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Old January 28th, 2010, 10:13 PM   #51 (permalink)
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My 2001 Cadillac has a weird-sized stock radio. Replacing it isn't an option: I would lose some of the Bose speakers in the car and the new one wouldn't fit right.

I've had this for a few years for my ipod. It's like an FM transmitter, only it's hard-wired to the antenna. It defeats the FM signal to a set station so it sounds way better and there is very little interference. I recently hooked up an aux cable to it, so now I can listen to my droid or my ipod in the car.



On a side note... I haven't synced the ipod in months. I use the droid for all my podcasts and my ipod has over 40 days worth of old time radio from archive.org. I'm loving the droid and downloading podcasts over-the-air.

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Old March 17th, 2010, 03:14 PM   #52 (permalink)
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I picked up the 3.5mm to RCA adaptor cable and my JVC KDS 100 deck in my 97 Acura TL. It's got a USB front port AND an Line-In RCA input in the back. Went to Radio Shack and for $7.50, picked up the cord. The aftermarket deck required an adaptor plate which provided me with a 'shelf' under the deck because it was a dual din vs single din deck (old to new). I just had to drill a hole (not ideal but least aesthetically unappealing).

Cool side effect is when I get a call, Droid uses my car speakers to broadcast the incoming caller's voice. And the Droid's mic picks up my voice well.

I'm digging it!
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I found a great way to wirelessly stream audio to your car over Bluetooth even if your car doesn't support Bluetooth.

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I just installed an Audiovox FMM100A - another one of those hard-wired FM Modulators. Great solution for those who do not have an aux jack. No more chasing FM stations to find one with no interference. Took me about 2 hours to install.
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3.5 - 3.5 here, though it's so I can stream WEEI into my car. Sorry, I'm a Red Sox junkie and can listen to those guys ALL day.
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Old May 31st, 2010, 02:05 AM   #56 (permalink)
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My car came with composite (red, white, and yellow)...is there any way I could hook it up my Droid to watch video through it (only while in park of course)?

Also, is anyone elses headphone port really sensitive? When I have my headphones plugged in, if I move the cable just a little, it stops playing music and acts as if the headphones were unplugged...
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What's the music quality over bluetooth? How bout the dual 3.5mm jacks? I'm soooo done w/ my local radio stations. Myrtle Beach area stations blow.
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I use a Jabra SP700 bluetooth speaker phone, set it to send to an empty FM station, and voila! My music plays through my speakers, and if I get a call it interrupts the music and then I hear the caller through my car speakers too!

Is this the best device on the market for this? This sounds great to us the bluetooth device to stream with the car speakers and use it for Bluetooth calling. I have a truck 01 trailblazer with no aux Jack and just cd. I am looking to stream music and take calls along with the ability to change to my work truck quickly for hours of snowplowing this winter.
In this category of bluetooth devices what are the options? Any reviews?
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Factory stereo on my 2008 Pontiac G6 GT. Think it's going to be the 3.5 on the front of the stereo. Just a standard 3.5 to 3.5 then? No audio adjustment like ipod cable needed?

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the oem one is on amazon for 5 bucks. I got two.
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the battery lasted that long? wow. You can play your music with the speakers along with nav and phone calls?
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I feel real embarrassed to say this but I still have a cassette deck in my Lexus!!! It also has a 6 disc changer too! Up until last week, I NEVER had a need to use the cassette deck! I went out bought a cassette adapter and now I can either play my iPod or my Droid through my car's stereo system. It sounds good but one thing I notice, is that I have to crank the volume way up for it to sound good. I have to always remember to turn it down when I switch to the radio as the radio volume would be blasting!

Not sure why that is!

Some car radios have AUX jacks on the front of the head unit that you can just plug in your Droid.

I used to use a wireless FM transmitter called iTrip with my iPod I haven't thought to try it with my Droid yet. Maybe I will give that a shot!
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My stereo has a USB slot on the front and I can just plug the Droid in and the stereo reads the mp3s on the device.
How does the stereo read the USB? I have an input on the front of mine as well but it comes up as unreadable file. Do I need to use a different app when using it in my car?
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My car came with composite (red, white, and yellow)...is there any way I could hook it up my Droid to watch video through it (only while in park of course)?

Also, is anyone elses headphone port really sensitive? When I have my headphones plugged in, if I move the cable just a little, it stops playing music and acts as if the headphones were unplugged...
I'd like to know this to about the conposite hookups. Is this possible with an android phone?
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Sorry to bump up an old thread...

but my car cd player is:
Kenwood KDC-MP628 CD receiver with MP3/WMA/AAC playback at Crutchfield.com
and its about 4 years old.

I already have an ipod adapter hooked up which plugs into my ipod and plays the ipod directly through the car cd player. Its a usb type hook up, its not hooked up through the headphone jack. I was told that I need this... Scosche - 3' 3.5mm-to-RCA Cable - I3RCA35A in order to play my droid phone through my car cd player.

Is this correct?

More specifically... id like spotify and pandora to play through the stereo...
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