ipod in car

captainladypants

Hello!:)
I have an ipod and am wanting to use it in my car instead of having lots of CD's. I am wondering what the best thing to do is as my stereo doesn't have a point to plug the ipod in. My bf has had a couple of the belkin things which i'm sure one didn't work properly.
What do people on here use please??

Thankyou!

benham3160

Firstly those FM things are crap, tried them all from £1.99 petrol station "Bargain of the week" to the aforementioned Belkin, none of them have been effective for me. Also they have a nasty habit of amplifying mobile phone interference.

Your best bet is to speak to somebody in Halfords (other retailers are available) or similar and explain exactly what you want to do.

Regards,
Andy

captainladypants

Thanks for the advice! I was going to buy a belkin hoping that they had maybe improved over the years but obviously they haven't!!

benham3160

captainladypants wrote: »

Thanks for the advice! I was going to buy a belkin hoping that they had maybe improved over the years but obviously they haven't!!

I don't think they have.

If you are using explicitly an iPod there are two broad choices. Buy a stereo with an "aux in" which basically uses the headphone socket. My person view is that the sound quality on these units is nothing more than average, but it's better than the FM setup. Problem is you still need to use the iPod to skip forward tracks etc.

The other option is to buy a dedicated new stereo with iPod interface, this is normally installed into the glovebox, then you plug the iPod in though the "bottom connection" and the stereo controls the iPod, so it acts like one massive CD.

This also charges the iPod too.

Regards,
Andy

captainladypants

Think i'll go into Halfords and speak to them about what you have suggested, thank you! I am useless with all kinds of technology!

benham3160

captainladypants wrote: »

Think i'll go into Halfords and speak to them about what you have suggested, thank you! I am useless with all kinds of technology!

Remember to make a note of the model numbers of the stuff you're interested in, Halfords are poor on pricing for a "bricks and motar" let alone compared to the internet.

Don't be scared of fitting it yourself, it's really not rocket science. They let the kids in Halfords do it. What car is it?

Regards,
Andy

captainladypants

It's a 2002 focus, i'll get my Dad to have a nosey at it tonight. Agree with the fitting it yourself, I hate that they charge for fitting windscreen wipers and bulbs, I do those myself!! It should come as standard customer service not an extra that you have to pay for!

benham3160

captainladypants wrote: »

It's a 2002 focus, i'll get my Dad to have a nosey at it tonight. Agree with the fitting it yourself, I hate that they charge for fitting windscreen wipers and bulbs, I do those myself!! It should come as standard customer service not an extra that you have to pay for!

Totally agree, it's shocking, but it's why they're one of the few retailers making money.

The Focus is very easy to fit a new stereo in to, I take it you have the standard "big" Ford radio in at the moment?

Regards,
Andy

johnnyroper

captainladypants wrote: »

It's a 2002 focus, i'll get my Dad to have a nosey at it tonight. Agree with the fitting it yourself, I hate that they charge for fitting windscreen wipers and bulbs, I do those myself!! It should come as standard customer service not an extra that you have to pay for!

have a chat with ford parts dept first as they do a kit that puts aux in socket in to the car for certain stereo types.
got one for my tranny connect cost £14 the stereo in mine is the 6000 model i think.

whats in your focus and does it have a AUX button on the front along with the CD,FM buttons etc?

darich

benham3160 wrote: »

Totally agree, it's shocking, but it's why they're one of the few retailers making money.

The Focus is very easy to fit a new stereo in to, I take it you have the standard "big" Ford radio in at the moment?

Regards,
Andy

I noticed the other day they were advertising that they will refill your windscreen wash for 99p!

DCFC79

darich wrote: »

I noticed the other day they were advertising that they will refill your windscreen wash for 99p!

id do it for 95p