Aftermarket car stereo for iPods. Plays music from any iPod or incl AM/FM radio
Dock iPod to stereo without cables/adaptors. Use same iPod menus and controls.
I would buy this because I like to listen to my own music and don't like lots of adapters, cords, etc. on the dash.
(Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:17:51 GMT)
Mike Conley
says
Yes I would buy it. Digital recording is the way to go and with no spinning disks, this should eliminate audio "skipping". What a great idea for playing hours of personal recordings from a small portable device while traveling and it looks like it belongs on the dashboard.
(Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:57:26 GMT)
Karen Marcus
says
I would love this!!
(Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:02:14 GMT)
Jennifer Faulhaber
says
Yes, but only if the sound quality was the same as the newer vehicles which come with stereos where iPod playback sounds just like a CD would. (As opposed to the inferior sound quality that I have heard with the tape player iPod adapters).
It reminds me the car stereos from 50's thats why I like it. (the ones that you insert huge cartridges to play a song from the King)
One general comment:
I would prefer that an additional synaptics disc to be placed on the steering wheel. (That's the main place where the driver interacts with the car right?)
(Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:45:55 GMT)
Brian Zaander
says
I would buy that in heartbeat. If it cost around $300 bucks with installation, I would not even thing twice. The current FM signal adaptors are annoying and the sound quality is less than perfect. To have something compact and that produces good quality sound would be awesome.
no, there are already ipod ready and fullspeed decks and TVs by alpine that do the same thing as well as keep the cd/dvd/mp3 cd ect. good idea but id take alpine
(Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:44:31 GMT)
MacGyver
says
Like sean says, but all the ones from aftermarket sellers so far either have bad (2x12 character) dispays, or have 7" screens and a $2000 price tag. Yours is a happy middle, but Apple's interface sucks for cars, so emulating their interface is silly. Make the screen a little bigger, make the volume a knob, put basic functions into buttons (random,next,prev,pause), add a dismounted control knob interface (digital optical rotary encoder, with tactile feedback, and is a momentary push-button) that can be mounted in the loction of choice for the driver. Don't forget AM/FM/CD.
(Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:33:06 GMT)
Jason Martin
says
good concept, 3 concerns:
1) sliding the ipod in and out of the interface would scratch the hell out of it, especially important with an object most strive to keep perfect.
2) The 'eject' malfunctions...how the hell do you get your ipod out of the device
3) what are the 1-5 buttons for? lose them, they clutter the beautiful simplicity of the interface
(Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:18:43 GMT)
paryl
says
I thought of this the first day I owned my iPod, but I think the roadblock would be vibration. Just sitting your iPod on a hard plastic surface during a drive is enough vibration to cause issues with the HD (happened with mine)... if the iPod were actually connected directly to the car, every bit of vibration would get translated in to the spinning disks.
(Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:30:07 GMT)
Angelmg
says
it should replase cd players in cars, peope are more likely to have ipods than cd's now a days
(Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:34:26 GMT)
Zen
says
This is a cute idea, but Apple would sue you in a heartbeat for infringment of their trademark, if not also trade dress if you aped their menus and interface. Why do you think nobody else uses a click wheel on their MP3 players? Apple is quick to unleash the law-dogs, and would surely have this operation shut down.
Most iPod owners I know, myself included, put the iPod into a protective sleeve to stop it from getting scratched. A docking port would need to account for this...
(Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:42:42 GMT)
Jen
says
iPods all ready cost too much. Just get an Apple MP3 player that attacthes to any car stereo.
(Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:28:44 GMT)
bizarro_stormy
says
#1)beyond awesome...as long as it has some kind of clip to hold it in, and if the slot was able to expand to accept iPods with cases on them.
#2) It's in a volkswagen, so I like it more.
I would buy this because I like to listen to my own music and don't like lots of adapters, cords, etc. on the dash.
Yes I would buy it. Digital recording is the way to go and with no spinning disks, this should eliminate audio "skipping". What a great idea for playing hours of personal recordings from a small portable device while traveling and it looks like it belongs on the dashboard.
I would love this!!
Yes, but only if the sound quality was the same as the newer vehicles which come with stereos where iPod playback sounds just like a CD would. (As opposed to the inferior sound quality that I have heard with the tape player iPod adapters).
It reminds me the car stereos from 50's thats why I like it. (the ones that you insert huge cartridges to play a song from the King) One general comment: I would prefer that an additional synaptics disc to be placed on the steering wheel. (That's the main place where the driver interacts with the car right?)
I would buy that in heartbeat. If it cost around $300 bucks with installation, I would not even thing twice. The current FM signal adaptors are annoying and the sound quality is less than perfect. To have something compact and that produces good quality sound would be awesome.
no, there are already ipod ready and fullspeed decks and TVs by alpine that do the same thing as well as keep the cd/dvd/mp3 cd ect. good idea but id take alpine
Like sean says, but all the ones from aftermarket sellers so far either have bad (2x12 character) dispays, or have 7" screens and a $2000 price tag. Yours is a happy middle, but Apple's interface sucks for cars, so emulating their interface is silly. Make the screen a little bigger, make the volume a knob, put basic functions into buttons (random,next,prev,pause), add a dismounted control knob interface (digital optical rotary encoder, with tactile feedback, and is a momentary push-button) that can be mounted in the loction of choice for the driver. Don't forget AM/FM/CD.
good concept, 3 concerns: 1) sliding the ipod in and out of the interface would scratch the hell out of it, especially important with an object most strive to keep perfect. 2) The 'eject' malfunctions...how the hell do you get your ipod out of the device 3) what are the 1-5 buttons for? lose them, they clutter the beautiful simplicity of the interface
I thought of this the first day I owned my iPod, but I think the roadblock would be vibration. Just sitting your iPod on a hard plastic surface during a drive is enough vibration to cause issues with the HD (happened with mine)... if the iPod were actually connected directly to the car, every bit of vibration would get translated in to the spinning disks.
it should replase cd players in cars, peope are more likely to have ipods than cd's now a days
This is a cute idea, but Apple would sue you in a heartbeat for infringment of their trademark, if not also trade dress if you aped their menus and interface. Why do you think nobody else uses a click wheel on their MP3 players? Apple is quick to unleash the law-dogs, and would surely have this operation shut down.
Most iPod owners I know, myself included, put the iPod into a protective sleeve to stop it from getting scratched. A docking port would need to account for this...
iPods all ready cost too much. Just get an Apple MP3 player that attacthes to any car stereo.
#1)beyond awesome...as long as it has some kind of clip to hold it in, and if the slot was able to expand to accept iPods with cases on them. #2) It's in a volkswagen, so I like it more.
heck yes i would buy this!