iPod & Astra

[gigijord]

Dont waste your time with Strathfield car Radios. They wouldnt even know what CANBUS is.

Shaun

I don't know what CANBUS is! :dance:

I looked in the phone book today to see if there was a phone number to contact Blaupunkt - there isnt (in Melbourne at least). I rang one of the Blaupunkt authorised repairers to see if they could help me hook up my ipod. He said there was a module that you could purchase and then asked if it was an aftermarket stereo system or one from factory. I replied factory. He then said that Blaupunkt would not supply a module for a factory fitted system - only aftermarket systems. I didnt think this was going to be this hard!???!

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[entice]

blaupunkt is located across the road from Bosch, in Clayton, Vic. McNaughton Rd

Try calling Bosch. Blaupunkt was (still is?) a Robert Bosch company....

[Shaun]

I don't know what CANBUS is! :dance:

I looked in the phone book today to see if there was a phone number to contact Blaupunkt - there isnt (in Melbourne at least). I rang one of the Blaupunkt authorised repairers to see if they could help me hook up my ipod. He said there was a module that you could purchase and then asked if it was an aftermarket stereo system or one from factory. I replied factory. He then said that Blaupunkt would not supply a module for a factory fitted system - only aftermarket systems. I didnt think this was going to be this hard!???!

CANBUS is the electroncs used in the AH Astra. Its the Electronics used in the car. Its a complex system that communicate between all modules fitted to the car. .

[gigijord]

OK

Just rang Blaupunkt (finding their number on the net) and they tell me that cannot connect an ipod to ah astra stereo system.

So I rang Holden Customer Assistance and they tell me that there are standard RCA Jacks in the back of the stereo system. "All I need to do is" take the unit out and connect a cable - one end 3.5mm plug for the ipod/2 x rca plugs. Exactly how easy I suspected it to be!

Looks like a visit to Holden dealer - they told me it couldnt be done (were they just being lazy - I can't believe noone else has done this before me).

[patton]

Hey gijijord did you have any luck with this? from all ive read on this forum - ipod/mp3 player via AUX in an AH astra is no go.

Is it true about the RCA's on the back of the unit?
I wouldnt know where to start on pulling the dash apart.

OK

Just rang Blaupunkt (finding their number on the net) and they tell me that cannot connect an ipod to ah astra stereo system.

So I rang Holden Customer Assistance and they tell me that there are standard RCA Jacks in the back of the stereo system. "All I need to do is" take the unit out and connect a cable - one end 3.5mm plug for the ipod/2 x rca plugs. Exactly how easy I suspected it to be!

Looks like a visit to Holden dealer - they told me it couldnt be done (were they just being lazy - I can't believe noone else has done this before me).

[bornwild]

Yeah, I'd be interested to know this too.

[SIMid]

http://www.ipodcarkitdirect.co.uk/iP...k_Plus_Adapter

[bornwild]

http://www.ipodcarkitdirect.co.uk/iP...k_Plus_Adapter

That's an FM transmitter...that'd be crap quality, got one of them already bahh

[Black Nugget]

That's an FM transmitter...that'd be crap quality, got one of them already bahh

absolutely agree. I won a 145 won with "smartscan". still as crap as the rest.

when good the sound quality is awesome and good on long highways, but roundtown u get all the random interferences and community radios.

Also there is nowhere good to put it in the astra - centre console screws with the gear stick and on the seat.....well it dosen't stay there for long.

[SIMid]

That's an FM transmitter...that'd be crap quality, got one of them already bahh

Well, only seeing what options there are if your not gonna be able to hardwire it.

Never said it was the solution. **** some people need to take a chill pill sometimes.