Has anyone seen the iPod2car or iCruze yet? I was wondering if anybody knows if this is compatible with the navigation system or if it's going to be anytime soon?

 

Something is coming...but it looks to be in the '06 models - it would be great if there is a kit to work with our NAV systems NOW!

General Motors is offering iPod connectivity with some new vehicles this year, starting with the new Chevrolet HHR. The audio systems include an auxiliary channel and front mounted auxiliary input jack, so that an iPod or other audio source can be easily plugged in and played through the vehicle sound system. "The Chevy HHR will help launch a new family of radios that will bring iPod connectivity to a broad range of GM vehicles," said Paul Nadeau, director, infotainment displays and controls, for GM Engineering. "We think the ability to easily connect an iPod or other audio source directly into the vehicle audio system will be a big hit with customers." The input will be standard equipment on 2006 models of the Chevy HHR, Impala and Monte Carlo; Saturn VUE and ION; Pontiac Solstice; Buick Lucerne; and Cadillac DTS. The radios will be fitted to other new GM models over the next several years as the vehicles are updated.

 

Yea it's disappointing that I can't play MP3's. You would think they would have included it since we paid extra.

 

There are things that let you play mp3's in any car. You plug it into cigarette lighter and connect mp3 player or a memory stick to it and it broadcasts it to a station.

 

Yeah.. its called the IRock and its what i use.. Pretty good actually and i live in NYC..

http://www.radioshack.com/product.as...t%5Fid=12-2053

 

I got a belkin FM modulator, but it hasn't been that reliable. The music sounds muted. Also, I have been having some tuning issues with the radio. The problem is very intermittent. Anyone else have this issue?

 

I use the iTrip FM Modulator with my iPod Mini and it works pretty well.

 

I'm gonna hold my breath and hope that the iCruze becomes compatible with the Vette soon

 

I bought an IROCK deal like two years ago and and could barely hear anything out of the radio other than static. Perhaps they have improved it since then however. I suppose it also depends on if you pick up stations on those frequencies it transmits on. I recall beyond the IPOD music there was some other FM noises going on.

I wished I had saved my receipt. IROCK went in dumpster. I totally want to order the Navigation system but the lack of MP3 is bumming me out totally. Very hard decision to make. Think the car looks so much better with navigation system, has cool techy look. Of course I always know where I am going so it is probably a waste of money. But still I am drawn to it.

But if the new IROCK or similar works maybe it would be an "acceptable" work around.

Rather than a CD changer they out to come out with a hard drive based wireless solution which transmits via FM perhaps. Something you could remove, hook up to the PC via Firewire or USB, upload your music, then put in car, plug in via firewire/USB to the main unit and you could drive for like 100 hours without switching a CD or hearing the same song twice. Would be much safer than flipping up the navigation ever 45 minutes and slipping in a CD while driving 75MPH down the road.

 

Has anyone seen this link on the Corvette Information page?

http://www.pqtsi.com/sedona/vetmp3.pdf

Talks about cutting into CD changer wire and all and then modifying it to install a input from your IPOD.

But in reading the forums I have not heard anyone mention the existence of such a wire. Also on the page listed below from this forum are links to other MP3 hard drives but really no details on how one would integrate said devices into their C6.

Has anyone with Navigation tried to locate this wire to see if they can accomplish integrating their MP3 player?

It was linked on this forum page http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=927981

 

Don't know specifically about the C6, but on the C5, the problem is no auxiliary input to the radio other than the CD changer. I suspect this is the same situation with the C6 (and if the CD changer is dashmounted, that probably makes it worse because there is either no external input or its located at the back of the radio where it's hard to access).

The solution on the C5 is to unplug the trunk mounted CD changer and plug in a box called a Neo (http://www.mp3yourcar.com/). It has a cable that plugs into the CD changer cable on one end and your ipod on the other. The cable is long enough to allow you to run it around under the carpet in the trunk area on coupes and into the console, where you can flat-mount your ipod. The great thing about it is that you can control the Ipod using your car radio and I think you even get some limited digital readout (such as song title or number) in the car display, and the cable also supplies power to the Ipod. If you want to take your Ipod out of the car, you just unplug it from the cable and your off and running. Whether or not these devices (and there are other brand names besides the Neo) will be adapted to the C6, I don't know yet.

The main problem with the FM transmitters like the Belkin device (and Apple's Itrip) is that you are still relying on a transmitted signal that has to be demodulated through the FM section of your radio, so guess what? It sounds like an FM radio station. And in large metro areas, your chances of getting interference while listening to these setups is pretty high. It's a reasonably cheap interim solution, but after a while you will most likely be disappointed with the sound (I know I was...that's why I started looking for alternatives). The only real answer is providing a direct digital input signal into the car radio, and that's what the Neo does. It's not cheap: $150-200 plus the cable, and you either have to install it yourself or pay somebody to install it.

I haven't purchased one yet...just haven't gotten around to it. But I have heard other C5 owners who have these and they swear by them. I am sure that if they haven't already, the manufacturers are working on adapting these devices to the C6 (or let's hope so!). HTH.

 

Well, not quite what you're looking for, but probably the easiest option: your CD player should be able to play mp3 files ....just make an mp3 CD rather than a standard audio (CD-A) CD. A run of the mill CD-R will hold around 140 songs.

I have a single CD in my car right now, that has every one of my favorite tunes for the past 30 years. Could only come up with 128 songs for now, and that's only 526 MB, so there's still room for 30 more songs on that disk. Much better to store the songs this way anyway, compared to regular CD-A format where you're limited to about 15 songs per CD.

For me, 650 MB of mp3 songs is better than my portable MP3 players can do anyway ( don't have a 40 GB iPod), and it's enough songs to last me for a long time. If you multiply that by 6 discs, you've got 3.9 GB of storage, somwhere in the range of 950 songs, and close to what the iPod mini can store anyway -- aren't they about 5 GB ?

I've tried those FM thingies also, but the sound quality sucks. Nowhere near the quality of direct mp3 play you'll get if you just use an mp3 disk.

BTW, I have the 7-speaker Bose system that came in my 1-SB package. It will play mp3 files, but not wma files. Don't know if this works in 1-SA.

 

I just bought a 60gb Ipod and podfreq to broadcast it over the fm stations. It works pretty well in that it lets you choose any fm frequency and I can usually find one that is clear. It cost around $75 and it also has a charger integrated so the unit will charge as you use it....

I wish it were hardwired, but it seems to be a pretty good alternative.

Happy tunes!!!

 

Works fine unless you have the nav system (my problem) in that it doesn't have the mp3 option for the cd player..

 

FM Mods - SUCKS. I need a way to HARD wire it to the radio. I have a Nav. system.