Have you looked at the Denison Gateway's? They are meant to be very good for the money and will do what you want while keeping all features of your existing head unit. Not worth touching the speakers imo
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What to do? Stereo related
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Have you looked at the Denison Gateway's? They are meant to be very good for the money and will do what you want while keeping all features of your existing head unit. Not worth touching the speakers imo
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I've just looked into both of these thanks, i'm not sure I understand them fully but from what I gather they are not what i'm after, they seem to add iphone and ipod connections to the standard stereo and add a seperate control unit and stearing controls. I dont own either apple products and I wont be buying either in the near furture.
I'm after the other way round like the XCarLink, that enables you to play MP3's using the cars standard stereo and steering wheel controls, I just dont know if it will work on my particular head unit because of the DVD drive taking up the AUX ports
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Ok thanks, that broadens my options then, I wonder if there is any local qualified fitters, i'll spend some more time reading up on them, only had a quick blast through last night
To be brutally honest I'd just ignore the blind apple hate that most people have, and buy a ruined, cosmetically fubar iPod 30GB from ebay (3rd or 4th gen). Nothing (I repeat, nothing) has better integration with any car system than an iPod with the right interfacing hardware.
As much as I dislike the stigma around apple products, and the stupid prices, buying a used iPod for as little as £20 and shoving it in a cubby hole, never to be seen again (don't think mine has come out of the boot in about a year) is essentially just giving you finite control over a HDD based MP3 system.
It's the exact reason I have iPod integration in both cars.
As much as I dislike the stigma around apple products, and the stupid prices, buying a used iPod for as little as £20 and shoving it in a cubby hole, never to be seen again (don't think mine has come out of the boot in about a year) is essentially just giving you finite control over a HDD based MP3 system.
It's the exact reason I have iPod integration in both cars.
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That a pretty good idea TBH and sounds cheap, i'll look into it, cheers
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How is it connected
My current car has Fiat's Blue&Me Microsoft intergration which means Bluetooth and USB out of the box.
My previous car I bought an Alpine HU and Ipod cable for about £120, fitted it myself and ran the cable from the back of the HU into the glove box.
My next car - I've yet to really look into it but it'll be whatever the best OEM looking solution I can get in an e92.
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Ok cool thanks, i've got loads of options now and no money, ha. I'll pick something up cheap in January as I really want something before I start the delights of the M60 and gives me plenty of time to decide
I used a radio transmitter in my first car for about 8 months and found it had no problems really, quality wasn't brilliant but I'd say the stock speakers of most cars let audio quality down anyway. I only changed as I had spare money and didn't like the cables running everywhere and having to unplug the Ipod and hide it every trip.
e92 with i drive works out of the box iirc?
Yeah I assumed they already had a solution in place, tbh I've not looked into it at all but would not consider anything other than an Ipod in a car now.
I don't even use my Ipod for anything else and purchased this 80GB purely for car use.
I don't believe Spotify requires invites any more.
I thought you needed either an invite or to pay? Last time I looked I couldn't even get the exe to install it. I know I can't get the andriod phone app without paying the £10 a month fee.