Mazda3 SP23 said:
I've explored the website you offered already. The pocket dock seems to be a ipod battery recharger on car. I will not change my head unit till it won't destroy my LCD screen. Is there any other way to reach my purpose.
There is a version with the line out (headphone type jack) on the same plug. This is called the
Pocket Dock with Line Out (masterful name, that). This will allow you to use a firewire cable, like one of those extendable ones with a car charger that has a firewire port on it. I have one with a firewire port and usb port,
this kit. The Pocket Dock with Line Out comes with two cables: one that goes from a 2.5mm headphone jack to two RCA (L,R) ends, and one that has the 2.5mm jack on either end. My wife's new Kenwood head unit (MP-628) has RCA aux inputs on the back. I have run the appropriate cable from the cupholder area in the Xterra to the back of the stereo. The head unit in my pro has an aux input on the front, and I just bought an RCA aux input for the back to hook up my XM.
For me, not counting the cost of the head units:
1. pocket dock with line out $30
2. firewire charging kit $30
3. aux adapter for JVC unit in my pro, $50
4. TuneDok from belkin $30
$90 for stuff I can use in both of my cars (not counting the JVC specific unit)
Oh yeah, the other point of the pocket dock with line out, is there is a better "line level' signal (volume is not affected by the ipods volume control, same signal that comes out of the back of the dock) that comes out of the ipods socket, not the headphone jack on the top, so there is a better signal to the stereo.
There's this new mount called the
PodBuddy that I am very interested in. It work work very well in the pro's cup holder I think, and put the thing at eye level.
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