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Has anyone hardwired an iPod to their car?

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Old May 14, 2004 | 12:17 AM
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Has anyone hardwired an iPod to their car?

more specifically, a 2k2 with BOSE?
Old May 14, 2004 | 05:19 AM
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I have been thinking of this. I wonder if you had an amp you could send it through the RCA signals. it would be painfull but it could work. I think the most reliable and easiest way would be to buy the radio adapter kit or to use the tape the has a wire coming out of it and into a headphone style jack.
Old May 14, 2004 | 09:04 AM
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You would need to get an FM modulator to hardwire it.
Old May 14, 2004 | 04:50 PM
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I tried going the FM route, even ordered a more powerful FM transmitter from an electronics hobby shop - it didn't sound nearly as good as the casssette adapter.

Here's my setup



The power cord is tucked up behind the center console. I took the face of my radio apart and wired the adapter in from behind the face. All you see is a tiny loop of wire in front of the cassette door. You can still eject the adapter and it'll just hang there.

And in case your wondering, that's not the actual color of my car. The white balance was out of whack and I didn't feel like going through the effort of fixing it.
Old May 16, 2004 | 10:30 AM
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I just (2 days ago) wired my new dell dj 15 gig into my system but i don't have the stock bose i had an alpine deck and its wired into that, but if you have stock bose you don't need an fm modulator (those things SUCK!) you'll have a tape deck and you just get one of those things that goes in your tape deck and to a 3.5 mm headphone jack plug, i used to do that with my laptop when i had the bose system...
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