Ipod / Iphone ICE query

[urS6Tom]

I'm thinking about buying that IDA-X305S unit. Big question for me is whether i'll be able to play music from the spotify app on it. Do you know whether you get sound output from whatever app you're using, or is it just the iPod.

Be grateful if you could try something like youtube and see whether you can get the audio through the car speakers

Tom

[s2_bo]

Its Genuine but Distributed by Alpine Electronics China Co,. ltd who are there Asia and China distributers.

Tom, ill look in to that for you when i get it set up.

[QuattroFever]

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[urS6Tom]

Its Genuine but Distributed by Alpine Electronics China Co,. ltd who are there Asia and China distributers.

Tom, ill look in to that for you when i get it set up.

I've taken the plunge and bought a unit from the same eBay seller as you

What amp and speakers are you going to use with it?

I'm trying to work out where to install the iPhone (which i'll be using for monitoring EGT/IAT as well as satnav). Don't want to just screw a mount on anywhere as I think it looks ugly + makes your car more likely to get broken into. The air vent on top of the dash (this is on the S6) to the the right of the steering wheel looks promising. Reckon I could route the cable from the head unit through to there under the dash and make some kind of custom mount inside it. Will need to remove one vane from the front of the vent but shouldn't be that noticeable.

[s2_bo]

Good good,
I have removed the ashtray and have a normal dock attached in there on some magnetic tape. It does cover one of the aux gauges when its plugged in but i dont mind that so much
and the ashtray lid hides all details of it when its covered up.

I have an JL 4 channel amp and 4 6.5" JL components with separate tweeters via the cross overs.
Im putting the 6.5" in to the door and in to the rear cards but will have to adjust the brackets a bit as they are way bigger.


What program are you using for EGT etc and what hardware do you need for that?

[s2_bo]

Just a note incase someone was thinking of buying one of these.

The IDA-X305S unit does not support the high speed connection cable for iphone/ipod.
So you cant connect a usb source and the iphone at the same time as there is only one usable connection.
The only other option is to buy the bluetooth module but that another £150. That allows you to stream music over bluetooth.
The reason i wanted to be able to connect both a hdd and the iphone was that i am still using a old 8gb phone and by the time the apps are installed on it there is little space for music..
I think i will sell this head unit and buy one of the older ones that support the high speed cable.

[urS6Tom]

Hi - I'm a bit new to all this, could you explain what you mean by

"The IDA-X305S unit does not support the high speed connection cable for iphone/ipod."

Does this present a problem if you're only going to be using an iPhone and no USB stick?

Tom

[s2_bo]

No not at all.
The older models had a usb connection and a dedicated cable just for iphone/ipods.
Therefore you could use the usb for an usb stick or a hdd and the dedicated cable for the ipod.

This unit does not support the dedicated cable unfotunatly so the iphone is connected via the usb cable (this is supplied with the head unit)
It just means you cant connect both at the same time.

(the reson that this unit doenst support the dedicated cable is because it has its own digital encoder so the endcoding is done in the head unit and not in he iphone. This results in better sound - I was told this by the guy i bought it from anyway)

[dubmeister]

Keep the head unit you have got, buy a cheap 30g ipod, stick the cable in the glovebox etc and you have 30g of changer already installed (all song converted to lossless naturally), no plugging unplugging forgeting it etc......simples.

[Le S2 Audi]

Keep the head unit you have got, buy a cheap 30g ipod, stick the cable in the glovebox etc and you have 30g of changer already installed (all song converted to lossless naturally), no plugging unplugging forgeting it etc......simples.

I nicked my Daughters old Nano just for this reason... Was always forgetting to take my Ipod out of the golf and put it in the Audi...

Don't have to worry now...

I fitted this unit; Alpine-cde103bt



So I can use a USB stick, Ipod, Aux Input & Bluetooth all in one....

No Holes No silly mounts etc etc.... Extra cable goes in the Glovebox with the Ipod... Mic fits on the drivers undertray and you never notice it... Liked it so much I fitted one to the Golf too...