I-pods in MPS

[12Lead]

Hey guys and girls just wondering what the options for hooking
up an I-pod/Mp3 player to the standard MPS headunit is ?
The options i have found so far are ,
*Factory Mazda $500 a bit exe
*Alpine also exe
* FM transmitter cheap and apparently nasty ?
Thanks in adance Todd

[tricache]

Check out theRPMStore and there Audiolink kits, easy to install and works like a gem.

I have on in my car and its great.

AudioLink

[12Lead]

So what mods have to be done to the headunit as stated in link

[tricache]

what mods? this just plugs into the AUX plug in the back of the standard mazda HU, simple and easy.

[12Lead]

Ok thanks tricache sounds the go ,
any other options before i start spending ?
Cheers Todd

[tricache]

I'm pretty sure you have covered all other bases

[MPSMatt]

I just use the Aux port in the armrest thingy......didn't all MPS's come with that?

[EVILMPS]

I'm the same as MPSMatt, got the Aux jack in the centre console happening! Works a treat, no dramas with sound quality.
Just means you have to control the iPod manually, but thats not that big a drama.
You can get a 3.5mm audio lead for any amount you want to pay, I got mine from JB Hi-Fi and is a decent quality brand. I also got a charging unit, that also plugs into the centre console, so my 'Pod gets charged as well.

Just don't forget to tuck everything away when you leave the car, some Skeksi smashed the window of my mate's car just to get his iPod!

[tricache]

I'm the same as MPSMatt, got the Aux jack in the centre console happening! Works a treat, no dramas with sound quality.
Just means you have to control the iPod manually, but thats not that big a drama.
You can get a 3.5mm audio lead for any amount you want to pay, I got mine from JB Hi-Fi and is a decent quality brand. I also got a charging unit, that also plugs into the centre console, so my 'Pod gets charged as well.

Just don't forget to tuck everything away when you leave the car, some Skeksi smashed the window of my mate's car just to get his iPod!

Thats the sacrifice you make, if you just plug it into aux jack then you have to use the ipod to change songs and "technically" thats illegal, its in the same boat as using your phone while driving.

The main reason I got the aux mod (audiolink kit) was to eliminate that but at the end of the day its what you prefer and how much you want or don't want to spend

And as Evil said, hide it when your not using it or out of the car, some people just see it and do the whole "smash and grab"

[12Lead]

I'm the same as MPSMatt, got the Aux jack in the centre console happening! Works a treat, no dramas with sound quality.
Just means you have to control the iPod manually, but thats not that big a drama.
You can get a 3.5mm audio lead for any amount you want to pay, I got mine from JB Hi-Fi and is a decent quality brand. I also got a charging unit, that also plugs into the centre console, so my 'Pod gets charged as well.

Just don't forget to tuck everything away when you leave the car, some Skeksi smashed the window of my mate's car just to get his iPod!

I have a 05/06 6mps and theres no jacks in the centre console ,
that might be the accesary Mazda tried to sell me for a fair bit of coin , anyone with a 6mps have one