Ipod to Amp

[UncleOtis63]

Hi... I have a 1963 T-bird that I want to install some new speakers, tweets, subs and amps in but want to keep my classic radio.

I was wondering, if I could just keep an iPod in my center console and run it directly to a couple of amps without getting a head unit. Has anyone done this and have a schematic? a website with wiring diagram or anything that would help me get this started?

Is it even possible? Will the ipod push out enough power?

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[CrazedCat 10+ year member]

No, you can't do that. NICE CAR! Oops my bad...you can:

http://forums.ipodlounge.com/printthread.php?threadid=15568

 

[hasa68mustang 10+ year member]

yea itll work youll need a headphone male to dual rca female so you can run rca's back. You may want to consider running a line driver also.

 

[UncleOtis63]

What is a line driver?

Wouldn't this be better than a headphone to RCA?

iPod dock to RCA:

http://www.antonline.com/p_35507-NX_265839.htm

Thanks for the comps cat... Like most hobbies, it is a money pit.

AirRide Link with steelies and hub caps.

http://airride.com/projectview.asp?ID=13023&SUBSYS=CC

 

[UncleOtis63]

What is a line driver?

Wouldn't this be better than a headphone to RCA?

iPod dock to RCA:

http://www.antonline.com/p_35507-NX_265839.htm

Thanks for the comps cat... Like most hobbies, it is a money pit.

AirRide Link with steelies and hub caps.

http://airride.com/projectview.asp?ID=13023&SUBSYS=CC

 

[pilyin 10+ year member]

Just out of curiosity, was that car at the Seaside,OR car show last June? The cable you posted would work. Than if necessary, get a female to female connector and add a longer RCA to it.

 

[UncleOtis63]

Nope.. This car has never been to OR as far as I know and definately not in the last 5 years.

I don't understand. In the pic, this cable has male ends. The connection on the amp is Female. Isn't it?

I'm sure that I couldn't easily control balance/fade and other adjustments with this ipod to amp direct connect but do you think I'd have enough volume control with this setup?

What is a line driver?

 

[pilyin 10+ year member]

There was a car very similar to that one than. About the cable - I meant if the cable wasn't long enough to get to the amp from your IPOD. Those are only four foot cables. Not sure where your amp will be, however if you are going to put it in the trunk, you'll need an extension. That's why I mentioned a female/female plug and an RCA extension, but on second thought, if you need the extension, just get a female to male extension. I'm thinking of a different application. Sorry about the confusion.

 

[envengineer 10+ year member]

The iPod docks use the line level output, so you will lose volume control on the ipod. If you use a 3.5mm to male RCA cable, you just go from the headphone jack back to the amps. You probably won't need a line driver if you just turn the gain up. It's not the greatest solution, but it will work. I test all of my amps with an ipod prior to installing them.

 

[97cavy 10+ year member]

Maxxsonics makes an ipod adapter that allows you to use the ipod as the source unit without it going into any other source or line driver