Originally Posted By: Anita8
Hi everyone! I'm wondering what the best way is to listen to music from mobile devices in a car. I have huge music collections with my favourite songs on iPod, and even bought a special cable to connect it to the car radio. But the music sounds awful Any way to fix it? Also, is there any way to listen to music from USB pen drives, if the car head unit doesn't have a special USB port? Any ideas? Thank you in advance!


depends on how your audio system is set up, Anita. On my car (a Scion, built by Toyota) there is a built-in USB plug. Using it, I can play music VIA an MP3 player or by using nothing more than a thumb drive full of songs.

Also, if your car stereo has blue tooth and your phone or MP3 player has blue tooth, then you can stream directly to the stereo without cables.

It sounds like your car does NOT have a built-in USB, so you are probably using a 1/8" jack to connect the iPod's earphone jack to the stereo's AUX input. When you do this, you have to turn down the ipod's volume and let the car stereo control the volume.. otherwise the signal will be too distorted.

PS: You may see USB connections that go into a car's cigarette lighter ... these don't work the same way as the built-in USB connections, and they can't be used to stream audio from a device to the stereo. They're only good for charging batteries.

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