[Brian]

currently i have a radio that only plays CD's. Radio just doesn't work for some reason. testing everything and i think the radio is just crapped out. every time i turn the jeep off and back on, all settings are gone and CD starts at track 1. thinking of putting in a Bluetooth Radio to work with my iPhone. but if you own an iPhone, you will understand my concern with ruining it with mud or water. i am looking for some cool setups and ways to get around CD's skipping all the time over bumps and Whoots. Radio wont come in on some places so i figured this is my only option.

i like this idea but with the top off at best or all windows out at the least, this iPhone would be COVERED in mud or water..

[JeepinIan]

Get a radio w/ a hard drive and load it w/ a thumb drive.

[Brian]

JeepinIan, on Oct 21 2009, 05:20 PM, said:

Get a radio w/ a hard drive and load it w/ a thumb drive.

hmmm... wonder how much those go for..?? i got a $50 gift card to Best Buy. doesn't look like they have any there. i will check EBAY.

what about that picture above.. would i be able to just throw a thubdrive in there with music and it play you think?

[JeepinIan]

[Brian]

thats almost as good as this...

http://tinyurl.com/yj3rskm

[TallJeep]

Brian, on Oct 21 2009, 03:58 PM, said:

currently i have a radio that only plays CD's. Radio just doesn't work for some reason. testing everything and i think the radio is just crapped out. every time i turn the jeep off and back on, all settings are gone and CD starts at track 1. thinking of putting in a Bluetooth Radio to work with my iPhone. but if you own an iPhone, you will understand my concern with ruining it with mud or water. i am looking for some cool setups and ways to get around CD's skipping all the time over bumps and Whoots. Radio wont come in on some places so i figured this is my only option.

i like this idea but with the top off at best or all windows out at the least, this iPhone would be COVERED in mud or water..

Some guys in here have a stereo with a front USB port (like the one you have in the picture) and they use a thumb drive (as Ian said) to storage their music and play it. You can call it a cheap IPOD I guess, I have some how the same set up you show in the picture but the wire for the IPOD/IPHONE goes to my Glove compartment so it keeps it away from the mud ETC.

[Brian]

This is what I will probably do too. With the wire. I actually forgot about that little glove compartment. Lol

[UTKJinFL]

What's a CD?

I still have the stock radio and used a Peripheral PXDX to convert the CD changer port to AUX and then to a JL Audio SES to route the outputs of my nav, iPhone/iPod, CB, SIRIUS and Video. The signal-sensing feature of the SES allows me to set the priority of the sources which right now is set to Nav as top. So no matter what I am listening to, if the Nav has info (or I get a phone call) it automatically switches so the info or phone call can be heard and then switches back to the last source. It's nice on the trail because I can be listening to my stereo and if something comes over the CB I hear it through the speakers then it switched back to my music automatically. Since I have not listened to AM/FM since 2003 and CD's are all but extinct, the stock deck is basically a volume knob.

I can't show you pictures of the wiring since it's all hidden because I am a 12V Ninja.

[Brian]

Well I have none of those thngs you do. Just looking for some pics and advice on an iPhone setup. Gunk I may go to bestbuy and snag a radio with USB port on the front. Thumbdrive or iPhone can be plugged in. Good thing I just thought of is that the iPhone would be charging if I use the USB port. Of course I need to make sure it is compadible with the iPhone 3gS. Just like some older docking stations, it might play but not charge.

[Brian]

ended up ordering this one… it has the audio in port, aswell the USB port.. I am excited.