Any suggestions as to how one might hook up an Apple iPod (basically an MP3 player) to play through the speakers of an MB ?
There are devices that plug into cassette players and others that use FM signals, but I was hoping for something better (and somewhere I thought I heard that MB has some way of directly connecting) ?
Thanks!

 

If you have MB with Comand 2.0 then it would have aux input jack inside the glove compartment which can be easily connected to the output jack of the Ipod.

 

I don't think you will be able to directly connect it to a factory MB system without some wiring. Try calling Ofer at Galaxy Auto Sound in Northridge at (818) 700-0440 and tell him that Jimmy sent you. He might be able to help as he does a lot of custom installs and systems...Good luck.

 

Not all cars with COMAND 2.0 include the jack in the glove box. Some require its addition.

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Good information if mine had the Comand System, but I have a 99 SL on which it was never offered.
However, I had no use for the factory phone so I removed it and have wondered if there were a way to locate the audio-in wires in the phone cabling and tap an iPod into them. Then, in theory, setting the receiver to phone could allow the iPod to play.
I know it's a stretch, but I'd attempt it if I could find specs on the cables.
Anyone have a connector diagram?

 

look up a product called iRock @ http://www.myirock.com

put it in the glove box and forget about it..

 

Agree with that. Also check on the Belkin which is smaller.

I also believe that the phone is a Mono input only, so sound quality would be significantly inferior to the radio transmitter option.

Wolfman

 

Mono. Of course you're right. Being an R129 SL I have no glove box, but I'll work it out. Griffin Technology just released a new similar unit that may be the best of the bunch. www.griffintech.com

Thanks

 

You have the place where the phone system normally goes. The iPod and modulator should fit in there without a problem. And it even locks.

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