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Thursday, October 20, 2005

iPod in the car - Griffin Smart Deck

Griffin Smart Deck
Using your iPod in the car can be tricky. There are FM radio transmitters, cassette adapters, custom installs and more. Griffin has come up with something truly unique - the Griffin Smart Deck Cassette Adapter. What makes this cassette adapter unique is that you can control your iPod using your tape deck controls. Hit the seek button on the tape deck and the Smart Deck will advance to the next song on the iPod. Very cool. Very innovative. Very simple. Why didn't I think of this?

There's a great review of this unique iPod car solution at PlaylistMag.com. My iPod cassette adapter from Griffin has already been ordered.

3 comments:

2poppy said...

This is very cool. Any idea why a 3g wouldn't work? Griffin recommends use with only 4g and 5g. I'm sure my horrid Ford stereo would freak it out anyway, but still, very cool car integration for those of us who can't afford a BMW or other high end solution.

Sweet blog.

Anonymous said...

Not sure why it wouldn't work with a 3G, other than maybe something with the dock connector. The 3G was the first with the dock connector, so perhaps it is missing something that the 4G & 5G iPods have.

2poppy said...

The box at the Apple store notes that it is in fact compatible with the 3g. I'm interested.