I searched the forum and I saw some of the topics related to this but I still have some questions. I have a 99 Civic with the factory HU and I'm going to be getting my hands on an iPod in the near future. Belkin offers a FM Transmitter specifically for the iPod but I'd rather have a wired solution for sound quality purposes. So what are my options, keeping in mind I know nothing about car audio.

Obviously I doubt there is a mini-stereo jack anywhere on my factory HU, but what is on my HU that I can use? I'm looking for the cheapest solution possible really.

 

From what i can recall, nothing works well with a factory HU. You might be able to do something with the cd changer input. But i doubt there's any convertor for the ipod. Fm modulator is the best choice. sorry man

 

Maybe you could get a new HU. My friend just bought his girlfriend an Alpine with a jack just so she can plug her iPod in.

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What about this thing?

http://store.yahoo.com/logjam/sounsnhond3.html

I found someone else talking about it on another board. Is this only an Accord thing or will it work with my Civic HU?

 

Thanks for the link - that's what I've been looking for (including at logjamelectronics) for my '03 Accord, but either it's new this week or I missed it somehow. What you need for your Civic is this:

http://www.logjamelectronics.com/piehonaux.html

 

Okay cool, so then I just need to go from the RCA Connectors to mini-stereo right? They have it on there via one of the links for like $24.00. I'm fairly certain I could get it cheaper than that at Radio Shack or something though. What do you think?

Thanks for your link.

 

You should be able to get a 6 foot miniplug-to-RCA cable from radio shack for under $10. Let us know how it turns out.