ipod

**alan.desmond** · 23rd August 2011, 20:58

hi need to know if i can put ipod in to my signum keeping original head unit

**chrisvectra** · 23rd August 2011, 21:13

no fella not unless you have a aux socket above the ash tray you can buy a parrot kit which will link your head unit and ipod together but they aint cheap

**dannycturbo** · 23rd August 2011, 21:16

Thanks for asking the question as I was thinking the same thing isn't there a plug that you can get that plugs into the back

**rushy** · 23rd August 2011, 22:02

I can

but only because its an early factory HU and I have modded it myself. If your good with electrics I'm sure you could do the same mod but it involves some soldering onto the PCB.

**Deztroyer** · 23rd August 2011, 22:10

parrot kit as said ... plays ipod and doubles as an in car bluetooth system for additional safety

**s31num** · 23rd August 2011, 23:51

for cheapness get a wired fm transmitter sound quality realy good

**Signum57** · 28th August 2011, 01:45

I have fitted my iPod to the original Signum CD70 unit, using a Harman Kardon "Drive and Play" interface. I've used them on several cars over the years and it works very well on the Signum. It uses a connecting box which fits between the aerial and the CD70 aerial socket, so you do need to pull the CD/radio unit forward, out of the dash. You will also need to buy some additional "fakra" connectors (weird things that Vauxhall use). The Drive and Play unit has a hand controller and a display unit (which sits quite nicely in the ashtray), and you can still find them for a reasonable price on ebay. You then tune the radio into a preset frequency that the Drive & Play broadcasts on and the iPod then plays through the car stereo (and because it is hard-wired into the aerial socket you don't get any interference). I'm very pleased, but I won't pretend that it was easy to get all the wires hidden away, I did need to pull out most removable bits of the centre console to do the installation, but it was worth it .