Ipod Control Solution For OEM Stereo 1st-Gen IS300 / 200 Finally Found - Plug'n Play

[Lex_Dymndz]

just ordered one.

but a couple quick questions:

with the iphone does it give the warning not approved product or whatever - switch to airplane mode?

any GSM interference?

[junedog]

just installed mine and it works like a charm!! +rep buddy! sounds just like CD's!!

thanks!

[Sonnet]

@TDLI

This thread contains already a lot of photos of this solution. To aware double posting please read thru the postings. For a nice installing walkthrough with pics it could be valuable to follow the link to the UK Lexusownerclub I've posted in answer #41

Cheers from Germany

Sonnet

[is300soon]

ok guys what kits are you all buying?

The AUX kit or the ipod interface with the IPOD connection at the bottom vs the jack in the earphone slot?

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[Lex_Dymndz]

Originally Posted by is300soon

ok guys what kits are you all buying?

The AUX kit or the ipod interface with the IPOD connection at the bottom vs the jack in the earphone slot?

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ipod integration.

[Sonnet]

The iPod interface of course

The reason is, that this box can handle iPod/iPhone AND regular mp3 player. The only thing you have to do - if you are not having an iPod/iPhone yet but planing to buy one later - is to order an extra cable at GromAudio called (AUX RCA cable + 3.5 mm phone jack (Cable-AUX-C))

You will get this cable for just 5 bucks. This opens you the possibility to handle all kinds of players. The only thing you have to do when switching from other brand player to Apple products just replace the extra orderd RCA cable with the iPod docking cable.

Cheers

Sonnet

[Lex_Dymndz]

for those who have order it, how long does it take to get? do they send you a tracking number?

thanks for the info. just cant wait to get it.

[is300soon]

Im thinking of doing a stocking order on them, but they prefer to drop ship it seems.

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[chado]

what about the aux digital interface, since it works with ipod AND everything else? isn't that more versatile?

has anyone compared this with vaistech?

[is300soon]

Chado.

It should be the same box, working with GROM as we speak on this. Trying to make it as direct as we can. I will post up more info ASAP.. The box should be 100% the same, just a ipod connector or aux .

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[chado]

^^^

my dream adaptor would allow DVD/video playback on the stock navi screen as well as aux in functions (e.g. zune or other players, i hate ipods and DRM crap)

[yamadjs08]

Alright I'm about to order this, but I was wondering about one thing. On there website they state that you can scroll through your iPod while its hooked up, can you do this with the IS300? I know you can have 8 playlists or whatever, but my 30gb is completely full and I don't want to have to put it all into separate playlists. So what I'm asking is with the GROM iPod hookup can you fully control the iPod from the iPod while its hooked up?

[is300soon]

Yam, I will ask them tomorrow as Im trying to get alot of answers on the small things before i become a reseller and installer.
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[Sonnet]

@yamadjs08

The GromAudio interface knows a simple (select disk 1 to activate) and an advanced mode (select disk 2 - 7 to activate).

These modes differ in the following way:

Simple mode
allows to control iPod direct from its clicking wheel. Select your music from iPod and have it played. So select music from the whole 30 GB. In this mode the stock stereo can do the following things
- you can go track by track forwards/backwards in your manually selected playlist
- adjust volume
- charge the ipod

Advanced mode
- Disk 2-6 mapped to playlists you create on iPod. Full control from car stereo. The following information is displayed:
Disk #, Track #, time etc
- clicking wheel is locked - controll works completely over the OEM stereo controlls
- MIX, REPEAT work as usual
- SCAN allow to skip +-10 tracks for faster navigation
- Playlist positions are preserved for fast operation
- Shuffle songs, switch between tracks, playlists and adjust volume - all by using head unit controls
- ipod will be charged while connected

For more infos just read thru the tread, as many of the lastest asked questions have already been asked and anwered in the last 50 replies.

Best regard

Sonnet

[yamadjs08]

Thanks for the quick reply sonnet, that definitely made up my mind. I read through the whole thread and couldn't find my answer. Looks like I'll be ordering this soon now. Thanks again sonnet.