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Car amp with "aux" input only?


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http://www.crutchfield.com/S-fZAKD1rKF1j/p_023THA275P/Blaupunkt-THA275PnP.html

 

Since I'm keeping Cleetus, I'd like to finally fill it with tunes while I'm driving. I have a video iPod (I know...so 2005, right?) that I would like to play tunes from, but I really don't need an in-dash headunit. The link above shows a Blaupunkt amp that I THINK will take a line-input...like a jack from a media player like an iPod.

 

Does anyone know if this works...an amp that just takes a headphone-jack input and amplifies it through the vehicle speakers? This would be the easiest and cheapest way for me to do it...

 

Any experience or read about a similar simple audio setup in an older vehicle that works? Thanks.

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There is nothing in the truck now. No headunit, no speakers. Wouldn't be worth shit anyway if it had the OEM sound system. :)

 

Since I'm starting from scratch, I just want an amp to power new speakers, and a plug so I can play my iPod through it all. That's it.

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did a search for "ipod to amp to speakers" and came up with this thread from 2004

 

http://forums.ilounge.com/car-solutions/46043-ipod-amp-amp-speakers.html

 

not gonna go hunting around the internet for you, but that seems to be a potentially useful direction to try.

 

edit: found this when i added "car" to the search...more recent

 

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/electric-club-car/34435-amp-speaker-recommendations-ipod-only-install.html

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Get a head unit and do it correctly. You will likely be unhappy with the setup you are looking at.

 

There are a number of head units out there that will control your iPod directly, so you can stuff it away somewhere and it basically becomes a portable hard drive. That's what I do with mine.

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