iPod in Car

hey did any1 tried connecting iPod to car Speakers thro FM channel?
basicly i saw one of my friends friend who has Honda Accord to connect his Ipod to his car speakers without any wire links, he just tuned to one of the channels on the FM and i think he tuned to Podcast on same frequency and was able to hear audio output from his car speakers. does anybody know what accutly was done to do that?

i checked THIS site and all of thier guides are to connect Ipod via Wires.

i got a handy little gizmo that pops into the cassette player of the car, and the other end is a headphone jack you can pop into a personal cd player, ipod, or any thing really so long as there's a headphone socket to plug it into.

It cost about £5 (€149.95) and works a treat. ;)

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i got a handy little gizmo that pops into the cassette player of the car, and the other end is a headphone jack you can pop into a personal cd player, ipod, or any thing really so long as there's a headphone socket to plug it into.

It cost about £5 (€149.95) and works a treat. ;)

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Some car stereos still have cassette decks? lol

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i got a handy little gizmo that pops into the cassette player of the car, and the other end is a headphone jack you can pop into a personal cd player, ipod, or any thing really so long as there's a headphone socket to plug it into.

It cost about £5 (€149.95) and works a treat. ;)

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Some car ters ti

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Those Duracells wore down damn fast :ermm:

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i got a handy little gizmo that pops into the cassette player of the car, and the other end is a headphone jack you can pop into a personal cd player, ipod, or any thing really so long as there's a headphone socket to plug it into.

It cost about £5 (€149.95) and works a treat. ;)

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Some car stereos still have cassette decks? lol

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LOLZ, sadly, yes.

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LOLZ, sadly, yes.

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Anyone want a comma, I have plenty spare :pinch:

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hey did any1 tried connecting iPod to car Speakers thro FM channel?
basicly i saw one of my friends friend who has Honda Accord to connect his Ipod to his car speakers without any wire links, he just tuned to one of the channels on the FM and i think he tuned to Podcast on same frequency and was able to hear audio output from his car speakers. does anybody know what accutly was done to do that?

i checked THIS site and all of thier guides are to connect Ipod via Wires.

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an FM transmitter:dabs:

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Originally Posted by Barbarossa

i got a handy little gizmo that pops into the cassette player of the car, and the other end is a headphone jack you can pop into a personal cd player, ipod, or any thing really so long as there's a headphone socket to plug it into.

It cost about £5 (€149.95) and works a treat. ;)

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the same as I use Dude!
Car Audio Cassette Adaptor, I got from eBay for £2.99.
I use in my home Hi-Fi as well as it don't play mp3 data disks :(

Great sound no probs at all, I use it on a Pro Line 256mb mp3 player

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hey did any1 tried connecting iPod to car Speakers thro FM channel?
basicly i saw one of my friends friend who has Honda Accord to connect his Ipod to his car speakers without any wire links, he just tuned to one of the channels on the FM and i think he tuned to Podcast on same frequency and was able to hear audio output from his car speakers. does anybody know what accutly was done to do that?

i checked THIS site and all of thier guides are to connect Ipod via Wires.

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an FM transmitter:dabs:

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Yeah, they're serviceable, but in a metro area you'll be whinging over changing frequencies constantly.

An eight-hour road trip will eat up a pair of AAs.

They are inexpensive, however.

I've got mine hard-wired, and it's faultless.

If you get the FM transmitter it will work in the car, through your home system, in fact any FM radio within it's range.

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Originally Posted by JPaul

If you get the FM transmitter it will work in the car, through your home system, in fact any FM radio within it's range.

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Good point, but I've found that if you're listening to any MP3 player, you desire better sound quality than doofus FM radios can reproduce, and you can probably buy 4-5 mini-plug/RCA inter-connects for the price of the transmitter, and be happier connecting directly.

This said, I prefer to have every capability available.

If you want to broadcast throughout your domicile, the FM broadcaster is quite handy...

They're also illegal in the UK:smilie4:

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They're also illegal in the UK:smilie4:

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Really, are RF headphones also illegal then?

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They're also illegal in the UK:smilie4:

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Really, are RF headphones also illegal then?

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rod?:unsure:
no, they aren't.

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Really, are RF headphones also illegal then?

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rod?:unsure:
no, they aren't.

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So what's the difference they both have a radio transmitter, if anything the headphone base unit has a greater range. If for no other reason it's mains and not battery powered.

They just haven't thought it thro' rly.

edit: what frequency do they transmit at?

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They just haven't thought it thro' rly.

edit: what frequency do they transmit at?

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I haven't a clue, you're the one that's saying they are illegal.

@j2 you can get car ones that plug into the fag lighter now. So batteries aren't an issue.

cawk, I meant rf headphones

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Are they legal to use in the UK?

No. The use of all radio transmitter equipment in the UK requires either a licence under the Wireless Telegraphy (WT) Act 1949 or a specific licence exemption. These devices have neither.

The FM broadcast band (87.5 – 108 MHz) is used in the UK – and other European countries – for authorised, licensed broadcasting stations. Anyone else transmitting in this band without a licence is committing an offence under section 1(1) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act. There is presently no provision to licence iTrips or similar devices in the FM broadcast band.

Devices transmitting in the broadcast band have the potential to cause interference to people trying to listen to licensed stations. For example, a short range FM transmitter in a car could cause interference to those listening to broadcasts nearby..

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cawk, I meant rf headphones

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I haven't a clue what either use.

Are you saying the RF mp3 transmitters use an illegal one. Is that the point you are struggling to spit out.

Aren't headphones on 2.4G, or some such?

And the FM transmitters broadcast on (here, anyway) 88.1, 88.3, 88.5, 88.7, etc., in the FM range, natch.

Can't think why they'd be illegal anywhere, they are so weak...

JP-

I'd forgotten about the 12V broadcasters, thanks for the reminder. :)

Video senders, aren't they rf as well. Are they illegal.

Thanks for clarifying Bo's point by the way j2, he seemed to be struggling to get to it.

I like the idea of the fm transmitter for ipods but really they don't work all that well i've found.
My friend has one that he was using during our driver's ed and it went fuzzy at times, plus drained the batteries quickly (well it was an ipod mini :idunno:) and I didn't think the sound was all that good but that might have been the stereo.


I like the tape deck idea (i have some of those things) but would rather hook it up directly with input on the stereo if that's available. :)

its like pirate radio.

I just burn CDs and play them, via the gift of the CD player in the car.

post cunt.