Black350

Anybody here have the Ipod Nano connected to their Aux. jack (MP3 jack in armrest) ? I need the cable to make the connection. My wife got me the Monster cable 1/8" from Best Buy, but it's freakin 7 ft. long WTF ! i need a short cable 1-2' at the most. But cant find one??? Anybody with info. , Thanks!

kensteele

Yes, my nano is connected and with a short cable less than 6 inches, but i don't know where i found this cable, seems to me it came with my Altec Lansing inMotion.

with all the crap stuffed into that small compartment, you're going to need as short as possible, if you have time to spare, i suggest you pick exactly the cable you want for <$1 off ebay.

mofogasm

i use this cable. It sounds a lot better then a cable plugged into your mini jack port. A LOT better

UpAndOver

Have you tried Radio Shack?
Search for catalog #42-2497. It is $4.29 and 12" long with two male ends, one to plug into the earphone connection on the Nano and the other into the AUX of your Lexus. They may have shorter cables but there search engine wasn't the best.

heyheyhey

i got a monster cable too but mine is alot shorter. Its a good cable though... i think, because i herd others complaining about a rough noise from their connections but the monster cable connection actually sounds really good. I hooked up a laptop to it and tried out a DVD. and it sounds amazing... even on a stock non-ml system.

mofogasm

forgot the link,

http://store.sik.com/merchant.mv?Scr...ry_Code=CABLES

kensteele

so does that charge your ipod, too?

cooney

It doesn't look as if that one has a power connection to charge the iPod.

The Belkin Auto Kit for iPod w/ Dock Connector pictured below includes a power connection, audio output from the dock connector (as mofogasm and others say, this will give better audio quality than using the headphone jack) and an amplifier with volume control, so you can set the level to match the in-dash CD player.

Still need a (short) cable to connect the Belkin's audio output to the AUX input (1/8" mini jacks on both ends).

Reports in an earlier thread here said that this unit works very well, but that one may also need an isolator to reduce noise.

More info about the Belkin unit is here on their website.

List price is $40, but coupon code 12345 brings it down to $24.

mofogasm

you can get a firewire car charger that plugs into the other line on the ram din. I only like charging my ipod when it needs to be charged.

nehal51086

that is how it should be...you should not charge your ipod unless it needs too..nor should u leave it pluged in for an extended amount of time...this is bc charging a battery decreases the ability of the cells to hold electricity..so your battery will not last as long in the future....this is the same for any rechageable batteries..(cell phones..laptops..etc).

Bichon

Bad advice. The Li-Ion batteries in an iPod (and in modern laptops and cell phones) last longer with partial, rather than full discharges. Discharging past 80% is very hard on them, and if you run them down to nothing, could even trip their safety circuit. I think you are confusing the "do's and don'ts" of the older nickel based battery technologies with the best practices for Li-Ion.

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-21.htm

diablo1

Really? Any battery technology that can't be fully discharged doesn't seem like a good technology to me. This is the best that modern science can come up with?

terp05

iTrader: (1)

I imagine this is the result of market research. I would like to think that more often than not people charge their batteries at regular intervals (like each night) or have a tendency to recharge when they see the battery is getting low (eg around 80% drained) rather than completely discharge the batteries frequently. Given these tendencies, it would be better to design a battery that can handle a great amount of recharges and maintain its capacity to store charge rather than a battery that should be discharged completely or else its life is significantly reduced (like the old models).

Of course these are always recommendations- I'm sure completely discharging your cell phone's Li-Ion battery won't render it useless anytime soon.

shaolin

iTrader: (2)

does that mean i can charge my cell phone when ever i want

Bichon

Yes. No harm in charging it nightly. The two things you want to avoid are heat (never leave your cell phone in a hot car) and deep discharges (don't let it run to the point where the phone powers itself off due to low battery).