Little weekend ipod project

[BlowDro]

decided to do this DIY this weekend. i recently got a dice kit and am using that. i chose to have it off center to have the easiest access to all the ac buttons and to the ipod so the shifter wont get in the way. it looks very rough right now because its only the epoxy and no bondo yet.

[BlowDro]

progress

[AudiWxGuy]

You could've just bought one from 3point5.com.....although probably more expensive..
Here is mine..

[BlowDro]

ya, i spent about 20 in supplies, $150 is out of the question

[BlowDro]

almost done

[AudiWxGuy]

Looks great!

[Sanjman]

only problem i see is not creating a large enough passage for different types of iPods in case you decide to upgrade/downgrade in the future or wanted to hook up a friend's iPod/iTouch, etc.

overall for DIYers and your ideas

[polonez]

You could've just bought one from 3point5.com.....although probably more expensive..
Here is mine..

Where on that site can you get it? Also I see you have the iphone. are you using dice???? Will it let you listen to the Tuner application "IE: live streaming radio over 3g?"?
thanks

[dak360rt]

nice work

i have the Avic D3 so my pod just sits in the glove box

[AudiWxGuy]

Where on that site can you get it? Also I see you have the iphone. are you using dice???? Will it let you listen to the Tuner application "IE: live streaming radio over 3g?"?
thanks

www.3point5.com

I forget what module I have. I know I can listen to Pandora over Edge...

[Quattro]

pretty good ipod connection, love people doing the DIY, nice seeing the progress.

I have to agree, that it should have been just the adapter, not everyone has a mini, so if you wanted to hook up a different ipod it prob wouldnt work. But, like most people, you only really use yours and no one else ipod.

-randy

[rams456]

how do you operate your climate controls?

[AudiWxGuy]

You reach behind the iphone...or god for bid I have to take it out for 10 seconds...:-)

I will admit it is a little tricky.

[CZA420tAvant]

Which dice adapter did you use?

Looks great.

[BlowDro]

im using dice, so if i ever get a new ipod i will just have to do the project over. it was not hard at all, took me 1 day from start to finish. the dice kit also has a normal headphone output, so if i get a male-male headphone cord then i am pretty sure i can listen to anyone elses mp3 player.

tada

[SLYCAT]

Dude you got some skillz, nice work.

[Sharkfin]

looks good! I love my DICE/PRO CLIP setup though (off to the right side)

[AudiWxGuy]

Looks great!

[Spiff69]

looks good! I love my DICE/PRO CLIP setup though (off to the right side)

Pic?


Nice job OP!

[CZA420tAvant]

[QUOTE=BlowDro;3200410]im using dice, so if i ever get a new ipod i will just have to do the project over. it was not hard at all, took me 1 day from start to finish. the dice kit also has a normal headphone output, so if i get a male-male headphone cord then i am pretty sure i can listen to anyone elses mp3 player.

which dice kit did you use and where did you get it from, was it easy to hook up wth no issue?

thanks

[Sharkfin]

Pic?


Nice job OP!

[Spiff69]

^^^ Nice, thanks - Does that not keep your glovebox from opening properly? Looks good - did you have to secure it on both sides?


OP - did you feed the ipod cable behind the HVAC controls, I'm assuming?

[JMG]

nsmith, how is your wire routed? I have mine going straight to the glove box. Yours might be a better option than mine:

[Sharkfin]

^^^ Nice, thanks - Does that not keep your glovebox from opening properly? Looks good - did you have to secure it on both sides?


OP - did you feed the ipod cable behind the HVAC controls, I'm assuming?

BTW I don't want to take credit for this, I bought exactly what JMG had bought just wired it differently. The wire doesn't get in the way of the glovebox opening nor does the cradle, the great thing is that you don't have to drill a hole. I just slipped the wire in between the glove box and the center console, very stealth.

[B7A4Sport]

BTW I don't want to take credit for this, I bought exactly what JMG had bought just wired it differently. The wire doesn't get in the way of the glovebox opening nor does the cradle, the great thing is that you don't have to drill a hole. I just slipped the wire in between the glove box and the center console, very stealth.

Yep, +1 to this; there is enough of a gap between back area of the center console and the edge of the glove-box - I have a hard-wired portable Sirius player mounted in exactly the same place and have 3 wires all doing that, too - one for power, one for audio, and one for the sat. antenna. My office's network hates Photobook for some reason, so I'll post a pic of this when I get home. It does, however, look almost identical to the last pic in nsmith's post.

Great work, OP, looks clean!!

[BlowDro]

i ordered it directly from dice on black friday. the instal was pretty simple. all you need to do is plug in their harness. i also had to solder on an extension for the ground wire because it was to short.