[danny12691]

is there a way i can hook up my ipod to my car without using portable speakers

[kubitzford]

i know its old sckool but they had some that plug into a tape player and back to a music device(this is pre-ipod, which wasnt that long ago)

there are some sterio decks that you could buy that hav a hook up for it.

[pcfrisch]

What car and year do you have? The easiest way is to use a transmitter, but the quality isn't the greatest since it picked up through the radio. Starting with the 07 Mustangs, Ford made the radio's compatable with them. I bought a Alpine head unit for that purpose. It takes over the Ipod and shows the menu on the display.

[danny12691]

i have a 03 coupe

[pcfrisch]

Your best bet would be either the transmitter or a new head unit.

[danny12691]

how much for a new head unit

[06SilverSurfer]

Originally Posted by danny12691

how much for a new head unit

Or danny you can go to a stereo shanp and they have a cord that will plug into the ipod and to the cd canger port n the back of your stock stereo that runs about $30 a new stereo willrun you about $200

[pcfrisch]

Originally Posted by 06SilverSurfer

Or danny you can go to a stereo shanp and they have a cord that will plug into the ipod and to the cd canger port n the back of your stock stereo that runs about $30 a new stereo willrun you about $200

If his head unit has an aux input.

[guitarist9008]

Originally Posted by kubitzford

i know its old sckool but they had some that plug into a tape player and back to a music device(this is pre-ipod, which wasnt that long ago)

there are some sterio decks that you could buy that hav a hook up for it.

Haha, that's the way I roll! I just pop the ipod in the cup holder. Usually I get too distracted by it and end up just listening to the radio..

[immenukka]

Originally Posted by danny12691

how much for a new head unit

i got a pioneer and a adapter from best buy for 200 together i believe.. and i am not talking about the transmitter, i am talking about the actual adapter that goes from the radio to the ipod

[Stanger98]

Best bang for buck head unit is the Blaupunkt "San Diego" head unit. it's purely an mp3 head unit so the quality is increased over the cd/mp3 units. and last time I checked it was $90 total, it's probably cheaper now though.

[Roast Beef]

I picked up an Alpine deck (CDE-9870, 80 bucks at Car Toys) with the Alpine iPod cable. Works great, Alpine has one of the better search algorithms (for faster music indexing) and the head unit controls work flawlessly.

Also you may want to check with whomever you're looking to buy from - not all stereos and iPod kits are (even yet) compatible with iPhone/iPod Touch. Alpines are.