Amp with 'ipod in' function?

[Stuart]

Basically I dont have a head unit in the VX anymore, but I want some music.

Are there any amps about that can take a 3.5mm/Ipod input to give me some sound through the speakers?

Only needs to be 2channel, fairly small and no more than 50Watts lol

Doable?

[Lee]

Pretty much every amp on the market will take its input from a pair of RCA's, in which case you just need a minijack to RCA lead. I may even have one lurking somewhere, if I find one, let me know how long you want it and ill solder it up the right length :)

EDIT actually I have a load of connectors anyway so I can make you one :)

[Southie]

How about this Stuart IPODCLICKY (http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?moduleno=45543)

[Stuart]

Cheers Lee

Sarfie, thats a bit too "likely to recoil and irritate me" lol

So just need to find a smallish amp fo cheaps

[L14MNP]

As said, any amp will be up to it.

lol @ 'how long do you want it'

[craig green]

plenty of amps on the 'bay I'd imagine.

You'll just need a switched remote wire obviously for switching the amp on/off.

[L14MNP]

Don't do what I have in the past, buy a cheapass RCA lead and use the shielding between the two channels for the remote live. lol

A mate was wanting to fit just an amp too. No reason to have a head unit if you're not that bothered I guess. :)

[craig green]

I guess an Ipod is a headunit...

Some nice Rockfords on the bay & Alpine V12's. Thats as far as I got searching until I was looking at trainers.. lol

[MattBrown]

Tescos do the lead.

£1.09iirc lol

[Nova_Sean]

That is actually genious! Weight saving & Anti thefting in 1 hit!

[Stuart]

I was going to look at a carputer thing, but CBA with the faff and weight.

Need to find a diddy cheap amp, they all seem to be massive and huge power thesedays :(

[Stuart]

think I've found the solution.
Only place I can find selling these 'epic' bits of kit lol
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Motocycle-Car-MP3-FM-USB-SD-Remote-Amplifier-4-Channel-/190411331172?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Audio_TV_Electronics_In_Car_Entertainment_GP S_Car_Amplifiers_PP&hash=item2c55665664

Should be fun.

[bazil]

so let me get this right ( i has the dumb today ) i have a alpine v12 amp to get my ipod playing through the speakers i simply unplug the rca's from the head unit and plug in my feed rca from the ipod into the amp and control the volume from the ipod?

fapping minted :)

[Hobbit]

Stu, I have an old little 2 channel lying around you can have for free...

although that bay one looks a good option.

[Jon_nova1]

Don't do what I have in the past, buy a cheapass RCA lead and use the shielding between the two channels for the remote live. lol

A mate was wanting to fit just an amp too. No reason to have a head unit if you're not that bothered I guess. :)

your meant to, i assume you mean the thin wire that goes between the two rcas?

[Stuart]

so let me get this right ( i has the dumb today ) i have a alpine v12 amp to get my ipod playing through the speakers i simply unplug the rca's from the head unit and plug in my feed rca from the ipod into the amp and control the volume from the ipod?

fapping minted :)

yarpen!

its just an amp, you give it a source which is either a headunit or iPod or DAB radio etc :)

Matt, cheers for the offer, but the ebay pikey thing looks ace as I can lob a memory card in etc
I have purchased the pikey ebay item and shall have a damn good giggle when it arrives

[Stuart]

well its arrived, I'm confused as to how the IR remote works as I cant see a hole for it lol

Its a hillariously poor quality item but for £18.50ish you cant whinge. Just need to get a female ISO adaptor to wires bit to fit it and away we go in pikey fireville

[Stuart]

Right, finally wired it in (added a relay so it comes on with the ign but uses the permy live feed as the power supply as the VX has a 20Amp feed to that vs the 10amp ign one).

For a cheap ass £18 amp/radio/sd card player its fapping epic!!!! OK the interface for playing mp3 folders is a bit cak (you cant skip folders, well not that I've found yet) but its not the end of the world.
The radio is pants, but I wont be using that bit due to having a DAB unit to plug in.

All in, pretty cool for the moneys involved :)

[maddogdaz666]

Even better now they're £14.50! how is it? is it any good now uve had it a few month? im thinking about fitting one to my track nova, so i still have some tunes to listen to on the way to and from the track.