{"id":85,"date":"2006-09-05T08:56:16","date_gmt":"2006-09-05T16:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=85"},"modified":"2006-09-06T06:22:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-06T14:22:00","slug":"pimp-my-ride-the-search-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/85","title":{"rendered":"Pimp my ride: The search begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I have a new ride, there are some mods that I&#8217;m going to have to investigate to make everything just the way I want it. Since I listen to so much content on my iPod, I&#8217;m trying to find out the best way to connect it to the stock stereo. Sure, I can get an FM adaptor but they&#8217;re generally not very good. Historically, I used a cassette adaptor which I was quite satisfied with, but the new stereo does not provide a cassette.<\/p>\n<p>Honda makes an <a href=\"http:\/\/automobiles.honda.com\/models\/audio_accessories.asp?ModelName=Civic+Sedan&amp;PHOTO=6\" target=\"_blank\">iPod integration kit<\/a> but it&#8217;s expensive (about $500 installed) and reviews I have found indicate it&#8217;s clunky. I found the <a href=\"https:\/\/wire-tunes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Axxess wire-tunes<\/a> at my local Circuit City but it doesn&#8217;t available for the 2006 Civic. I&#8217;m also considering getting a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomtom.com\/products\/product.php?ID=210&amp;Language=1\" target=\"_blank\">TomTom GO 510<\/a> as it provides an iPod connection and control but I&#8217;ll need to see one in use first.<\/p>\n<p>Not sure what all options are. I&#8217;ll probably hit a few pro audio stores (e.g., not big-box stores) to get some ideas and advise.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:<\/b> After some research, I&#8217;ve ordered a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crutchfield.com\/S-YbDhvkGICep\/cgi-bin\/prodview.asp?i=581PA11HN2\" target=\"_blank\">USA SPEC iPod Interface<\/a> from Crutchfield (using a $20 coupon from <a href=\"http:\/\/dealnews.com\" target=\"_blank\">DealCoupon.<\/a> It lets you use your iPod through the CD changer interface so the controls work on the stereo. Unfortunately, it doesn&#8217;t support the text display. Stay tuned for installation experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I have a new ride, there are some mods that I&#8217;m going to have to investigate to make everything just the way I want it. Since I listen to so much content on my iPod, I&#8217;m trying to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/85\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geek"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vft-1n","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}