i pod in the car

tigerwex

whats the best way to use the ipod in the car any1 done this and how is best would like some help with this but dont want to spend a fortune

2 Espressi

get the little radio Transmitter, then you can use it through your Radio.

http://search.ebay.com/ipod-radio_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8

hefty_langer

alternativley you could use a bog standard tape adaptor (the kind that one end slots into the tape player, and the other to the ipod.)
cheap as chips and available from any music store.
The iTrip is less messy tho - no cables.

Alun

2 Espressi wrote:

get the little radio Transmitter, then you can use it through your Radio.

http://search.ebay.com/ipod-radio_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8

... which, incidentally, are illegal for use here in Ireland.

WhatsGoingOn

Why are they illegal?

zAbbo

http://www.apple.com/ipod/bmw/

etc.

Ipods are cack tho ?

Bogger77

They are radio transmitters and, hence, are illegal to operate.

dcGT

Bogger77 wrote:

They are radio transmitters and, hence, are illegal to operate.

Strictly speaking, yes, but I wouldn't be too worried about getting caught.

DC.

Bogger77

Agree with ya dcGT, but they are illegal, although it'd be a) hard to detect the device, and b) cant see it going to court.

But it's an illegal device, all the same.

2 Espressi

I thought your just needed a licence , strictly speaking...

dcGT

2 Espressi wrote:

I thought your just needed a licence , strictly speaking...

Perhaps, but I don't imagine it would be too handy to obtain a broadcasting license

DC.

davidclayton

a banana is an illegal device if you stick it up bertie ahern's arse.

Bogger77

davidclayton wrote:

a banana is an illegal device if you stick it up bertie ahern's arse.

Not True,

If Bertie requested the aforementioned item to be placed in his anus, then it's not illegal.

2 Espressi

Ok so if it's illegal to use this without a licence, would it also be illegal to supply them? some of those Ebay prices are tempting...
How about other types of transmitters, like garage door openers, radio control transmitters, etc.?

dcGT

2 Espressi wrote:

Ok so if it's illegal to use this without a licence, would it also be illegal to supply them? some of those Ebay prices are tempting...
How about other types of transmitters, like garage door openers, radio control transmitters, etc.?

Hmmm.. I'm not sure about the legalities of supplying them, but I think one of the problems with the ipod transmitter, is that it transmits to public radio frequencies (88 - 108 Mhz roughly), whereas the likes of garage doors, radio control transmitters etc. usually operate at much higher frequencies. For example, some car alarm tranmitters and alarm pagers operate at about 433 Mhz. Also, I think there is a limit to the strength of the signal emitted by these devices.

DC.

GeorgeBailey

hefty_langer wrote:

alternativley you could use a bog standard tape adaptor (the kind that one end slots into the tape player, and the other to the ipod.)
cheap as chips and available from any music store.

Ah yes, but not all of us have a tape deck in our cars!
Never thought I'd see the day were I'd consider a tape deck more modern than a cd player

davidclayton

i used to have the griffin itrip [sold it about a month ago]
worked fine in most cars, but sh1t in others. because its only a small transmitter,
you need a good reciever to pick up the signal aswell.

i saw itrips a while back in a camera shop on grafton street.
i am currently using the cardock [search for it on ebay] in my car,
the non-fm version. i have a lead that goes into the back of my stereo,
so no loss of quality. see it here:
http://www.funkysmart.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=17157

you can get an fm version aswell.
they are not illegal to sell. they are illegal to carry/use.
just like a pocket knife. legal to sell, but illegal to carry a concealed weapon.