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Old May 27, 2007 | 09:17 AM
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Old May 27, 2007 | 09:25 AM
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Any 2 or 4 channel (depending on how many speakers you have) will work. You would need an adapter to go from the headphones plug into rcas. Hook that up to the ipod and the amp, put the amp's remote wire on a switch (or wire it into the ignition/accessory), and you're all set.
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Old May 27, 2007 | 09:32 AM
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Old May 27, 2007 | 10:03 AM
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subscribed...im interested to know if this works....
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Old May 27, 2007 | 10:08 AM
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It will. I once hooked up a portable cd player to a sub amp and it worked, so I don't see why this wouldn't.
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Old May 27, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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it works, but the sound quality sucks

true story
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Old May 27, 2007 | 01:57 PM
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It is simple, but find a docking port plug to RCA adaptor, for much better SQ, the headphone output is an "amped" signal, the docking port output is a pre-amp signal. 94
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Old May 29, 2007 | 07:00 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TanCar &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it works, but the sound quality sucks</TD></TR></TABLE>

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Old May 31, 2007 | 04:47 PM
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You can purchase iPod interface adapters to RCA outputs through PAC or TRC. They also come with power and ground wires so the iPod will be charged while connected to the harness.
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Old May 31, 2007 | 04:54 PM
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Old May 31, 2007 | 07:17 PM
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http://www.pac-audio.com/ http://www.pie.net/ http://www.soundgate.com/
The list goes on. 94
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Old May 31, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 04:56 PM
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how does the sound quality suck? ive got an amp on the wall in my install bay that i feed my ipod directly into. it sounds fine.
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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Sounds fine and sounds good are two different things

It can sound good with a direct line out from the ipod (dock connector to RCA) or the Red Wine Audio Mod, then with lossless audio encoding, and then a good quailty amp and speakers

Just using the 128kbps encoding is like any crappy burned CD. If thats good enough for you, then do it.

Its not like AM station bad
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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 09:47 PM
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I couldn't say it better. You will be ok as long as you rip your cd's at 320 kbps.
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Old Jun 4, 2007 | 03:15 PM
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I did such an install once. Sounds okay. 2-ch amp powering 4 speakers.

Here is the pic of the installation:



Here is pic of amp installed, that's the input cable coming out from the hand cream.

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Old Jun 4, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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Personally, I would just get a cheap deck with an AUX input on it... its alot cheaper, and won't look as ghetto as the pics above me..
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