IPOD

[Blane W. Yelton]

Has anyone successfully installed an IPOD into a 2005 Forester by an
means? Thanks!--

 

[jbaker]

I haven't done an IPOD, I have set up my iRiver to play throught my
Pioneer stereo. The Pioneer has an AUX line in, so I ran a line out
with a 1/8 inch plug. I just plug that into either the headphone or
the line out port on the iRiver. I can then plug my iRiver into the
car stereo. It works great.

Jack

 

[Roadie ROger]

Has anyone successfully installed an IPOD into a 2005 Forester by any
means? Thanks!--

I installed one in a 2005 Forester X. I used a Belkin "cigarette
lighter" IPOD DC adapter and an FM transmitter. I live in a
metropolitan area where all the FM channels have noise on them. A
simple FM transmitter just doesn't work. The transmitter was wired as
an alternate to the radio antenna. A switch by the front cup holder
selects either regular radio antenna or FM transmitter output to the
regular antenna input. It works OK. This was installed by Circuit
City.

The IPOD is really too fussy to be used in a car. I won't change
albums while I am driving. Only while parked. The 30 seconds it takes
to change is just too likely to cause an accident. A passenger could
easy change the tunes. You can put albums in repeat mode and select
"all albums by artist" to keep the tunes going. You can make up
playlists as long as you want.

The good I have 500 albums on my IPOD and it is only half full!

Good Luck

 

[Bruce Hoult]

I installed one in a 2005 Forester X. I used a Belkin "cigarette
lighter" IPOD DC adapter and an FM transmitter. I live in a
metropolitan area where all the FM channels have noise on them. A
simple FM transmitter just doesn't work. The transmitter was wired as
an alternate to the radio antenna. A switch by the front cup holder
selects either regular radio antenna or FM transmitter output to the
regular antenna input. It works OK. This was installed by Circuit
City.

I've been using iPods in my Legacy wagon for more than theee years now
(the first time was when I borrowed a friend's 5 GB iPod when I needed
to drive 1100 km with my family to attend a wedding on 2/2/2002).

I just sit it in its dock in the depression in front of the (automatic)
gear shift lever where you might otherwise put pens or sunglasses or
something. The dock gives it a low enough center of gravity to stay put
there even during spirited cornering.

I run a standard audio lead from the headphone socket to the line-in on
my car stereo. It would only need to be a few inches long but I use a
1.5m lead so that I can pass the iPod to back seat passengers when it's
their turn to choose music. I use the headphone out on the iPod rather
than the line-out on the dock because it's more convenient to adjust
volume using the iPod than using the stereo's controls and because that
lets me pass just the iPod back without the dock (which has power coming
in from the cigarette lighter) but with music still playing.

I also have an "iTrip" FM transmitter that I use in other people's cars.
It's good, but not as good as a cable.

The IPOD is really too fussy to be used in a car. I won't change
albums while I am driving. Only while parked. The 30 seconds it takes
to change is just too likely to cause an accident. A passenger could
easy change the tunes. You can put albums in repeat mode and select
"all albums by artist" to keep the tunes going. You can make up
playlists as long as you want.

Nah, it's no problem, as long as you give the road your atention and
glance at the iPod occasionally, and not the other way around.

 

[JaySee]

Has anyone successfully installed an IPOD into a 2005 Forester by any
means? Thanks!--

I have my iPod connected through the iPod connector to my Alpine Head
Unit.