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Custom Ipod Dock for ralliart.

Postby Ral1rt » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:26 pm

Hi all just thought I'd share this with you. Ive seen the ipod dock for the es models so I thought i'd design one for the RA.

This is not a how to as i dont know if even I could repeat it as I used bits n pieces from the garage to make it :-)

First I removed the small centre Switch holder behind the gear shift and rewired the Tarmac selector switch to the new position to the right of the steering wheel where the ASC off switch is.

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My head unit has a ipod cable input so I had to make up a plate to go where the factory switch plate is to hold the cable securely. I found a bit of ply wood off one of my old crashed Rc planes and cut it out to fit. I then covered it in some fabric I found off one of my dog's old beds believe it or not, haha. Then cut the hole out to fit the cable.

I glued the cable in place and added some balsa reinforcements. And here is the end result!
An Ipod dock!

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Postby tadz0rz » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:29 pm

Gotta fix your images mate :P
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Postby Qld Ralliart Lancer » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:36 pm

Must say the end result looks sweet, wish our units would take the ipod dock can only connect with the RCA through the head phones well so i have been told.
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Postby Ral1rt » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:39 pm

Yeah I know, you think mits would be up with the time ey? :-)
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Postby tadz0rz » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:39 pm

Whoaaaahhhh!!

Thats sick as man. Really inventive how you've mounted it like that!!

Top work!
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Postby billy boy » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:45 pm

very nice work!!
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Postby James.H_93 » Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:57 pm

i love it. very clean. is that head unit any good?

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Postby tryg » Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:03 pm

Love the look, hope you dont break the connector during sick-fast take offs!

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Postby Ral1rt » Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:05 pm

Na man its rubbish, Im sending it back to China next week. DVD/GPS and touch screen doesnt work anymore, luckily I cracked it enough with the supplier they are sending me a replacement :-)

It really pissed me off to cause I had to buy an amp and re-wire everything as it didnt work with the RF system. The rockford amp came out and I installed a MB Quart amp, then I had to get X-overs for the splits as its normally built in to the rockford amp. Big pain in the ass!

I'm seriously thinking about changing it for a Pioneer Screen...we'll see how the replacement works.
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Postby Ral1rt » Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:07 pm

tryg wrote:Love the look, hope you dont break the connector during sick-fast take offs!


Oh shit....I didnt think of that :-) hahaha
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Postby James.H_93 » Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:12 pm

ahh that sucks :( if only they made one that looked like that, that was good quality. looks very "oem"

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Postby JaCe » Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:18 pm

Silly question but why do you need to be able to see your iPod/iPhone whilst driving when you have full head unit support? For me, I wanted my iPod out of sight (theft) as well as for convenience. Good job with improvising a dock though!
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Postby tryg » Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:21 pm

Mine is in the poverty pack pocket behind the shifter, like most... I have padded mine to afford some take-off and cornering protection...

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Postby Ral1rt » Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:25 pm

JaCe wrote:Silly question but why do you need to be able to see your iPod/iPhone whilst driving when you have full head unit support? For me, I wanted my iPod out of sight (theft) as well as for convenience. Good job with improvising a dock though!


Ahaaa, once again this head unit let me down. It doesnt have full Ipod support. Just Track up&down and volume. You still need to look at the iphone to change songs. As I said POS
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Postby JaCe » Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:45 pm

I guess you get what you pay for... surprised that you cheaped out on headunit when you are spending so much on components for your audio setup! The other thing I'd be concerned about is switching tracks/pushing the screen and not snapping/damaging the connector port. I personally would've left the cable and made a mount because that way there is minimal risk of damaging the connection port. (apologies for lack of terminology here; this is based on my experience with the Dension Ice Link Plus kit in my Civic which came mounted but then I swapped it for the iPod cable instead)
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