I want to play my iphone music in my car stereo

MrsE_2

I want to play my iphone music in my car stereo, but I have a Suzuki GV & the factory fitted radio/CD player doesn't have an aux port (is that right...).

I can buy a kit which turns it into an iphone player for about £70 & £50 for fitting or I can buy a Parrot MKi for about £130 + fitting which will do the job.

Will either of these allow me to control the iphone music from my steering wheel or will I loose this?

I'm tempted to go for the Parrot option, as at least I would be getting a whole new extra bit of kit as well as the lead, for my money, while the first option its just the lead.

Any advice thoughts?
Any other options?

Gra76

The cheapest way to get your music from your iPhone to play on your car stereo would be to buy an FM Transmitter which essentially turns your iPhone into a mini radio station which you tune your car stereo into.

The cheaper ones are under £20, the better ones probably double that, but there's no fitting. Just plug it in and off you go. The better ones usually charge your iPhone at the same time.

I have a Griffin iTrip at home which I use and it's very good but there's a large range of them available so propbably a good idea to research a few if this is a route you want to go down.

marlot

I use an xcarlink which has been OK. Just pretends it is a CD autochanger, so car controls work fine.

MrsE_2

Gra76 wrote: »

The cheapest way to get your music from your iPhone to play on your car stereo would be to buy an FM Transmitter which essentially turns your iPhone into a mini radio station which you tune your car stereo into.

The cheaper ones are under £20, the better ones probably double that, but there's no fitting. Just plug it in and off you go. The better ones usually charge your iPhone at the same time.

I have a Griffin iTrip at home which I use and it's very good but there's a large range of them available so propbably a good idea to research a few if this is a route you want to go down.

Sorry I should have said, I've tried one of those & it's not successful. I need another method.

Strider590

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/the-complete-guide-to-iphone-car-integration/

Though bare in mind, when you buy an iPhone your buying into a closed market, one which Apple control ruthlessly. Your meant to buy everything from Apple (via retailers) and Apple will do everything within their power to ensure that only their own accessories/software work with your Apple products.

It's the price you pay for fashion.

MrsE_2

Strider590 wrote: »

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/the-complete-guide-to-iphone-car-integration/

Though bare in mind, when you buy an iPhone your buying into a closed market, one which Apple control ruthlessly. Your meant to buy everything from Apple (via retailers) and Apple will do everything within their power to ensure that only their own accessories/software work with your Apple products.

It's the price you pay for fashion.

Even the optimal solution isn't rocking my world:(

I have a hard wired in bluetooth (a cheapie from Tesco I had wired in at Halfords), I wouldn't go to a visor solution, I want a system that doesn't need charging. I would change to a parrot & it wouldn't need charging.
I'm not sure how the iphone would link to the Parrot though? Anyone know?
Would I be able to control the iphone through the steering wheel controls?
If not, if I used the kit solution, would I have a wire feed from behind the dash somewhere to plug the iphone into? Would it charge it too? Would the controls work from the steering wheel with this solution?

MrsE_2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SUZUKI-VITARA-IPHONE-INTERFACE-ADAPTOR/dp/B00399ISI0

What about this?

Would I need to pay another £50 to get this installed?

MrsE_2

Or these?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=grand+vitara+iphone

MrsE_2

I like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mz-BDkj-Co

But my stereo doesn't have aux (AFAIK), mine is very similar, but slightly different.

MrsE_2

This look snazzy (but expensive). I guess this would do it all?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Koolertron-In-dash-Touchscreen-Bluetooth-Steering/dp/B004CWE7KQ#productPromotions