Playing iPhone through a basic car sterio

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Playing iPhone through a basic car sterio

Hi,

I travelled through Ireland recently and found I had to switch off the radio as the radio stations were boring. Normally we rent a car so we took CD's with us. However as we took my own car this time, which only has an old cassette player so we were with out tunes.

So as I have an iPhone I thought I should be able to hook it up with my car stereo (don’t forget it’s old). Basically how can I do this?
Need to consider power source.

Regards
Darren

custom built Athlon 64, Windows XP Pro

Posted on Oct 7, 2009 3:10 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 7, 2009 10:41 PM in response to Darren Gulliver

Easy conversion. Remove the "old stereo" from the dash and check if there are RCA receptacles (red/white) in the AUX section. Purchase an adapter cable with RCA plugs to a mini stereo plug. Plug the cable in, reinsert the stereo, switch to the AUX mode on the stereo and plug the mini plug into the iPhone. Have a good time!

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Answer 2

reima05

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10 points

Oct 8, 2009 10:41 AM in response to Darren Gulliver

A very simple solution... Look for a Cassette adapter. It will look like an ordinary audio cassette. You plug the iPhone in to the adapter using the iPhone's headphone jack and insert the adapter into the cassette deck.

Radio Shack sells such an adapter in the US...
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2361893&y=6&y=11&x=11&x=12 &retainProdsInSession=1&retainProdsInSession=1

Regards,
Marc

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Answer 3

Oct 11, 2009 2:30 PM in response to reima05

Thanks both for your suggestions.
A cassette Adaptor did cross my mind but I wanted to be sure.
I don think my stereo has an AUX, simply because there is no way to switch to AUX on my cassette player, Mine (as I said) is a very basic stereo which came with the car 12 years ago.

Many thanks
Darren

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Answer 4

Croughts

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8 points

Oct 12, 2009 4:36 AM in response to Darren Gulliver

Hi Darren,
You may well be sorted now, but just in case you haven't bought the adaptor yet, another advantage of it, as I recently discovered, is that not only can you listen to music from your ipod on the iphone, but you can make phone calls through your stereo, too. I discovered this by accident, but it's the best hands free option I've found. Turn your iphone volume down to about halfway, and turn your stereo up, and you have perfect clarity, with no need to an ear piece or anything else.

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Answer 5

Oct 12, 2009 4:56 AM in response to Croughts

Thanks for the heads up.
After posting I had a thought "I'm sure I own one" so I pulled out my cupboard (to my wife’s disbelief) and sure enough I found an adaptor in amongst some audio cables.
Went to the car to make sure it still works and it did. So I’m happy 😀
Also I already own a Bluetooth hands free.

Thanks
Darren

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