question on MP3's

Newbie and not a geek question...

I have an 09 JSW with the aux jack in the armrest for MP3 hook ups ....

I want to know if there is a more direct way of hooking it up, and maintaining the charge/ recharge - rather than getting a powerconverter>usb>cable into the bottom of my SONY MP3, and still have to hook it through the aux plug.... I don't like clutter so much...lol...

I use this in the car http://www.dension.com/icelinkplus.php
and this http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/tuneflexaux in the truck. There are a whole bunch of solutions. It just requires thorough research to find the best one for you.

OhMagoo said:

I use this in the car http://www.dension.com/icelinkplus.php
and this http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/tuneflexaux in the truck. There are a whole bunch of solutions. It just requires thorough research to find the best one for you.

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thanks magoo... those were for Ipods and I believe mine would be different using a sony product.

Unless you have an iPod I doubt you will find a single cable solution for audio and power. The most I can recommend is hard wiring the USB cable into the car somewhere and running it alongside the aux connector so both cables are together.

Finding out the hard way I can say that... the iPod wire is for an iPod. There are no adaptors or anything that's why (as The Source employee so eloquently put it) it's called an iPod wire.

If your player has a connector on it that carries both audio and power then you could make a custom cable out of a dock or something.

iPod's have audio, video, data, and control inputs all on one connector and are incredibly popular so that's why they have a one wire solution so easily available. It's nice as far as keeping mess away goes but if you have to charge it and don't have your cable with you, you have to find someone with an iPod cable whereas with other USB-chargeable devices you just need to find a mini-usb cable.