can anyone give me advise on installing an i-pod in my 72 pantera with a stock radio?
thank you
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I just used a cassette player adapter.
Monster Cable sells an adapter that plugs into the cigarette lighter. It transmits a FM frequency. You then tune the car's radio to the proper frequency to listen to the iPod. The iPod is also powered/charged via this adapter from the cigarette lighter.
cowboy from hell
cowboy from hell
thank you gentlemen!
quote:Originally posted by Cowboy from Hell:
Monster Cable sells an adapter that plugs into the cigarette lighter. It transmits a FM frequency. You then tune the car's radio to the proper frequency to listen to the iPod. The iPod is also powered/charged via this adapter from the cigarette lighter.
cowboy from hell
I bought one for my wife a while back.It worked great! For day or so! I took it back and the clerk said that there have been a ton of problems with them.I just got my $$$ back.
Ron
quote:Originally posted by r mccall:
...the clerk said that there have been a ton of problems with them....
Adam has been using one for 2 1/2 years, its been perfectly reliable.
George
I've been using a similar FM transmitter. If you live in an area with a crowded FM band, they won't work well in a car. You need a frequency no one is transmitting on. I use it primarily in the shop.
Dan
Dan
The Monster Cable version has a switch allowing the selection between several frequencies, so you can select a frequency that doesn't have interference problems in your area.
George
George
> The Monster Cable version has a switch allowing the selection between
> several frequencies, so you can select a frequency that doesn't have
> interference problems in your area.
The one I have is a Griffin iTrip. You can select any FM frequency and
it works fine as long as you have at least one open frequency. In many
urban locales, that is not the case. I have one frequency that I can use
and even it has some bleed-over from surrounding frequencies. It's fine
in the shop but for the car, I'd prefer something directly wired up.
Easy enough to test in your area. Just run up and down the FM range
and look for a frequency that is just static.
Dan Jones
> several frequencies, so you can select a frequency that doesn't have
> interference problems in your area.
The one I have is a Griffin iTrip. You can select any FM frequency and
it works fine as long as you have at least one open frequency. In many
urban locales, that is not the case. I have one frequency that I can use
and even it has some bleed-over from surrounding frequencies. It's fine
in the shop but for the car, I'd prefer something directly wired up.
Easy enough to test in your area. Just run up and down the FM range
and look for a frequency that is just static.
Dan Jones
These are all the reasons I use a cassette adapter. I have XM in 2 cars, one with cassette and one with FM, the cassette consistantly works better.
The real answer is to buy a headunit that controls an ipod.
The real answer is to buy a headunit that controls an ipod.
I started out using one of the cassette adapters in the garage stereo unit but eventually wore it out (too much drag would kick the adapter out) but that was after many days of 8 to 10 hours at a time.
Dan Jones
Dan Jones
I can buy that.