[Gmecm] entertainment and comfort bus?

[burntkat at sc.rr.com]

Agreed. 

Of course the immediate rallying cry when "FM transmitter" 
or "cassette adapter" are mentioned, will be loss.

Which will be ironic, when we consider that these are MP3s we're 
playing... :)

----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Handley <Robin at FuryWorld.fsnet.co.uk>
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2007 6:47 pm
Subject: Re: [Gmecm] entertainment and comfort bus?
To: gmecm at diy-efi.org

> If the head unit expects some fancy protocol, which demands an 
> autochanger 
> controller then no (cheap) joy. That's what I found with a Fraud 
> cassette 
> radio. The cheap solutions were the FM transmitter and cassette 
> interface.
> R
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Ravet" <Steve.Ravet at arm.com>
> To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: 03 May 2007 20:58
> Subject: RE: [Gmecm] entertainment and comfort bus?
> 
> 
> Well that would be easier...  But not nearly as cool.  I'm not 
> sure just
> connecting something to the audio in would work, there may need to be
> some handshake between the components before the audio is used.
> Currently, with nothing connected, pushing the AUX button has no 
> effect.Simple enough to try, though.  There's no tape player so I 
> can't use
> that adapter.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org
> > [mailto:gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org] On Behalf Of Rob Handley
> > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:19 PM
> > To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
> > Subject: Re: [Gmecm] entertainment and comfort bus?
> >
> > Would it not be easier to connect the earphone o/p to phono
> > inputs on the back of the radio?
> >
> > If this is not possible, I found the cassette interface
> > provided better S/N than the FM transmitter I bought.
> >
> > BR,
> >
> > Robin
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Ravet" <Steve.Ravet at arm.com>
> > To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
> > Sent: 03 May 2007 17:25
> > Subject: RE: [Gmecm] entertainment and comfort bus?
> >
> >
> > I've been wanting to connect my ipod directly to the radio 
> instead of
> > using the fm transmitter that I have.  I was searching for IPOD 
> hacks> and came across a product that does exactly that -- the ipod
> > connects as
> > a CD changer and you use the radio buttons to skip forward and 
back,
> > change playlists, etc.  It's $150 but I know it can be done 
cheaper!
> > That Ipod docking connector has plenty of connections in it
> > -- firewire,
> > USB, and serial, in addition to audio in/out, video out, and some
> > configuration pins.
> >
> > --steve
> 
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