JBL 10 Spkr + iPhone 3G ?

[EchoWiskey]

I've got an '03 Limited with the 10 speaker JBL 6 disk system. I've read through some of the threads and searched around a bit about hooking in aux units to allow for iPod/iPhone connections and am very interested in doing this. I have a few questions, however...

There seem to be a couple of device options. The ones I've looked at online are the ISAS71 from http://peripheralelectronics.com/ and the PODTOYV215 or PODTY3V6from www.icarkits.com

1) Both claim to charge the device, but threads on the forum seem to be conflicted over whether or not iPhones charge the same as iPods. Is there any consensus?

2) Both devices allow for song control through the steering wheel. While this sounds nice, I'm not sure how useful this is. Someone who uses it please chime in. Sounds handy, though.

3) The more expensive model from icarkits is able to put the song info on the radio display. This might be handy if the phone was tucked away, but I normally have mine out where I can use it as my 'nav system' if necessary. So I'm not sure if the text feature is worth the extra $50. Opinions?

4) I want the sound to be "digital quality" in. Some of the forum posts, and the peripheralelectronics.com page indicate this requires the loss of the 6 disk changer. While this wouldn't be a terrible loss for me, I'd like to avoid it if there is another way. The icarkits page doesn't mention anything about losing the 6-disk changer. Is there another way?

5) I'm also looking for a better place to put the iPhone than my cup holder. A few of you had posted nice
car mount kits but all the pictures seem to have aged off. Does anyone have a good pic of how they've got their iPhone mounted?

Thanks !

 

[santana]

I am also in this exact same situation. Except i have a 05 v6 sport with the 6cd 10 speaker jbl system.

Just got a free iphone 3g and would like to use it as a mp3 player for my car. Any suggestions or perhaps you were able to resolve these questions you posted.. i would like to hear back from you

Thanks in advance!

 

[EchoWiskey]

I still haven't found the solution I want. I've been limping along, switching back and forth between a radio signal transmitter and an old-school cassette to headphone jack adapter. I'm waiting to see what the TomTom iPhone adapter looks like (its supposed to have a suction cup holder, extra GPS receiver, and a link [probably radio signal link] to allow for phone through the radio system. I don't know how it would connect for music. Probably isn't going to have a digital music connect solution

 

[James_T]

Generally, I found that all iPod aux adapters and iPod-compatible head units charge the iPod itself, so I see no reason this adapter won't.

The steering wheel controls are pretty much preference: They seem very convient to me, and I almost use them exclusively.

As for the extra $50 to display text, I say kill two birds with one stone, and just get the car holder for your iPhone. I'll post a picture of my holder later tonight.

 

[santana]

please do .. thanks!

 

[esb_t4r]

I have an iSimple ipod adapter and it plays anything from my iPhone 3g, but didn't charge it on its own. I'm not sure but that peripheral electronics device may not charge the 3g either. It will charge a 1st gen iphone which uses 12V firewire, but the 3g and 3gs use usb voltage. I had to buy an adapter made by Scosche called the Passport. It is pretty tiny and now I can charge my iphone 3g and listen to mp3s, pandora, etc...