cassette to i-pod adapter?

[John]

Are these available? i want one with a direct ipod jack, NOT the usual aux jack. :)

[Novasport]

I spoke to a guy at the Classic car show who could wire an adapter into the back of an old radio cassette so you can play an i-Pod through the LW or MW channel. Thought about getting the brown one done on the Sport

[LEWI007]

You can get an cassette tape off ebay for a quid with a wire coming out of it and it has a earphone jack on it so it plugs into where your earphones would go on a ipod or mp3 player.

[Cle]

As lewi said you can get them for about a pound, my mate use's them in is escort van and they work perfectly

[Novasport]

Nicer to have it wired in directly then you can hide the i-Pod in the glovebox etc with no trailing wires.
Also, the original brown radio for my Sport does not have a tape player lol
Or FM band either for that matter!!!

[bazil]

Just get a small amp and use the iPod as the input source and have it all hidden away, Stuart made a thread about doing this a short time ago for his vx and didn't have a head unit either.

[Novasport]

Good idea, this would work I assume...

http://i.ebayimg.com/16/%21CBYheL%21BGk%7E$%28KGrHqMOKikEzWkeEoisBNHZp6V+Q %21%7E%7E0_12.JPG

[John]

cool thanks chaps. I've found there's sound loss with an aux to ipod.

[bazil]

sort of, if you use the big plug at the bottom of the iphone it doesnt allow me to use the ipod functions.

i use this very cable in the link, its a 3.5 jack to rca :) it allows full control from the phone of volume etc too

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=3.5+mm+jack+to+rca&cid=17963821543084267229&ei=OYIjTdyePI743ATKleyQBw&sa=title&ved=0CCAQ8wIwBTgA#p

[mowgli]

my daughters ipod runs fine on my 1990's jvc NOS cassette player..even though it does look like its having its period... maybe you need a cassette head cleaning kit

[Novasport]

This looks promising.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140488302474&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Says it does not disable i-Pod function and also supplies power to it!

[Graeme]

The only down side is that you can't skip tracks/select albums, if you put the Ipod in the glove box

[bazil]

get one of those stick on the windscreen holders lol