How Do I Add Ipod To Blaupunkt Reno ?

[A horse with no name]

Originally Posted by nineball

as far as i know there is no aftermarket solution that will enable something as old as the head units in our cars to actually control an ipod. our units are 25-40 year old technology, they just don't mesh.

the only solution i have ever found appears to be nla. it was a kensington liquidaux deluxe and i still run one in my car. it was a charger/holder for the iphone/ipod that gave you an aux-out line, but it came with a little remote that gave you the basic ipod functions (track forward / back, play / pause, stop). here is the link but like i said it is nla.

Amazon.com: Kensington LiquidAUX Deluxe Auxiliary Car Kit with Remote for iPod; iPhone 1G, 3G: Electronics

Hi Nineball...Thanks for the info. I have read many of your audio posts with interest - Good stuff!

I would have liked to run my iPhone directly from the radio as Dobrjan did. I sent a PM to him - actually two- but unfortunately I haven't heard back from him. Must be away.


Preamble: I have an amp that I run my iPhone directly off of but it only has one set of inputs so I just pulled the radio's RCA's out and plugged in a new RCA cable for the iPhone - All the 'head' does now is turn the amp on and off.

Question: To be able to use the radio, is there some kind of switch?/splitter? that would allow me to use one or the other through this one input?...I have searched around the web looking for something but I haven't been able to find anything.

I wouldn't mind if it was a manual type switch/slitter at the amp. The amp is mounted on the right side of the luggage area so I ran the wires through a grommet that had a couple of looms entering around the back of the glove box.

What I did find on the web that others may also find of interest was this remote that will allow me to adjust the volume including changing tracts...Inexpensive - $40.00 - plus it can also be used in the house.
Satechi Bluetooth Multi-Media Remote Control for iPhone, iPad & All Bluetooth OS Devices

Looking forward to your thoughts on the matter. Thanks

[nineball]

i have never heard of any a/b switch type thing that would do what you want to but there is a very easy solution. just get a set of dual female to single male rca 'y' cables. the only thing you would have to watch out for would be running both your iphone and your headunit at the same time, but so long as you don't you should be fine.

[Tremelune]

Originally Posted by maint

Government insurance in BC. To qualify for collector plates ( about 1/4 the insurance cost of normal) there are rules.

Wow.

That is serious.

[A horse with no name]

Originally Posted by nineball

i have never heard of any a/b switch type thing that would do what you want to but there is a very easy solution. just get a set of dual female to single male rca 'y' cables. the only thing you would have to watch out for would be running both your iphone and your headunit at the same time, but so long as you don't you should be fine.

That's what I'll do - Being that I am using the radio to power up the amp I would now need to wire in a separate power switch for the iPod . Thanks for the easy solution.

[nineball]

you may run into a problem then. when you have the radio on it will have an output signal even with the volume at 0. this may cause a problem for you amp as it will be receiving two signals at the same time. i have never tried this so i can't say for certain what will happen but my money is on something not good.

if you are set on doing it this way i would change your remote turn on line to something on the ignition circuit instead of the headunit so that the amp is on when the car is on regardless of what the headunit is doing. i think this would be a safer option.

[A horse with no name]

Originally Posted by nineball

you may run into a problem then. when you have the radio on it will have an output signal even with the volume at 0. this may cause a problem for you amp as it will be receiving two signals at the same time. i have never tried this so i can't say for certain what will happen but my money is on something not good.

if you are set on doing it this way i would change your remote turn on line to something on the ignition circuit instead of the head unit so that the amp is on when the car is on regardless of what the head unit is doing. i think this would be a safer option.

Hmmmm...I think what the most practical way for me to go in order to use the radio is to just unplug the iPod's RCA and plug in the radio's.
Thanks nineball - and others- for all of your suggestions....The benefit of your suggestions was that I found the iPod remote when I was doing some internet research on the items mention...Things 'happen' in a 'strange way eh - Thanks again to everyone.

[nineball]

i agree. since you found the remote i would really suggest you get a nice fm modulator (wired, not wireless) and go that route. you would still control everything from the headunit - volume, amp turn on, etc while retaining use of the ipod with it's own remote. you could run the line up into the glove box and leave the ipod there safe out of sight.

[dobrjan]

Hi Michael (a horse with no name)

Apologies for not getting back to you sooner-have been busy at work and haven't been on here for awhile. Sometimes I can spend an entire work day on here so its probably a good thing.

I sent you an email outlining what is involve with the IPOD hack for the SQR 46 RENO. Let me know if you need some more help, please send through the schematic and I can take a look. I should actually write up a more detailed how-to-do guide and post it on here. I emailed you a little cheat sheet that should help – but its for the RENO/ATLANTA.

I checked and the radio should be identical to the SQR 47, so the process will work.
But did you say you have a Blaupunkt New York SCD08? if you have a schematic I can have a look at it. I think I should have sent that email to @pc100porsche and @maint as they have the RENO. Send me your emails so that I can forward the email I sent to Michael.

I purchased by schematics from User-Manuals.com: Owner's Manuals and Service Manuals - no issues (most of these sites look pretty dodgey), purchased several manuals and received all of them via email a few hours after purchase. They have most Blaupunkt models, radios, amps, equalizers etc..

Sorry for being naive but I haven't figured out how to post images on here? do you have to upload them to a image sharing site i.e. flickr and link the URL to here. If someone can help me with that I can post some pics of what I have done.

[john baldwin]

Bumping this thread to thank pc100porsche for emailing me a copy of the Reno SQR manual. Hopefully any others who need this might benefit.
j

[JimmyT]

Kevin sent me a copy of the manual as well.
He displays the Holiday spirit year round!