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Hey guys! What's going on? Well, I have a quick question about my ipod. I did try to search, but didn't really find what I was looking for. Anyway, I am soon going to be installing my own sub and amp. To do this, I am going to have to take out my head unit at some point. I know that there are those adapter kits with those blocks that cost like $150, but is there any way of me just plugging my IPOD into my HU or something while I have it out? Or is that big adapter thing my only hope? Thanks.

if you have a factory headunit, yep. if you get an after market headunit, most have an AUX in that you can connect the ipod too, or an adapter interface.

I have a pioneer headunit...

What would I need to connect it?

http://search.cardomain.com/cgi-bin/Msm ... +PIONEERS+

edit: check your model at the bottom of that page to make sure its on there, i'd assume those are just models with an AUX input though.

looks like that doesnt come with the actually AUX cable, so you might need to pick one of those up too, that shouldnt be too expensive.

this or this

My Head Unit is actually the Pioneer DEH-P3500 ...

Here Are The Spec

I believe it lists "optional auxillary input"

So what do I need? I have heard that Pioneers use an IP-bus and not a normal aux jack. Is this true? That would mean I need a IP-Bus to RCA converter, right?

jonnyb's first "this" is what you are just talking about. Etronics has it for about $30, as well as thezeb.com, and cardomain.com.

Optional Aux input means that you have to buy the adaptor which uses the IP-Bus.

that ipod to pioneer adapter is outragously expensive. You need the additional auxiliary input and a cable from radioshack that goes to 2 rca from an aux jack. Those are about $4.

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-kKFIllwORd ... =130CDRB10
the aux input that you need for your radio

the cord from radioshack is something like this
http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?c ... =274%2D369

only it will have actual rca male ends rather than females like that. But either way you can use it.

I bought my cdrb10 from http://www.cardomain.com

I think it was $35 bucks shipped or something, i dont remember. But I used it on my road trip to seattle so I could listne to my portable DVD player through my speakers. go pioneer.

btw if you do use it, make sure you turn on the AUX input, so then you can use it. I dont know how you would do it, for me the HU has to be off and you hold one button and blah blah, but mine came with the AUX off, so I had to enable the feature before I could use it. just to save you some troubles and frustration thinking its not working instructions should be in the manual good luck

Would something like this be an okay alternative?