Ipod Nano, Best Option? Options

[LeonStryfe]

I have a nano and I wanna use it as my main car music provider but I'm not sure which is the best way to go under a very tight budget.

Any advice for any ipod users here : ) ?

Thanks in advance

Leon

which one do u think is better?

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/itripnano/

OR

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/itripauto/

This post has been edited by LeonStryfe: May 6, 2006 - 5:32 PM

[ScoobyDooCruiser]

#1-If you want high quality, the iTrip won't work. I've got an iTrip and it works great for spoken work (radio dramas for me mainly.) but I wouldn't reccommend it for the music.

#2- If you have an aftermarket deck with changer control, you should be able to plug RCA cables into the back. You will get the highest quality audio out of this. My bro's got an ipod car charger that plugs into the bottom, and it has a jack on there which you can use for the rca connection (this one, since it is off of the bottom of the ipod instead of the headphone jack will give you a better connection.) Run the RCA cable under the carpet and have it come up from underneath the seat, or another place for a sleek look.

#3- The third option is a deck specifically designed to work with an iPod that integrate the id3 tag displaying on the deck, and control of the iPod through the deck. This is the best quality, as well as the coolest, but it is a very "one trick pony" kinda options. If you're iPod dies, or if you lose it, or something like that, the ability you probably paid at least $100 or more for becomes useless. I'm not sure what decks do this these days.

I would recommend #2, but if you don't have a deck with changer control, and you have no $$$ for one, then the iTrip or a cassette connector is your best bet. (Casette conectors are good if you have a casette deck, but the downside is they have a tendency to wear out the motors in the cassette player if used regulary. I've broken two casette motors in my old volvo 240 when I used a casette adapter- I can't afford to replace the deck again, hence I switched to an iTrip.)