iPOD and CDR23

Anyone installed an FM modulator in line with the antenna on the CDR-23? Any advice or recommendations would be appreciated.

You've come to the right place: I have tried most of them. Most important is your location. Here in the NYC area it is hopeless, and I have given up. There are just too many strong radio signals all over the spectrum. (BTW,I found many at everythingipod. com). From iTrip, to every other wireless FM modulator, until finally last month I bought a hardwired in-line FM modulator from Crutchfield and spent over an hour installing it. It worked great until I turned the ignition on, and that was it. There was so much interference from the engine that it drowned out most of the music. BTW, I had to buy 4 different connectors before I found one which fit into the back of the Becker. I now have quite a collection of (useless) accessories!

Thanks for the data. Guess I'll just carry some CD's in the door pocket...

I would suggest contacting the moderator of the Cayenne forum, Mudman2. He has a hardwired FM modulator in his Cayenne (along with a pretty detailed install procedure/pics) and it works very very well. He may be able to help out. Can't see why you problem can't e solved.

Of the least desirable is to use the FM Cassette with wire to connect the Ipod, provided you have the cassette player. It works fine, just have the wire running out of the radio to the Ipod.

here we go again Freedom fighter - porsches that have the MOST Bus (which creates this problem of no AUX in) do not have a tape deck. lee, my suggestion is (and this is personal, as i dont like to mod my cars that much) go with the iTrip FM Transmitter cute little unit that goes on top of the iPod, and lets you use any station you want.

Wish the iTrip worked. I returned mine and paid the restocking fee (sigh)

I use the Itrip all the time. It doesn't work great, but I've found if you turn the volume down on the ipod to about 50% vs the 80-90% they recommend , and compensate with volume on the stereo it works alright. I've had problems in NYC however where there are more frequencies being used, but outside of the city its ok.

iTrip works great, don't know what you're talking about leedav... and i'm in the NYC area, most of the radio stations are taken or have interference

If you're not comitted to the Becker and are willing to spend $400-$500 you can get an Alpine with an iPod controller. I'm looking at one now. One good feature is the ability to navigate the ipod using the head unit controls. Navigating the ipod while driving is a good way to have an accident. Tim

Tim - I keep hearing that the MOST system runs fiber optic cable to the rear amps, and it's a major thrash to install an aftermarket system. Have you heard differently? Moogle - Maybe I had a bad unit. I tried it in 4 different cars, and none of them got good enough reception for me to want to keep it.

Ekename, How does navigating the ipod using the Alpine head unit SAFER than using your ipod directly. Not sure I understand your logic there.

Moogle, I have the iTrip and it blows (I live within 15 miles of NYC and commute). I've tried all available frequencies. Ekename, with the fiberoptic MOST unit, you can't just replace the head unit--wish I could. The only hope was Dension who is supposedly working on a link, but they have been making promises for 2 years without delivering...

I tried the iTrip too. The signal strength is just not strong enough because Griffin does not offer an external power source and runs it off the iPod battery. While it is neat and compact, the transmission quality suffers because of this. Also, the iTrip uses "songs" stored on the iPod to tell the unit what frquency to broadcast on. If you keep these "songs" on the drive and have your iPod on random, when it hits the "song", it will change the frequency on you. If you delete the "song" off the iPod, and you run into a conflicting station, you have no way to change the frequency. It's a poorly thought out design.

I received a Belkin Tunecast II for Christmas and use it with my Pocket PC. You can see the iPod version (which is probably the same as mine except the color) at: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=166893 It will run off batteries or you can plug it in (if you don't mind the wire). The sound quality is not perfect but it is pretty good. I have not used it IN NYC but I have used it NEAR NYC without any problems. Barry

The one wireless FM transmitter which worked better than the iTrip (for me) was the DLO TransPod--unfortunately it is rather bulky and expensive. Mine broke after a few months (I got a full refund). http://everythingipod.com/suggest.tp...tarq=YES&max=1

I can't wait for someone (Dension, etc.) to come out with a direct-MOST (fiber) compatible iPOD interface cable/kit... I was hoping that someone would announce it at CES last month but that did not happen -- I've signed up for the waiting list for the Dension IceLink for MOST-enabled Porsches and it looks like they just started shipping a Mercedes compatible MOST/Fiber iPod adapter so maybe we will get something soon.. I refuse to use FM transmitter or cassette adapters after having the glory of a direct iPod connection in my wife's Audi and in my last (1999) 996.

I signed up for Dension's waiting list when I bought my '04 C4S Cab last May. I call them every 3 months, or so, and I keep getting bulls**t answers. I had a direct iPod input in my '03 SL 500, so I know how you feel, but I think it's not going to happen. Does anyone know if the 997 has a MOST system, and if it has MP3 aux-in connections? Our only hope is that Porsche was stupid enough not to fix this problem in the 997, and there is consequently enough demand for after market solutions like Dension...

I'm nearly certain that the 997 is also MOST and that it does not have an AUX line-input.

All MY03+ Porsche vehicles (996,997, 986, 987, Cayenne) are MOST based (and in fact use the same MOST amplifier).

must be because it is the LEAST flexible.. ;-)

Itrip is cool but I could not get a good signal. You have to explore other options.. But if you want to buy one I will sell it to you. I am going to replace the head unit with an alpine and get the ipod module .. I had the phatnoise in my audi.. It was great. Using the ipod while driving is challanging to say the least. intergrated is the only safe way..

LVDell, Not sure it would be safer necessarily but I know from experience that using the ipod and itrip is difficult since you pretty much have to look directly at the ipod screen to see it. With the alpine the information from the ipod is displayed on the head unit's display. I typically feel pretty comfortable using the radio control while driving. Tim

Lee, I hadn't heard that about the aftermarket install. A friend of mine who does installs doesn't seem to think there'd be any problem. I'll ask him about MOST and let you know. Tim

believe me, at the present time, there is no way to get AUX in into the MOST ring except through FM modulation.

My God, this topic is a black hole no matter which forum it's in.