Finally iPod free!

[nightyard]

my coupe came with a dension 300 when I bought it, its a nice solution and I have an ipod and a usb flash stick plugged into it and I switch between the 2...but I think an aftermarket headunit is what im going to get next as I don't like the quality of the business class one :thumbsdown:

 

[chris g]

i fitted the parrott to the landrover and the dension to the zed, the parrot is good if you dont mind an additional display

i had an amp fitted to the zed at the same time and its currently giving me feedback as the dension has an amp too .... back to the shop on monday ...

 

[TonyP]

Sorry to liven up an old thread, but I thought I'd add to this rather than start a new one, my question is this----Is there any additional functionality by using an iPod as opposed to a USB Stick?

Tony

 

[Stuart Truman]

That depends upon the hardware solution you're using. Most iPod interfaces just pass through the head unit or steering wheel controls to the iPod. USB keys are obviously dumb devices so any functionality like shuffle, playlists etc are provided by the interface you buy.

 

[TonyP]

Thank-you, although we're predominately Apple/iTunes users in our household I rarely use playlists anyway so I'm thinking a USB stick may be ok.

However a cheapy iPod would be easier as 90% of the music in my iTunes has been ripped in .m4a format which the Dension wont play natively so it would save me using a coverter to make them all into mp3's.

 

[Mangozac]

Thank-you, although we're predominately Apple/iTunes users in our household I rarely use playlists anyway so I'm thinking a USB stick may be ok.

However a cheapy iPod would be easier as 90% of the music in my iTunes has been ripped in .m4a format which the Dension wont play natively so it would save me using a coverter to make them all into mp3's.

If that's the case I'd go with the cheap iPod then. Functionally there's no difference, it's just that iPods have disadvantages:
- Cost
- Additional complexity (so more prone to failure)
- Internal battery won't like being completely charged all of the time