I feel dumb asking this question but I'm lost in the tech world.

I have an 07 IS250 with nav. And just got a new 2nd gen ipod nano. What specific cable do I use to plug into the nano and into the mp3 jack inside the center console? The owner's manual is not specific.

I tried searching on circuitcity.com but there's several different audio/video cables. Ahhhhh! I don't know which ones to buy or what fits. Please post description or links of the cable. Help me out here. It took me about a month to learn my navi and my voice commands.

 

The input in the armrest is the same size as a normal headphone jack (1/8" stereo).
On the iPod side, you can either get something from the headphone jack, in which case you'll need 1/8" male stereo to 1/8" male stereo, or you can get one from the dock port, which will have a dock connector on one end and a stereo plug on the other...

 

They are 35mm male to male stereo mini jacks. Circuit City has it for $20. You can probably find it somewhere else cheaper.

 

just make sure you DON'T get a mono cable, or the sound will only come from one side.

 

One thing I noticed using the Aux input is noise. It's worse in my Mercedes. Does anyone make a mini jack cable with noise canceller?

 

Ditto here, I'm getting alot of noise from mine using the headphone line AND the line out, no matter what I do. Tested 3 different model IPODs as well.

I may have an aux input pulled off my Sirius install, the stock AUX input just isn't cutting it.

And while I'm on it, what genious designed the power jack in the center console with no room for 99% of the chargers on the market with the center console cover closed. Why couldn't they position it like the new Camry's? a very nice setup.

 

they are 3.5mm not 35mm and radio shack has one for $5

 

For noise filtering:
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-ABm14gA...90&I=127SNI135

 

My cables from Radioshack work perfectly. I bought the elbow adapter as well so I could close the arm rest.

 

Forget using the headphone jack. You'll get much better sound by using a line out adaptor. I got one from sik.com:

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

The sound is much smoother and you won't have to turn up the volume on your Lexus system as high. Highly recommended. I only wish it was a bit longer.