Use My iPod Nano in a Car

The ipod Nano, like other MP3 gamers, can be liked in your vehicle. You can do much more than merely plug in a set of headphones to the gadget whilst driving; you can configure the ipod Nano so audio is heard via the automobile stereo. Some more recent stereos are created to effortlessly consider input from an MP3 system. Other stereos need that you use a FM transmitter or allow the AUX input choice.

Issues You will Call for

ipod Nano FM transmitter or 3.5mm stereo cable

FM Transmitter

Buy an FM transmitter that is suitable with your ipod Nano.

Organize your FM transmitter gadget close to your auto stereo. Some FM transmitters require to be plugged into your vehicle's cigarette lighter or electrical outlet. Other people arrive with a stand or tape so they can be linked to your dash or around your stereo.

Connect the ipod Nano to the FM transmitter. If the FM transmitter also costs the ipod Nano, You are going to have to insert the bottom of the ipod Nano into the dock connector on the transmitter. Other transmitters might connect to your Nano's earphone jack. (Refer to your transmitter's consumer manual for particular directions.)

Tune the radio station to a frequency that is only static. Most transmitters arrive with a list of recommended stations in their consumer guides. Then use the + and - buttons on your transmitter to tune the system to the exact same frequency.

Flip on your ipod Nano. Browse by means of your playlists and discover a song to play. If you do not hear the song becoming played via the radio, make positive the quantity on your ipod Nano is turned up and verify the quantity on your auto stereo. You'll also call for to find a new frequency that functions far better with your transmitter and ipod Nano.

AUX Input

Locate the AUX port. The AUX port is a tiny, single hole in which you would insert a set of headphones. (Several more recent automobile stereos are configured to play MP3 gamers. You will be necessary to easily connect the gadget to the stereo's dock connector and then press the ipod or AUX alternative. Refer to your consumer guidebook.)

Plug one end of your 3.5mm stereo cable into the AUX port on your auto stereo. Then insert the other end of the cable into your ipod Nano's earphone jack at the best of the system.

Flip on your ipod.

Allow input to your vehicle stereo from your AUX port. Enabling this choice differs dependent on your stereo. You'll be essential to hit your Menu button and browse by means of the alternatives (FM, AM, CD, and so on) until finally you discover AUX.

Flip on your ipod Nano. Browse via your playlists and locate a song to play. If you never hear the song getting played by means of the stereo, make confident the quantity on your ipod Nano is turned up and check out the quantity on your automobile stereo.