Ipod Nano, Best Option? Options

[SinisterWhisper]

I just switched from car fi to computers at best buy yesterday, but here is the breakdown in quality from worst to best.
FM Transmitter
RCA
Cable (can be done with newer decks, but the cable costs 30 for alpine and about 100 from pioneer and kenwood)

Personaly I say go with the cable because, it charges your ipod, better quality, and also you can control the ipod through the deck. Its pricey (entry decks with the ability are 130), but if you care about the quality at all that is the way to go.

[Davesceli]

i've got a 15gb, i use the monster charger and a tape adapter, sound quality is pretty good...actually pretty damn good!!!

Don't go cheap on a charger if youre gonna get one tho...i did that and it only lasted like a month at the most. I've had the monster one for over a year with no problems.

[GriffGirl]

One quick and easy way to figure out what your best options are for your car and budget is to look at Crutchfield.com; they have a GREAT selection of stuff from head units with iPod interfaces (that charge your iPod and allow you to control your iPod through the head unit) to FM transmitters. I have an iPod and started out using a roughly $50 setup I picked up at Frye's (outpost.com); it was okay but the sound quality really wasn't that great. When I got the Celica, it came with a head unit with 2 aux jacks (Panasonic, made about 6 months before they made the iPod adapter ones). I use one jack for my Sirius tuner and the other for my iPod, and the quality is WAY better than the FM tuner. I'd definitely go for the new head unit if you can. You can probably pick one up off eBay for about $150.

[kerosene]

get a ipod ready headunit, best way!

[tonytutino]

yeah dude get an ipod ready unit, i bought my sony xplod one from best buy... 120 with auxilary input

[kerosene]

whatever you do dont buy sony ^^ im anti sony.... go buy quality like pioneer, or alpine.... or even *cough* kenwood.... panisonic is ok too.... u gan get kenwoods and panisonics pretty cheap, the pioneers and alpines are higher grade and will cost a little more, but you can push it around 200

[goferris]

uh...
anyone notice how old this thread is?
LOL

[kerosene]

uh...
anyone notice how old this thread is?
LOL

*tries to delete post so not to look like a COMPLETE NOOB!*

[CelicaST_CALI]

uh...
anyone notice how old this thread is?
LOL

lol ya first thing i noticed..leon wat did u do?

[GriffGirl]

Aw, crap. <blushing>

lame. Oh well.

[Valo666]

i got an i-pod nano and i just put it up in my cell phone holder, went out and spent $35 for the upgrade for my Blapunkt headunit to get RCA's in, bought a set of RCA cabels with a headphone jack built in on the other end, cut a hole in the little tray beside the cig lighter, and just pull the cord out when i need to and put it back in. Sounds great, cost me $50 for every thing i needed to hook up.

[94celigts]

u could use headphone jacked rca's and then the cig lighter recharger for the nano. then you'll have playability and charge?

[ecaddiction]

I have a Kenwood Excelon deck, with the ipod cable ($30). The one thing I don't like is that its kinda laggy through the deck. It's easier for me to unplug the ipod, pick a different artist/playlist and plug it back in. I think alpine has the full speed navigation stuff.