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alright guys my girl just bought me a black nano 2gb ipod as one of my three christmas presents.
Anyways......... im just gonna use it for the car but i want to buy something where i can control through the ipod and want crytal clear music. where can i found one of these things? i do not want any transmitters bullshit or w.e... and i am willing to spend under 150...... so if anyone can recoomend where i can find a device where i can control it from a non-ipod car ready steroeo that i can contrl from the ipod thatd be great........

 
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doesn't leave you many choices (no transmitter or ipod ready player). i bought a $17 dollar fm transmitter from wal-mart 2 weeks ago and i couldn't be happier. i get crystal clear reception in any weather (it that makes a difference). i have the transmitter under my seat so no one can see it. the key to getting good reception with a fm transmitter, in my opinion, is to turn the volume level on the ipod to alittle below half way, and just turn up the volume of your car's stereo. that gets rid of any fuzzy sounds or waves.

 
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i just updated and bought a stereo Sony xplode, with the plug in the front, and buy MONSTER cables, those give ur hi quality crystal clear music,

 
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i decided im gonna get the monster fm transmitter

 
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kewl, if you need help setting up or need help getting a better reception, just come back here.

 
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fm transmitters suck

and cheapo signal cables will be just as good as monsters

 
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i've got no complaints.

 
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fm transmitters are horrible, dont get one at all no matter what people say, i bought a $50 adapter that plugs into the back of the cd changer port on the STOCK HEADUNIT, yes stock u dont need a aftermarket head unit for one of these like everyone says, and it plugs into the headphone jack. Its cd quality sound and i love it, go to froogle and type in PIE HON98-AUX, they have them there cheaper than ur gonna spend on a fm transmitter, god i hope u read this before u get the transmitter cause they are horrible, and also u couldve searched this cause i mustve answered this question about 4000 times.......http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...b=wf&scoring=p

 
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FM transmitters do suck. They are bulky and "wirery", they have wires are over the place. Well the wireless ones don't, like the iTrip for the iPod works well, sometimes. Anyway, you're not gonna get "crystal clear quality" from anything that doesn't plug directly into a unit that is iPod ready. Which means you have to spend some $$. Case closed.

 
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well i dont have the civic anymore........ is there anything besides the harmon that i can find with any radio???

 
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Hi. Use one of these: circuitcity.com/ssm/Metra-Honda-compatible-iPod-Adapter-HOIP01-/sem/rpsm/oid/119808/catOid/-15421/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

U hook it into the back of your factory radio and it charges and lets u control ur ipod thru it. I have one in each of my hondas and I love it. Never an issue with sound quality.

I have a bunch that I am selling for $75 shipped

adam @ djdestruction.com

Cya

 
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rhcp has it correct if you want the cheap way out and are happy with stock sound. Also - I don't think the nano is compatible with any of the aftermarket head unit modules you can purchase so that negates the consideration of controlling it from a head unit.

 
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umm yes the nano is ive called and done my research....

 
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You want to control it on the ipod? It's a simple procedure. Does your deck have aux in? If so, go to radio shack, or an electronics store and purchase a male mini-stereo to male rca convertor. Connect via the aux input on the headunit. Cost about $15 bucks, will sound better than the transmitter.

 
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^^ wow its be more awesome if you could put that into english sop i know what exactly to get and what exactly to do lol

 
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That was in english.

You're wanting to go from your radio to an ipod. Do you have an aftermarket stereo? If so, does the aftermarket headunit have auxillary inputs on it? If it does, you can put the ipod in and control it via the ipod. To do this, it will go as follows.

1.Go to an electronics store of your choosing
2. Purchase a wire with a male mini-stereo plug on one end (it's what the connector is called on the end of your headphones, make sure it looks like the headphone plug on one end) and on the other end will be a set of male RCA plugs (they'll have the plugs that have the prong portion on them that you'll plug into the female portion of RCA wire coming off of your headunit).
3. IF it's short (you should be able to get one that's at least 4 feet long, possibly 6 feet or longer, you'll only need 4 feet, less depending on where you are going to house the ipod) you may want to get a span of rca wire as well to extend it.
4. Plug the male ends of teh RCA portion of wire into the auxillary input RCA's on the back of your headunit (this requires removing the headunit, DIY's are on here for that).
5. Route the wire to where you want the iPod to be, most convenient would be somewhere in the center console around the cupholders.
6. Plug the male mini-tereo plug into your ipod.
7. Switch your headunit to auxillary input.
8. Play iPod as you would listening to it on your headphones.
9. Listen to music off your iPod in your car.

That's as simple and concise as I can make it. If you have the stock headunit, you can buy a connector that plugs into the cd changer port on the rear of your headunit that converts it to RCA as well. The same wire would be used here as well, and control it through your iPod. Instructions would be the same as above except you'll have to plug the convertor into the rear of your headunit then plug the RCA's in as opposed to plugging RCA's directly into the aux inputs. Operate it the same as you would a cd changer, and control the music via the iPod. The part you need to convert the cd changer port into RCA's is posted on here in another thread. You can find it by searching above. I would do it for you, but I'm lazy.

 
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crutchfield sells factory ipod interface. i believe less than 100. i bought my gf one for her corolla. had factory cd player.

 
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Thats exactly what i did for my 4gb nano.


I have a kenwood deck. I even routed my aux line through the opening in my e-brake. So when i connect my nano i have enough slack to control it through the nano and then put the wiring back into the ebrake when i'm done.

I think certain alphine decks let you control your ipod through the deck. i think alphinecivic has it. He made a post about it awhile back do a search.

 
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I don't understand purchasing the over priced interfaces when you can accomplish the same thing without it much cheaper. True, you ahve to control it through teh iPod, but if you keep your music organized in folders in your iPod, ou can load a play list and set it to random. It's overkill to control it through the hu, IMHO.

 
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http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodde...02&catid=23076

 
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^^ exactly i dont want to overkill my headunit.. i just want to control it... now i bought the mini male stereo to male rca... connections are really easy but now i just need to know how i swith to "auxiliary" input on my headunit so i can listen through on my ipod..... do i need to put it on the radio?

 
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there should be a aux setting on your headunit. Sometimes you have to turn it on because its set to off by default.

 
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so it doesnt mean if my deck has a "rear auxiliary input", right?

 
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If it has aux in, it should have an aux setting on the deck. Like was stated above, it may nede to be unlocked.

 
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my deck has an auxilary input, but it says rear, what does that mean guys?

 
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if you have a 4 channel amp, then it should route the sound through both the front and the rear. Check the manual for your headunit too.

 
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i dont have the manual... thats why im asking.... im just asking if the ipod will work if my deck has a "rear" auxiliary input

 
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it should work...just try it out. It'll probably only take like 10min of your life.

 
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hows the sound? is it pretty good? can u play it pretty loud?

 
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its pretty good. You do have to put the volume all the way up on teh nano to get its full sound. The amplipher on the nano kinda sux, but if you have a good amp in your car, it'll sound the same as your cds if not better.