My griffen iTrip just shit the bed like 2 days ago. I hard wired my iPod to my Kenwood KDC-MP828 through then AUX input untill i get around to buying the kenwood interface. It looks real nice the way it is. no wires except like 3 inches of headphone jack wire in my cup holder. When the cup holder is closed, you cant tell anything is there. Im happy with it.