Dension Gateway 500 iPod Adapter Arrived Today

[berj]

I'm *very* interested to see how this install goes. I've been waiting for something like this since I bought my car. I've got tons of music on my iPod and I take long trips on a regular basis. It sure beats having to hunt down good radio stations ass I pass through 3 states or 2 provinces.

[kenkamm]

I'm interested in this as well.... but I must say I'm almost pissed off at the price of admission. 2X the cost of a very nice ipod, just to connect said ipod to the car. Makes me want to rip out the entire MOST bus and replace it with something simpler, or just use the silly FM solution.

12 songs? Ive got like 7,000 lol. I got my Ipod like 4 years ago and its still limping strong. But for my purpose its perfect (battery sucks). I bought the panasonic CD player with the Ipod feature and cable, so I control it all through the CD player and its great. It charges my Ipod while its on so my crappy battery doesnt matter. I bought a similar piece for my jeep, but it was an interface adapter. If anyone has a jeep liberty and wants to hook up their MP3 player, PM me.

[Rail26]

987 owners, I just installed sirius in my wife's 4 Runner. I went the FM transmitter route (the one that goes directly in the antenna) and it sounds great! The unit I bought even has a MP3 player input. I am going to do the same thing in the Box. I thought the sound quality was good and there was no interference whatsoever.

[kenkamm]

A wired FM gizmo (not the transmitter type) is the next thing I'm going to try. I'm just trying to figure out which one to get and where to get the antenna adapters. All the modulators I have seen have the standard antenna connectors on them; our cars use something different. I've read the Scosche adapter is one of the better ones, so I might try that one. Of course the sound still won't be the best, going through the FM tuner of the radio, but at least the intermittent static will subside.

[rickhuizinga]

Here are some pics of the PCM display when playing the iPod.

Overall, I haven't seen any glitches but I've only taken it for one drive.

I wish the navigation of the menus were better integrated with the PCM rather than utilizing various audio commands (CD #, next/prev track, etc.) but that would have required new firmware for the PCM (which would be difficult to do without Porsche). Despite this, its not too difficult to get use to, although it is a different paradigm than navigating the rest of the PCM screens.

So far it looks good. Audio quality is great, as well as the extensive song selection!

[Chris_911]

Rick

Can you post more details on how you installed the unit, routed cables, etc?

I'm interested in sourcing one here in the UK but want to judge hwo much hassle the installation is.

Thanks.

[berj]

Originally Posted by rickhuizinga

Here are some pics of the PCM display when playing the iPod.

Do you know what the interface would look like/how it would work in a car without the PCM? The radio has only one line of visible text so I'm curious how the controls might work. Does them manual give any indication?

Thanks,
Berj