kensteele

my case might be a little bit different, my nano is exclusive to my is350 so that where it stays 24/7. i leave it on the charger constantly (it only get recharged when the car is on) and battery on it is just fine as it has been with other ipods i have used in the past. you are free to charge the battery whenever you like as often as you like, there is no harm. before i got my current setup (without the car charger), my nano battery would show red every 2 or 3 days and i had to take it inside the house for charging which was a pain.

shaolin

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cool. thanks for the heads up

shaolin

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my new question is... is the apply ipod the only mp3 player that we can connect to our car?? i have sony mp3. is that going to work??

kensteele

you can use any mp3 player that you can get to connect. although i strongly suggest you switch to an apple ipod if you don't already have one.

shaolin

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i don't that's the thing.... has anyone (other than apple owner) used their mp3 on the IS yet??

Kermee

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I've hooked up an Archos AV 700 100GB PMP to the AUX-in. It works fine.

Any device with a standard 1/8" stereo mini-plug output (Read: headphone jack) will work with the AUX-in on the vehicle. And for that matter, any device which provides line-level output will work also with the correct adapters.

You're just seeing a lot of people with iPod's because of Apple's prevalence in the portable media market. Heck, I finally broke down during this summer and bought my first Apple iPod (Nano). But you can use whatever you want (e.g. Creative Zen, iRiver's, etc). Even my old Sharp MDS-200 MiniDisc recorder will hook up to the AUX-in.

Cheers,
Kermee

shaolin

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thanks Kermee.. i'll try go buy the connection this weekend or something to see if it'll work. i hope it doesn't **** up any thing. i hate electrical problems...

kensteele

hehe, like i said if you can get it to connect, it will work. i've connected cellphones, pdas, camcorders, mp3 players, anything will work (with a standard jack) but all you will hear is the audio. that is the definition of "auxillary". don't worry, you shouldn't have any electrical problems.

edit: added the word "shouldn't" since there are no guarantees.

Kermee

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Like kensteele said, you won't run into electrical problems...

... unless you have a flux-capacitor in your car somewhere.

Cheers,
Kermee

shaolin

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okok, so what is the flux-capacitor now???

SGT

It makes time travel possible!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_capacitor

Black350

Thanks guys for the Info. I will do some more searching!

yaro1

Although it would have been cool to have an iPod hookup using the dock connector like in other makes, I think Lexus did the right thing by not limiting the IS drivers to iPods .

This will be especially good if the iPod ever dies out.

s1ick

I got the cable from Radio Shack, but the volume on the car radio has to be up in the 40’s for me to hear it? Is this normal? I have the volume on the MP3 player up all the way. Would appreciate any help.

Taka

I'm not using the cable from RS, but I can hear the music with 22 with the volume.
The volume on my NANO is up all the way.