connecting an iPod to a 98 Accord EX

Hi-

I'd like to purchase some adapter to connect an iPod to the factory
Honda stereo system in the 98 Accord (EX, not sure if that matters).
I've had bad to worse luck with FM transmitters etc, and would just
love to be able to plug the iPod in via a wire somehow. Has anyone
managed to do something like this? Any links to purchase or howto
sites extreemly appriciated.

Thanks,
-troy

tfandango > wrote:
> I'd like to purchase some adapter to connect an iPod to the factory
> Honda stereo system in the 98 Accord (EX, not sure if that matters).

There are basically two ways to go with wire. One is ipod-specific, where
the controls of your existing stereo control the ipod.
The other is a generic aux-input. You connect the headphone or line out to
the car, control is still at the ipod.

I have the simple audio auxillary input in my 2003 Civic.
http://www.logjamelectronics.com/piehonaux.html

I didn't have to remove the radio. There's a flat 14 pin connector, on the
back of the radio, so it was easy enough to reach up behind the radio and
plug the connector in.

I press the CD button once, it plays a CD in the original single CD player.
I press CD again, and it selects my mp3 player, as CD-1, track one.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?C1D73243B

> I've had bad to worse luck with FM transmitters etc, and would just
> love to be able to plug the iPod in via a wire somehow. Has anyone
> managed to do something like this? Any links to purchase or howto
> sites extreemly appriciated.

The FM transmitters vary from poor to unusable.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

wrote:
> The FM transmitters vary from poor to unusable.

I will make a plug for an FM transmitter I just got over Christmas for
a 99 Civic that only had radio (no cassette or CD). I had low
expectations, but it actually turned out better than I thought. Of
course, FM transmitter quality will never be very good, but at least
it's acceptable. When they first came out out, they only had 1-4 fixed
frequencies to choose from. Now they have the entire FM range 87-107
and can step by 0.1. That helps a lot.

The model I got was the Belkin Tunecast II from Wal-mart for $33. I was
impressed that it could work sitting by the gear shifter, when the
antenna is embedded in the rear glass. The fidelity is not great, but
it's acceptable. I rate the fidelity slightly below a cassette walkman.
With the crappy factory speakers, engine noise, road noise, it's a good
match for the system. =)