Thursday, March 3, 2011

Ways to tune your iPod to play in your car


 Do you know how to tune an iPod to play in your car and here I surfed the internet and find some tips about this in ehow, and hope they can do you a favor.

One of the most frustrating parts about making the switch from CDs to digital MP3 players is the inability to easily playback your music in the car. Sure, you could use iTunes to burn your iPod's music on to CDs, but that creates an extra hurdle and hardly solves the problem -- burning your entire collection contained on your iPod could take hundreds of CDs. A few fairly easy solutions have arrived over the years to help you tune into your iPod while in the car.

Place the cassette adapter into your car's tape player. The cassette adapter contains a traditional tape cassette with an attached 3.5 mm stereo cable. Connect the stereo jack to your iPod's headphone port. Play the desired song on the iPod and press "Play" on your car stereo's tape player. The music will play through the car's speakers. This is one of the more affordable options, but will only work if you have an older car with a cassette player.

Connect the FM transmitter to your iPod. Depending on iPod model, the transmitter may connect via the dock connector or via the headphones port. Tune the FM transmitter (attached to the iPod) to the desired station. Refer to the transmitter's user manual for suggested radio frequency. Tune the car's radio to the same frequency. Use the iPod to play your desired music and it will play through your car's speakers via radio frequencies. This is one of the most universal solution (all cars have radios), but the quality might suffer in heavily populated areas.

Plug one end of a 3.5 mm male-to-male stereo cable into your iPod's headphone port. Plug the other end into your car stereo's MP3 or auxiliary input. Select the "MP3/AUX" source on your stereo. Play the desired song on your iPod, it will play through the car's stereo. This is an extremely simple solution to playing your iPod through your car's stereo, though older car stereos most likely will not have the auxiliary line-in.