Or maybe plug in those little headphones that come with the iPod and forget the stereo in the car...

 

After reading through this entire thread, I am a little disheartened. I was planning on buying an iPod so I did not have to tote around a bunch of CDs anymore (and to bring my music format into the new millennium). I just (yesterday) got a new mobile phone: LG Chocolate III which solves the iPod issue for me; It has a built-in MP3 player AND an FM modulator. I just played around with it today in my daily driver - a Nissan Murano with the Bose (Clarion) system. The FM modulator works like MAGIC! and the sound quality is very good. Now I can't wait to try it in the Crossfire ... I will post with my results. Wish me luck.

 

Here is a site to help find an empty station.

http://fmchannel.sirius.com/

 

I have Sirius in 2 of my cars and go on there site many times and have never seen that link. Good find.

 

Having finally decided to ditch my old car after 8 years and buy an xfire SRT, i was interested in this thread. For the past 8 years I have used a portable mini-disk player (powered from the car via a 12 to 3V adaptor) and this gave great sound through my old car stereo. I used a tape head adaptor as my old car stereo was radio/cassette (remember those?). So now my xfire does not have cassette, I can't see a way to connect the mini-disk player to the car sound system.
I would want a system where the radio volume/bass/treble also controls the mini-disk player output, and the adaptors mentioned here, bypass the head unit, so obviously there are no such radio controls available. I also noticed the SRT may have "optical in", but as the mini-disk player has no optical out (in only), this is also a non-starter.
Even if I hacked into the head unit (hacked maybe the wrong word) to find a suitable input on the CD circuit, the radio and amp would need to be powered up, usually done by the CD insert mechanism plus power switch. So again, not really an option
In conclusion, I think I will opt for a new head unit with aux input and even then I have to consider how to connect to the 6 speaker power amp <sigh>
Maybe I will just burn CDs again. I dont suppose the 06 SRT player can hadle DVD audio? I wish!

Dave

 

http://www.diceelectronics.com/ipod_integration.htm try the one for the slk 320, It will should work

 

$450!

LOL, for $450 you can buy the ipod AND a compatible head unit!

 

I know that's why I never brought it up, this is for people who absolutely have to have their factory head unit.

 

<sigh>

Buy a new top-end head unit that has the features you cite, a harness socket like the one in my write-up, and forget about the factory head unit.

The only thing it does is play CD's, navigate marginally (if it's a NAV unit) and look nice (and cheap).

I took one path that gave me a head unit that controls everything
- iPod
- hands free bluetooth (music and phone)
- XM radio
built in CD
built in AM/FM
display and controls run EVERYTHING
iPod charges through car with supplied wire and stores out of sight, hjead unit handles display
XM box hidden, head unit handles display
separate GPS unit


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