Well I finally installed my iPod in my 2003 A4 Avant. I used a Blitzsafe adapter from Auto Toys . This has to be the worst website known to man. Hard to navigate and customer service is done via e-mail. You cannot call and ##### about an $80 part that takes three weeks to get. Regardless I am happy with the Blitsafe adapter...no more tape adapter! Plugs right into the back of the stock stereo unit...tricks the system into thinking the iPod is a 6 CD changer.

I mounted the iPod onto a cell phone mount made for Audi's which I bought from Clair Parts . I mounted a Radio Shack cell phone holder on the mount...this is such a great setup! I am totally pleased with the outcome...here are some photos:

do you use anything to compensate for the low volume out put? anything like the docks line in?

I did something similar in my truck but used a belkin firewire auto charger with line in and a cd changer->rca input... Works really good, i just havent mounted it to anything yet and not actually sure how i want to mount it.


Anyways, looks good.

Looks great. Cool car too.

Trippy: What low volume output? If he has the iPod volume set to 50% - 75% and uses his car input to adjust the volume, it should be just fine.

Quote: Originally posted by trippy
do you use anything to compensate for the low volume out put? anything like the docks line in?

I did something similar in my truck but used a belkin firewire auto charger with line in and a cd changer->rca input... Works really good, i just havent mounted it to anything yet and not actually sure how i want to mount it.


Anyways, looks good.

Nope...the volume is fine.

I have an Audi A4 (2001) and I have also been trying to find a way to use my iPod without the tape adaptor. My car stereo is not like yours though; it's just a radio-cassette player without the CD. Does this make a difference? Do you know which part number I have to order from blitzsafe? Is it an AUX Interface or what? OK, I admit I have no clue... I just want to listen to my music!!!

Quote: Originally posted by acg69
I have an Audi A4 (2001) and I have also been trying to find a way to use my iPod without the tape adaptor. My car stereo is not like yours though; it's just a radio-cassette player without the CD. Does this make a difference? Do you know which part number I have to order from blitzsafe? Is it an AUX Interface or what? OK, I admit I have no clue... I just want to listen to my music!!!

Teh Blitzsafe adapter I ordered is sprecifically for 2003 models. The other one autotoys offers is for 1998 to 2002 models. You have to have an Audi symphony II radio. My car has the 6 CD changer in the glove box...the install is different if your (empty) slot for the CD changer is in the trunk. Check here for detailed instruction on how to install the adapter if your cd changer is in the glovebox. Check if you have the B5 bodystle or your CD changer is in the rearhere . Remeber you cannot currently have a CD changer to do this install. The symphony two thinks the iPod is the CD changer.

Not sure what part number the Blitsafe adapter is that I ordered. I tried to find it again on the Auto Toys website. There site is such a clusterf*ck that even when I checked my order I could not determine the part number. It is actually the worst commerce website I have ever seen by far!!!! Good luck finding the Adapter...if I happen to run into any info I regarding the part I will post it.

I have also installed my ipod in my Dodge truck. I used the CD changers auxillary input on my aftermarket Kenwood headunit. My only problem is I can't control the ipod via the headunit. Do you have the same problem?

Quote: Originally posted by Aaron
I have also installed my ipod in my Dodge truck. I used the CD changers auxillary input on my aftermarket Kenwood headunit. My only problem is I can't control the ipod via the headunit. Do you have the same problem?

I cannot control ipod from the head unit...although Blitsafe is coming out with an adapter for the Audi's for which you can. If that would be the case I might mount my iPod in the glove box. I am completely happy with the setup the way it is and probably will not change the install.

Quote: Originally posted by Aaron
I have also installed my ipod in my Dodge truck. I used the CD changers auxillary input on my aftermarket Kenwood headunit. My only problem is I can't control the ipod via the headunit. Do you have the same problem?

Well you wouldn't be able too... unless you installed some kind of remote into the iPod and ran it up to the front of the car... You just wired it for audio, not control.

Well...if i was to connect a CD changer to the same plug on the back of my stereo I could use a universal remote to comtrol the CD changer. I just figured there has to be a way to program a remote to control the ipod. Especially since we already know it can be controlled via remote. Wired... and NOW even wireless via the new infarred remotes that just came out.

mongoos150: Normally i listen to cds around 14-18(number on volume) with my stereo (kenwood head unit). With the ipod at 50%, i had to crank it up to 30 to get it to the same level and that is going through the changer control(changer control to rca in adapter). It is the same with plugging into a stereo without using the dock. Always have to turn it up much higher than normal for similar sound levels.

It isnt a problem, but when you switch to headphones, the volume is pretty loud at 50-75% of ipod max. I use the belkin firewire charger and it has a line in on it.

that looks dope!
Nice job

Quote: Originally posted by Aaron
Well...if i was to connect a CD changer to the same plug on the back of my stereo I could use a universal remote to comtrol the CD changer. I just figured there has to be a way to program a remote to control the ipod. Especially since we already know it can be controlled via remote. Wired... and NOW even wireless via the new infarred remotes that just came out.

CD Changer to Aux converters are meant to take a CD Changer interface (which carries audio in as well as the remote commands) into a line input (which only carries audio in). As such, it "throws" away the remote commands. In order to have something which controls your iPod, you would need a device which converts your specific CD Changer Interface (there is no standard, each car manufacturer is different) into iPod remote commands. It is theoretically possible, but I doubt you'll see one any time soon.

This is why my ultimate iPod accessory would be an Apple headunit designed specifically for the iPod in mind, where you could flip up the face and slide the iPod into a docking slot, providing it power and audio connections. Then, with the face down, it would look like any other headunit but the display would be an interface for your iPod. Of course, it would also have a slot-loading CD as well. Mmmmmmm, wouldn't that be tasty.

Quote: Originally posted by jasonmccabe
that looks dope!
Nice job

Thanks!

Great install - I like to stay as close to OEM as possible with this stuff so I really like the Audi console mount. I had a few questions re your install:

Is console mount a simple clip-on or are there some adhesives or screws to be used?

Is the console mount designed as a "universal" mount - i.e. will it accept various styles of iPod/cell phone holders in case I want something other than the Radio Sack holder?

Does the Blitzsafe affect the steering wheel controls for volume or changing radio stations in any way?

Thanks.