Ipod waaahhh

[BettyBoop]

Any suggestions for options (ie. interface swap) to connect my ipod where i can scroll through music with the steering controls, charge while playing, and be able to stow it away (ie. like in the glovebox)? and maybe prices and installation?

3 weeks with Betty and this iPod situation is driving me bonkers!
Call it OCD...but i hate wires comin out of nowhere...and using multiple plugs for one device (aux in/charger)..so inefficient. Plus...i hate when things are in place but have no function! (its like light switch that doesn't do anything!)

Shpanks!

[philipa_240sx]

Nissan sells and OEM iPod interface/adapter. It's the same one used in the +2008 Altima. However, it only works with the BOSE system. It won't work with the base model radio. Read more here:

ipod-support-t292902.html

Your other option is an aftermarket deck. In some ways this can be a cheaper option than the OEM iPod adapter. There are many options out there including double DIN units that offer large controls and bigger screens.

Example:

My wife has a dual DIN Clarion head unit that works great with her iPod. You can safely stow the iPod out of sight and it gives you full control. It's model # CX400 (formerly the DUZ385):

http://www.clarion.com/us/en/products/2 ... 53388.html

[BettyBoop]

that head unit looks chic...i've got the bose in mine so the altima interface is probably what i'll look into...I'd like to keep the car as is as possible so I'd want the additions i make to be seemless and subtle as to make it seem i brought it home that way. that's the OCD in me again...hehehe Thanks for the input...haven't found a price point on the adapter/installation yet but theres a lot to sort through from the other thread you provided. Thanks again!

[philipa_240sx]

It 'may' be possible to use the OEM iPod adapter with the base radio. Leo2005 shows a photo in the following thread that shows the base head unit having the same connectors as the BOSE. Most importantly is the SAT input connector.... 3rd from left. This connector is used for SAT radio and the Nissan iPod adapter on the BOSE systems.

Nobody's tried yet the iPod adapter with the base model radio... it has the proper connector but no guarantee it will work.

exchanging-oem-radio-for-a-dealer-remov ... 86917.html

Non-BOSE head unit, SAT connector 3rd from left:

[takeshi]

I wouldn't recommend the OEM interface. It works but navigating the menus feels very kludgy and the iPod doesn't remain in shuffle mode (it defaults to progressing alphabetically through the current playlist every time you turn the ignition on).

The steering controls work just fine but you have to hold the lever for a second to advance or go back a track. A second doesn't sound like much but I find that annoying and just use the controls on the head unit itself.

Satellite radio text display at some point started being truncated at 8 characters. It wasn't like that when first installed. iPod text is fine. I do use the OEM iPod interface but only really because the iPod mount connected to Aux for my fiancee's iPod is specific to her Touch (mine is a Classic and doesn't fit the mount).

There's also Peripheral's iPod interface. I don't know off the top of my head if it's compatible with the base radio. I don't recall it getting favorable feedback around here either. There was a Youtube clip of it.

I'd like to keep the car as is as possible so I'd want the additions i make to be seemless and subtle as to make it seem i brought it home that way. that's the OCD in me again...

Find a good dash kit and you're set. If you're really picky find a head unit with amber/orange illumination. If I had to do it over again I'd just replace the head unit with one that has a good built-in iPod interface.

I'd place "stock appearance" second to functionality but YMMV.