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Anyone got the ipod ice link
- Thread starter mr sheep
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Not that expensive that.......You pay the most of the money for the auxillary input lead to connect to the head unit, n the cradle then charges the ipod...
if you want something better and are thinking of buying a new head unit anyway, try any of the alpine ai net headunits from this year...Alpine have now launched their ipod interface, which plugs into the cd changer socket and then into the ipod. You then control all the features of the ipod from the stereo, so it could be hidden in the glovebox or somet...Excellent piece of equipment in my opinion...
And how much is the Alpine AI Net unit? If its less than £120 then I will be very impressed!! I remember when I was looking at interfaces from cd changer ports to phonos and they were silly money!!!
Bonus with the dension link is you get a nice little cradle that charges it too, Didnt think the alpine charged it but i could be wrong.
Im seriously tempted to get this Denison ICE Link for the ipod. Its better than a standard aux adaptor as not only does it charge the ipod you can control the ipod from the stalk adaptor.
However, Im guessing that if youve got a cd changer than you cant use this kit. Plus, Im not sure if this kit will work for definite with the 182 cd head unit as its not a standard clio one....
Can anyone shed any more light on this?
cheers, john
No you cant use the changer as it uses that plug to interface with the head unit.
Its the one thing that puts me off, Im greedy and want both especially as ive got a mini which is full.
Dension have nearly developed a newer version which would display the ID3 tags on the head unit, although they say if you buy V1.1, the one out now, you can send it back in 6 months or whenever the new one comes out to have the ID3 capability retrofitted for a modest sum.
Thanks for the info. How did you find about the new version that is due to come out? The official Denison website is a bit light on info...
this forum : http://forum.e46fanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=22
for e46s has loads. There is some technical/sales bloke who works for dension who gos on there and answers questions and gives updates on their product and more specifically the ice>link.
They seem to be developing it for beemers and then looking to integrate it into other models as and when. However, the date for release for the ID3 enabled keeps getting put back with this laddie still saying its in final testing stages or something. So f**k knows when it gets released to the rest of us.
The site is pretty good if youre looking at trying to integrate into your ICE, there are a fair few DIYs with loads of piccies not withstanding its for beemers.
Cheers for the link mate - theres lots of info and pics on there. As for getting the ID3 tags to be displayed on a Renault radio - I doubt it..! Im getting my ipod next week and will seriously be tempted to get one these babies.
I dont see why they cant get the ID3 tags to be displayed, when youre listening to the radio it shows what station youre listening to, so it can display text.
Mind you, ive never got CD Text to show so maybe not.
If youre just driving locally, iTrip is an option but as soon as you do any kind of distance the frequencies all change and it massively infuriating
Enjoy the ipod, they are pure class, bit of a cliche but it really does change the way you listen to music.
I guess so - the text doesnt scroll so if anything is displayed then it will only be a truncated artist/song name so we wouldnt be missing much.
Ive been looking at the itrips but from what Ive read the sound quality is not that great (in as much that switching from a CD to the radio does mean a big drop in quality).
As for changing frequencies all the time - is that because radio stations broadcast at different frequencies? Could you not just stick it at the very top/bottom of the FM spectrum? (as hardly any stations broadcast at those frequencies...
Laguna
you should see it working thru the screen im selling hehe, lol sorry sales pitch hehe
Are you saying that the Denison kit will not fit to the 182 Cabasse player then? I just presumed it was just a variant of the VDO or Philips players and would still be compatible.
Im getting my ipod on saturday and after hearing a mates itrip in action, I think I might just spend £30 on something will work for definite, rather than risk £120+ install on something that might not work work...
My friend got his i pod in america, and he bought a radio transmitter thing aswell with it....no wires...
(seemingly illegal in this country as it is a minature radio transmittor and you need a licence)
But all he does is set the ipod to a certain frequency and it transmits the music at this frequency...
then you tune the radio to this frequency and it you can hear your ipod...it only works over a short range so dont go starting your own pirate radio station...
My mates brought his Ipod (and mine) back form the US and tried the ipod radio thingie out and it wasnt very good quality sound like there was loads of interferance. It worked fine in his parents Ka and Passat estate. We tried moving it about and were driving round and nothing seemed to get rid of it.
Im going to have to try and fix it though as he has just bought a Clio
i dont know but i doubt that there is an AUX in on the back of the headunit.
Mostly they connect through the CD Changer so if you can find out whether this is the same as a normal VDO/phillips unit. I would guess that there would be some kind of changer socket on the back and there cant be that many different types of connectors to CD changers and dension to kits for lots of different types.
Might just be a case of taking the HU out and having a look and then talking to dension.
Ive just borrowed a mates itrip and had a play and Im not that impressed really.... I tried a track on from a cd then the same one from the ipod. Bad mistake really I think...
As for getting a line input to the HU using the CD changer input - surely this must be possible? The denison kit is expensive as it allows you to control the ipod using the stereo/stalk controls etc. A simple line input should be quite cheap - any idea who would sell such a thing??
I might start a new thread for this as well as my Q is kind of lost in this post..!
