Apple Computer has teamed up with Ford Motor Co, General Motors and Mazda Motor Corp to offer easy iPod integration with their cars. While some manufacturers have begun offering AUX input so you can plug in external MP3 players and feed music into the audio system, this is not a complete solution as you cannot control the iPod from car controls such as buttons on the steering wheel.
Optimally, a complete integration solution will allow you to browse tracks from an LCD screen and skip tracks from steering wheel buttons. Recently, our local boys Race Rally Research have jumped onto the iPod bandwagon by offering an iPod Nano 1GB integrated with the car audio system with their new limited edition Proton Waja MME and Proton GEN.2 MME.
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iPOD in the car?
I've been running MP3 in my car for the last 5 years from CD..
but running it from a 40gb iPOD would be cool
dvd mp3 player is better.
if you got an ipod i suppose it would be useful. but cd's and dvd's are better.
thieves are gonna be expecting to get break cars just to get an ipod if this gets widespread.
why must be ipod? it should be nokia, most malaysian are using nokia hp.
just with iPod without a good sound system is no point.
sewell said,
August 6, 2006 @ 9:00 pm
why must be ipod? it should be nokia, most malaysian are using nokia hp.
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i must agree with u on this, very good marketing strategy… sony ericsson also can.. :)
why not Nokia or SE or others? Simple. The connection. Nokia cant make up their mind what kind of connectors they want to use. Is it Pop-art or pop whatever. And SE, oh please….same thing. And people in the US dont usually use Nokia and SE, they prefer Motorola, then how? Apple by far is the most popular and hip MP3s period throughtout the World. Their connectors are standard, they dont change like Nokia and SE
I cant wait to get my Ipod Integration kit !
this ipod tingy is geting out of hand man..its rediculous how ppl gets so nuts over sting so meaningless…ive been using mp3 sin my car since god knows wen…1 cd can hold up to 150 songs…unless ur going to a journey to the moon and back..i dono how u gona finish the whole cd….y do we get obssessed over silly tings so easily?
Well, for all those of you with Bluetooth-equipped handphones can already connect it to some cars and talk via the radio. And what's so meaningless about iPod intergration in cars? The iPod is the number one MP3 player on the planet and a lot of people would really like to listen to their music collection while driving. And its quite a pain in the arse to transfer the songs to a disc.
yea i guess depends if u use the ipod or not.
personally i dont use any mp3 players. i know people who had the ipod video. but after 2 weeks or so, they dont use it anymore and its collecting dust. …maybe they can chuck it into the car now.
did they say ipod 1GB?? .. they should have a USB connection to the player..
i think everybody carries a thumbdrive compared to a ipod… i have 2GB pendrive ! so i think it can store more than the ipod unless we can connect the 40GB ipod. but still pointless why pay so much for a device when u can use the cash to upgrade the ICE!..
paul… just want to know.. IPOD can be connected using bluetooth? u mention integrating the car audio system via a wireless Bluetooth connection ? enlighten me!
"Why pay so much for a device when u can use the cash to upgrade the ICE?!"
You can't bring your ICE wherever you go, nor store 30GB/60GB of songs in it, can you? Besides, if you can already own a car with iPod connectivity (Waja and Gen.2 MME excluded), you wouldn't need to upgrade the stereo, such is the sophistication of today's built-in ICE. Take, for example, Volvo, with its superb Dynaudio systems. You won't be able to replace the ICE, anyway, since they're intergrated. I do agree, though, that they should have a USB connection for other MP3 players.
BTW, most iPod connections are via cable, with the obvious exception of the MME Edition Protons.
apple stuff r expensive lar .
well.. i would not like to be hearing songs 24/7 all the time if i have a nice ICE. depands on personal choice. rite?
so.. u r telling me that ipod will sound great on a proton clarion player? have is the player been install some amp? what about the speakers? i guess u have.. an ipod.. pls do let me know how it sound like. thanks
I did say Waja and Gen.2 MME excluded…
I guess it does depend on personal choice. I, for one, would want to listen to my iPod while driving, since all the songs in it are those that I like. Unlike the radio, where you might come across songs you wouldn't like. But then I don't have a car with iPod connectivity, so I can't comment much.