connecting i-pod to rca input

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Topic: connecting i-pod to rca input

Posted By: jussam
Subject: connecting i-pod to rca input
Date Posted: June 10, 2005 at 8:17 AM

is it the same as connecting an i-pod to a home stereo rca with monster cable to an input on on a hu

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2-alpine amp mrv-f545 4ch amp
polk audio 6 1/2 frontdoor w/alpine center speaker
polk audio 6 1/2 rear w/8"polk sub
2-12" alpine X type sub
2-alpine mdr-1005 amps

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Posted By: xxbgfalcon07xx
Date Posted: June 10, 2005 at 10:00 AM

I have an aux on my HU, but all I did was use a cable that has RCA plugs on one end that hooked up to aux and a headphone jack on the other which plugs into the ipod.

Posted By: hightek
Date Posted: June 10, 2005 at 12:07 PM

you need to make sure your deck has an AUX input on it.
you can use a Y-cable (what xxbffalcon07xx is talkin about). or depending on the deck you have you can find an interface that will hook up to your deck and you can hook up your ipod. alpine makes one so does pioneer. the cool thing about that is you can control your ipod through your deck. there is also an interface out there called icruzer or something like that, more of a generic thing, but if it does the trick. the only downside with that is you can't control it through the deck.

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hightek
alpine cda-9827
12" Brahma
Eclipse DA6213

and still working on it

Posted By: jussam
Date Posted: June 10, 2005 at 5:51 PM

i was trying to avoid an interface because my factory hu has a aux button, but i removed the radio today and i didn't see any rca inputs just two harness and i can't replace the hu because my factory dvd sound will be lost . don't know how true but that's what i was told..

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2-alpine amp mrv-f545 4ch amp
polk audio 6 1/2 frontdoor w/alpine center speaker
polk audio 6 1/2 rear w/8"polk sub
2-12" alpine X type sub
2-alpine mdr-1005 amps

Posted By: redpeppers
Date Posted: June 11, 2005 at 12:12 AM

you can add a universal FM modulator........it has RCA jacks on it .........what type of car is it?.........

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Where theres is a wire there's a way.

Posted By: jussam
Date Posted: June 11, 2005 at 6:03 AM

2004 EXPEDITION i have the fm modulator that sits in a craddle that mounts to the lighter, but the sound transfers very low to the hu with hi volume and even with raising the volume on the i-pod

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2-alpine amp mrv-f545 4ch amp
polk audio 6 1/2 frontdoor w/alpine center speaker
polk audio 6 1/2 rear w/8"polk sub
2-12" alpine X type sub
2-alpine mdr-1005 amps