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edwardharrison007

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Hi Everyone,
I wonder if anyone else has fitted a DICE ipod connector to their Rangie? I have just done this and have a problem with the settings. I have a 2002 L322 and although the Ipod works fine, there is a problem with the right hand jog wheel operating the ipod as well as the on board computer. I also have some interference. Anyone else fitted the same kit and have any advice?
I would be most grateful.
Thanks
Edward
 
All FM kits are crap !
Audio quality is rubbish !

Its very easy to splice into the cd changer cables and install a standard 3.5mm jack that works with any iPod and gives you perfect sound quality at no cost

As long as you can live with controlling the iPod itself and not with the steering controls
 
2.0_hippo said:
All FM kits are crap !
Audio quality is rubbish !

Its very easy to splice into the cd changer cables and install a standard 3.5mm jack that works with any iPod and gives you perfect sound quality at no cost

As long as you can live with controlling the iPod itself and not with the steering controls
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Whilst a trained ear or a music fanatic would notice the quality - I am not a music buff, just like a bit of tune-age to to listen to on the drive, I have a cheap FM tranny for my Ipod thingy and whilst a trained ear could tell, it works for me, and besides my terrible singing drowns out most poor quality sounds any hoot...!!!:D
 
I use an FM transmitter for my MP3 player, with all the background noise in a car, it's impossible to detect any difference in sound quality to that from the CD player. The radio is crap because of the poor aerial in the window.
 
Datatek said:
I use an FM transmitter for my MP3 player, with all the background noise in a car, it's impossible to detect any difference in sound quality to that from the CD player. The radio is crap because of the poor aerial in the window.
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Which one did you use Keith? I fear this may be the only solution to my OH's Ford, but my only experience with them has been terrible.
 
kooky_guy said:
Which one did you use Keith? I fear this may be the only solution to my OH's Ford, but my only experience with them has been terrible.
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It's a Belkin but there are better ones on the market, cost about £9 on Ebay from Hong Kong, probably even cheaper now:)
 
Datatek said:
It's a Belkin but there are better ones on the market, cost about £9 on Ebay from Hong Kong, probably even cheaper now:)
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I keep reading conflicting reports about Belkin. Can't remember the brand of the one we tried in the ex's Celica but it was truly truly awful.

Hmm, mebbe I'll try a Belkin then.
 
kooky_guy said:
I keep reading conflicting reports about Belkin. Can't remember the brand of the one we tried in the ex's Celica but it was truly truly awful.

Hmm, mebbe I'll try a Belkin then.
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Belkin quality control is a bit like LR, there are better ones on the market. The trick is to select a frequency that is not in use. I have to change frequencies a couple of times en route to the UK but the transmitter has a memory so it's simple to switch.
 
Well I notice a hell of a difference between fm and direct audio connection !

Up to you what you choose ;)
 
2.0_hippo said:
All FM kits are crap !
Audio quality is rubbish !

Its very easy to splice into the cd changer cables and install a standard 3.5mm jack that works with any iPod and gives you perfect sound quality at no cost

As long as you can live with controlling the iPod itself and not with the steering controls
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I like the sound of this... Any guides anywhere?
 
bigrichw said:
I like the sound of this... Any guides anywhere?
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Nope no real guides really as it was an experiment when i first tried it

It seems no one else had done it before so I thought why should I pay £150 for a dice kit when I'm sure I could do the same thing myself :p

Basically if you take out your head unit, there's a separate iso plug that serves the cd changer. Theres only 3 cables going into the plug. These are the stereo audio cables from your cd changer. One is a combined earth and the other two are right and left audio channels.

Just get an old 3.5mm jack cable cut off the phono plug end and cut the three wires going to the cd changer and attach the 3 going into the head unit to your 3.5mm lead.

Combine the two earths together then connect left to left channel and right channel accordingly. Make sure the changer has a cd in it and your iPod should then be playing through your range at no cost !!!

You can even install a switch If you still wanted to retain the use of the cd changer so you can switch between cd or iPod. I didn't need to when you have thousands of songs on your iPhone.

If you use sat nav on your iPhone the spoken instructions even come through the stereo !

Hope this helps you :)
 
Sounds simple enough. Thank you. However the CD changer is broken the cassette is stuck and when you press CD on the head unit no CD message is displayed. So I guess this needs fixing first?
 
bigrichw said:
Sounds simple enough. Thank you. However the CD changer is broken the cassette is stuck and when you press CD on the head unit no CD message is displayed. So I guess this needs fixing first?
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Yes I think this may need sorting first ! Lol
 
2.0_hippo said:
Well I notice a hell of a difference between fm and direct audio connection !

Up to you what you choose ;)
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You obviously have the ears of Spock that can detect sounds outside the range of a normal persons hearing, goes with thinking L322's are more reliable than P38's:rolleyes:
MP3 is a compressed sound, you are actually only hearing snippets of the original sound which is why many of the HiFi brigade are going back to vinyl:)
 
Datatek said:
You obviously have the ears of Spock that can detect sounds outside the range of a normal persons hearing, goes with thinking L322's are more reliable than P38's:rolleyes:
MP3 is a compressed sound, you are actually only hearing snippets of the original sound which is why many of the HiFi brigade are going back to vinyl:)
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shh it ! trouble ! :p:p:p

actually you can get .flac files now for songs that each single is 20+mb each !

the quality is amazing ! compared to standard 3mb size mp3 files :D

either way if i have a HK system i would like to use it to its full potential !
i cant stand crappy audio ! haha

being an ex DJ myself you come to learn what stuff sounds like over the years :p
 
2.0_hippo said:
shh it ! trouble ! :p:p:p

actually you can get .flac files now for songs that each single is 20+mb each !

the quality is amazing ! compared to standard 3mb size mp3 files :D

either way if i have a HK system i would like to use it to its full potential !
i cant stand crappy audio ! haha

being an ex DJ myself you come to learn what stuff sounds like over the years :p
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With the volume that DJ's play music, I doubt your hearing is anywhere near normal, you probably have only 60% at the top end of the normal range. As to sound quality, the output of a device in terms of frequency range, distortion and noise can really only be judged with a suitable display device as the human ear has a very restricted range and it varies substantially from one person to another.
It's another image thing as has been proved by blind tests.:)
As for "learning over the years" you have had more years in diapers than you have had to learn about anything.
 
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