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Installing an Aftermarket iPod-Ready Car Audio System

If your current car doesn’t offer iPod connectivity, all hope is not lost. You can

replace your current car audio system with a new one that does let you con-

nect and control your iPod. And lots of options are available.

Many new aftermarket car audio systems offer connections to either the iPod

docking connector or the iPod’s earphone out jack. The docking connector

option is the best way to go, because it lets you operate the iPod from the in-

dash controls, display now-playing information on the in-dash display, and

recharge the iPod while it’s connected. An auxiliary connection to the iPod

earphone jack offers none of these control or display options, it merely funnels

the iPod’s audio into the in-dash system.

For example, the Alpine CDA-9857, shown in Figure 14.3, has an iPod Direct

Connection on its rear panel. Connect an optional Full Speed Connection

cable between the back panel and your iPod’s dock connector, and the in-dash

unit controls all the iPod’s operations. The in-dash display also shows artist,

album, and track information. It’s available for $349.99 from www.alpine.com.

FIGURE 14.3

Alpine’s iPod-compatible CDA-9857 in-dash car stereo.

Which car stereo manufacturers offer iPod-compatible units? It’s a long list,

including the following:

■ Alpine (www.alpine.com)

■ Blaupunkt (www.blaupunkt.com)

■ Clarion (www.clarion.com)

■ Dual (www.dualav.com)

■ Eclipse (www.eclipse-web.com)

■ JVC (www.jvc.com)

■ Kenwood (www.kenwoodusa.com)

■ Panasonic (www.panasonic.com/consumer_electronics/caraudio)

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