iPod Question

Kolk1 · Post by **Kolk1** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:00 pm

A splitter wouldnt work. If you look at a the male connector for a shuffle, it has 4 silver rings, a normal headphone jack would probably only have 2. Even so, it would have to somehow stop you from trying to back feed 12Vs into your radio. lol

I will add, they do make Shuffle Car chargers with built in FM mods. While FM mods arent the best, it might be your only option.

delslo · Post by **delslo** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:04 pm

GTI-Guy;181474 wrote:Wait, I think I misunderstood ... not an iPod jack on my car stereo, just a regular audio jack? I do have that! Do you remember the name / link of the device you're thinking of?

Ok, after looking at what I was talking about, it wont work for a shuffle. What about this tho:

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BO ... e=&seller="]Amazon.com: Ipod Shuffle Car/ Auto Dock Charger: Electronics[/ame]

Can you use your USB off that and an then just hook the wire from your headphone jack to your car

Silver Knight · Post by **Silver Knight** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:45 pm

Kolk1;181479 wrote:A splitter wouldnt work. If you look at a the male connector for a shuffle, it has 4 silver rings, a normal headphone jack would probably only have 2. Even so, it would have to somehow stop you from trying to back feed 12Vs into your radio. lol

I will add, they do make Shuffle Car chargers with built in FM mods. While FM mods arent the best, it might be your only option.

yeah i thought it through completely about 10 seconds after i posted it lol. and even if it did somehow magically work, i'm the sure sound quality would be crap.

Kolk1 · Post by **Kolk1** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:43 am

Best thing to do, get a real Ipod, then either A) find out if Peripheral Electronics makes a OEM Ipod intergration piece for your car, or B) get an after market radio that has an Ipod cable.

http://peripheralelectronics.com/

stussycole · Post by **stussycole** » Thu May 21, 2009 2:13 am

If you are going to be using it for working out and in the car then just get an aux in set-up for your car. A fully charged new shuffle should have 10 hours of playtime. If you are driving and working out for more than 10 hours a day then you need a new hobby. If not, just remember to take the shuffle in every other day or so and charge it.

GTI-Guy · Post by **GTI-Guy** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:48 pm

Cool, we have a solution

And I don't have an audio jack on my car stereo as I first thought ... the peripheral electronics site is awesome, but nothing is supported for my '02 GTI unfortunately ... good try

Going to get the cassette adapter and this guy [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BO1L6M/"]Amazon.com: Ipod Shuffle Car/ Auto Dock Charger: Electronics[/ame] ... that'll allow me to charge in my car when needed

I know "a real iPod" makes more sense, but I just don't want something big hanging on to me while working out

Thanks .. a productive and helpful thread on a web forum ... who knew such things were possible!

delslo · Post by **delslo** » Thu May 21, 2009 3:35 pm

GTI-Guy;181665 wrote:Cool, we have a solution

Going to get the cassette adapter and this guy Amazon.com: Ipod Shuffle Car/ Auto Dock Charger: Electronics ... that'll allow me to charge in my car when needed

Sweet!! Glad we could help you engineer this!

Kolk1 · Post by **Kolk1** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:54 pm

Have you by chance looked at the new Nano's? They are about 1/4 inch thick, 1 inch wide, and 2 inchs tall. Pretty damn small if you ask me.

sharpie · Post by **sharpie** » Thu May 21, 2009 5:56 pm

borat voice (everyone knows the nano is for girls)