Apple Ipod Integration Kit

[rajeevkumar]

Hi All,

Apologies if repeating preiously asked question, but I have trawled through previous posts.

Wanting to hear an experience from someone who has successfully taken the plunge.

Would appreciate if you can advise of costs as quotes vary wildly between dealers and once installed easy to use, etc ?

Have an itrip connected to my ipod with varying quality of reception. Unsure whether to take the plunge or not.

Thanks in advance

 

[blassberg]

take the plunge - no comparison to the iTrip.

What model / year do you have?
do you have comand?
do you have an aux port in your glovebox

There are numerous options from fitting an aux socket to the integration kit and other people have other preferences.

I think the integration kit was money well spent (for me 3225 + VAT)

You can now get 80Gb ipods.

Search harder - there's lots of info in here / out there

 

[Blobcat]

I think the integration kit was money well spent (for me 3225 + VAT)

A bargain at £3,225 + vat , no price gouging by Mercedes. Are you sure it wasn't £225 + vat

 

[rajeevkumar]

update on model etc

Hey thanks for rapid response,

Info below

What model / year do you have? 2006 C class 200 Saloon.
do you have comand? No command, Audio 20 stereo.
do you have an aux port in your glovebox. Have no idea which... probably means no... Does this make a significant difference to costs ?

Thanks in advance

 

[blassberg]

A bargain at £3,225 + vat , no price gouging by Mercedes. Are you sure it wasn't £225 + vat

thanks bc!

 

[blassberg]

Hey thanks for rapid response,

Info below

What model / year do you have? 2006 C class 200 Saloon.
do you have comand? No command, Audio 20 stereo.
do you have an aux port in your glovebox. Have no idea which... probably means no... Does this make a significant difference to costs ?

Thanks in advance

ok - I'm guessing the following

you are compatable for an integration kit where you can navigate via the steering wheel but you will be able to see the first half only! of song names in the dash. you will not have an aux port in the glovebox.

 

[JPM993]

I saw it this morning at the dealer in Tonbridge, pretty nice setup but not sure that it is worth the extra cash over a Dension link, which is only around £100 fitted.

http://www.ipodcarkitdirect.co.uk/

 

[bitonw]

£100? hmm, not if you want to keep using your steering wheel controls etc. you need to bring a bit more dosh...

 

[FELLOW]

Hmm.. same old problem.

The cheap option is to buy a standard car stereo conector to headphone socket jack from the internet...£9.99...sacrifice your old autochanger and plug into the old autochanger slot.... the ipod then plays through the stero when autochanger / AUX selected and U use the pod to set the play list..if you don't fancy the fiddle with the connections Unicar will do it in about 20mins (£30 ish) and locate the end where you like...glove box, dash, were the ash tray used to be but now retrofitted charger ect... nicely hidden away.

There are also some other options out there ....in the 200-300 pound price bracket with separate displays.....search on stuff magazine web site..nice blue display

good luck

 

[niva441]

It works mostly well on my 06 C class.

The things that devaluse it is that it operates at a lower volume than the radio (this apparently be sorted by also connecting the cinch socket) and the dash display only has space for about 10 characters.