Cable needed to play iPod in Car

LFC5Times

Hi,

Probably a silly question, but will ask anyway.

What cable is needed to play an iPod in the car - the car has a CD player at present?

Also any particular site I should get it from - amazon/ebay etc.

Thanks

branners69

If you have a radio in your car which I am pretty sure you will do, you can use one of these!

I got one and you tune it into a free radio station and it plays pretty clearly. For only €17 I think it is a bargain!

kopite davo

LFC5Times wrote: »

Hi,

Probably a silly question, but will ask anyway.

What cable is needed to play an iPod in the car - the car has a CD player at present?

Also any particular site I should get it from - amazon/ebay etc.

Thanks

some radio's have aux ports and you can get a cable inserted to plug straight into the ipod, most of the time you need them insstalled by the likes of halfords, depends on the age of the radio

brophs

Depends.

Does your cd player have an aux in jack (the size a normal earphone jack would fit in)?

If so, you just need one of these or these if you have an iPod and want to connect using the bottom port rather than the headphone jack, though this means you won't be able to use a car charger while listening to music.

By the way, search ebay for those, as I just picked the first ones I saw, not the cheapest.

If there is no aux port, you have two options:

1. Pop out the radio and look behind as some of them have an aux jack connected at the back, hidden away, or at least the facility to do that. It would then be as simple as finding a way to bring that cable out into the car for everyday use.

2. If there is no aux whatsoever, you could buy a new car stereo. They are easy as pie to install, and you'll get a decent one for under a hundred quid, which has an aux jack. Otherwise Halfords (or somewhere similar) will install it for a few quid.

Good luck.

kopite davo

some of the new radio's also have usb ports which will connect the ip straight to the radio and also charge at the same time

elmoslattery

You can use one of these!

http://www.amazon.com/Macally-PodTape-iPod-Cassette-Adapter/dp/B0001YXWNM

You need to have a tape player.
They are cheap which is good.

Kevin!

elmoslattery wrote: »

You can use one of these!

http://www.amazon.com/Macally-PodTape-iPod-Cassette-Adapter/dp/B0001YXWNM

You need to have a tape player.
They are cheap which is good.

I think tape players in cars are nearly extinct.

steveoracle

I'd buy an FM transmitter, they work great as long as your radio has FM (which if it's post-war will have) Maplins sell 'em as do ipodworld.

S