First and foremost, out of all the models for sale currently, which can the car fully integrate with (charging as well)

and will the car play video without using the 3 plugs (using plug at bottom)?
with the car not in motion of course

the 2 things I am considering are the current nano (16gig), but for $50 more you could get the classic (120gig)

thanks for any input

 

the current nano (4th gen) won't charge (at least with the cable I got with my car). i ordered this adapter and it works fine. I'm still gong to ask the dealer for a 2009 cable to see if that works.

http://www.cablejive.com/iphone_3g_c...converter.html

I haven't tried playing any videos yet.

 

You need the video cable to play video, just like going into any TV. It will not play otherwise. My iPod Video runs/charges just fine and the on-screen full integration is great.

 

If your going to keep it strictly for ipod car duty, then definitely get the bigger capacity. the size doesn't really matter if its gonna be in the car all the time.

I believe a lot of the newer gen ipods (including the iphone 3g) require a more up to date cable to get it to work fully, but itll come soon i think.

The cable you need to play in the car is a ipod AV cable, its the one that has red/white/and yellow connectors on the other end. its like 50 dollars from the apple store, and from what i read, its the only cable that works.

Apple made it so you are required to use their cable or it won't work. some kind of chip or something inside the wire? Talk about scamming people.

 

I bought a reconditioned 30 gig 5th gen I pod just for this car. It works great and uses a standard aftermarket 10 dollar AV cable for the the video.

 

this one. it never leaves the car except to get synced.

 

That ones nice, but i would go with what 04STi208G37 says.

Leaving a ipod in the car with the heat will surely kill the battery capacity. So getting a used or reconditioned one will be just fine for strictly car use.

 

+1... got mine for free (tho brand new) from those referal sites (http://members.shaw.ca/fakesandisk/ipod.html) several years ago.

The only thing that really pisses me off is that in order to play any video, i need to convert my damn .avi's into apple's mp4 format (which takes a good hour +). Too much of a hassle... probably better off getting an independent harddrive/video player...