Digital Audio Input
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Digital Audio Input
Is there a way to input digital audio into the Stereo on an Audi 2001 allroad?
I read something about a bluetooth adapter somewhere. Just wondering if any has done similar things on theirs to get digital source into the stereo system?
I read something about a bluetooth adapter somewhere. Just wondering if any has done similar things on theirs to get digital source into the stereo system?
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I used a parrot mki9000. It has hardwired connections for an ipod and aux in, and you can also stream music via bluetooth. However, because of the way the audi stereo is set up (separate amp for rear speakers?) sound only plays through the front speakers. There are products that are supposed to work around this - I bought one from Connects2 but could not get it to work, and have not had the motivation/time to pursue other solutions. It seems like all of the aftermarket solutions to getting sound out the back speakers strive to have cryptic, useless instructions.
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I had quality dealings with enfigcarstereo.com, both online and when I called them to ask questions in person. They gave good advice. I'd recommend them as a place to do business.
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Does the dension also support bluetooth? Having an ipod/aux would be nice, but many of us also would like to be able to hook our phones up via bluetooth.
I have a dension adapter which I put in myself, pretty easy to do. Mine only does iPods, but for an extra $25 or so I could've bought one with an auxiliary input also. And unlike the above post, mine plays in all speakers, right out of the box.
I had quality dealings with enfigcarstereo.com, both online and when I called them to ask questions in person. They gave good advice. I'd recommend them as a place to do business.
I had quality dealings with enfigcarstereo.com, both online and when I called them to ask questions in person. They gave good advice. I'd recommend them as a place to do business.
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The only downside to mine is that the center display always says 'iPod UI' instead of radio/track info. I personally don't care (and my iPod is too old to export track info anyway), but that might be a big deal for you. It's possible a firmware update of some sort might help, but I've never put any effort into it.
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kind of a crude solution...
...but it does work for just ipod music:
Get a cassette adapter for the factory stereo that plugs into your Ipod earbud plug. It basically plays your ipod thru your factory cassette deck, but the music selection is still from your ipod itself. Since the stereo thinks it's a cassette, it plays thru all speakers, and all volume/tone/fade/balance, etc controls work.
It's a little clunky because there's a hard wire from the inserted cassette device to your ipod/iphone, but it's CHEAP, no installation hassles, and the sound quality is excellent.
Get a cassette adapter for the factory stereo that plugs into your Ipod earbud plug. It basically plays your ipod thru your factory cassette deck, but the music selection is still from your ipod itself. Since the stereo thinks it's a cassette, it plays thru all speakers, and all volume/tone/fade/balance, etc controls work.
It's a little clunky because there's a hard wire from the inserted cassette device to your ipod/iphone, but it's CHEAP, no installation hassles, and the sound quality is excellent.
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already have one of those
The cassette adapter is ok for music but doesn't help with the bluetooth phone connection.
...but it does work for just ipod music:
Get a cassette adapter for the factory stereo that plugs into your Ipod earbud plug. It basically plays your ipod thru your factory cassette deck, but the music selection is still from your ipod itself. Since the stereo thinks it's a cassette, it plays thru all speakers, and all volume/tone/fade/balance, etc controls work.
It's a little clunky because there's a hard wire from the inserted cassette device to your ipod/iphone, but it's CHEAP, no installation hassles, and the sound quality is excellent.
Get a cassette adapter for the factory stereo that plugs into your Ipod earbud plug. It basically plays your ipod thru your factory cassette deck, but the music selection is still from your ipod itself. Since the stereo thinks it's a cassette, it plays thru all speakers, and all volume/tone/fade/balance, etc controls work.
It's a little clunky because there's a hard wire from the inserted cassette device to your ipod/iphone, but it's CHEAP, no installation hassles, and the sound quality is excellent.
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The advantage to the dension in my case is it keeps the ipod charged. The old one I use had near-zero battery life before being promoted to automobile use.
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...but it does work for just ipod music:
Get a cassette adapter for the factory stereo that plugs into your Ipod earbud plug. It basically plays your ipod thru your factory cassette deck, but the music selection is still from your ipod itself. Since the stereo thinks it's a cassette, it plays thru all speakers, and all volume/tone/fade/balance, etc controls work.
It's a little clunky because there's a hard wire from the inserted cassette device to your ipod/iphone, but it's CHEAP, no installation hassles, and the sound quality is excellent.
Get a cassette adapter for the factory stereo that plugs into your Ipod earbud plug. It basically plays your ipod thru your factory cassette deck, but the music selection is still from your ipod itself. Since the stereo thinks it's a cassette, it plays thru all speakers, and all volume/tone/fade/balance, etc controls work.
It's a little clunky because there's a hard wire from the inserted cassette device to your ipod/iphone, but it's CHEAP, no installation hassles, and the sound quality is excellent.
The sound is excellent for a 128-kbit MP3, even 96-kbit. I love that Bose stereo.
The Allroad, on the other hand, came with the RNS-E and an iPod adapter. It's the kind of adapter that works only when the CD changer is on, and only with the ignition ON.
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