just used a diskman sat on the floor with velcro. I had it linked directly to the amp. It worked very well and was also very cheap! You do need a system powered by an amp to do it this way though.

[wlscullion]

Does anyone know if theRCD 500 unit which is an upgrade on the Mark 5 GTI has an AUX input (ie the unit with the built in 6 disc changer in the dash) if so where can I buy the cable to connect my iPOD ?

[Dizzie]

I dont' think it does, but I could be wrong.
Not many factory units have aux inputs.

[wlscullion]

Thanks for replying dizzy and I'm sure you know alot more about these things than I do but it is possible according to the manual to connect an external CD auto-changer to the main unit(altho there is already a built in 6 disc changer) and there is also available as a dealer fit option an MP3 player which is stored in the boot ( very expensive) . I was thinking it surely must be possible to plug the iPod into the same input port as these or is it not as simple as that ?

[Dizzie]

no idea dude. I haven't played with one sorry.