iPod In Car Discover how to bring your music on the road with perfect integration of your car and your iPod

1. 

   Sharren L. Iden
   December 20th, 2009 - 18:45

   I purchased the RediRad after reading about it in the GTOAA”s Legend magazine a couple of year’s ago. I finally got around to wiring it up to the Grand Prix’s factory am-fm radio earlier this year (2009) just in time to enjoy our Ipod while driving the Grand Prix cross country, from Los Angeles to Dayton OH, for the annual Pontiac National Convention.

   The xlnt instructions simplified installation with only two wires, 12V+ switched & ground, and one antenna lead being required for hookup. I elected to mount the small unit on top of the hvac case using velcro tape for retention.

   Once the unit was tuned to the proper frequency w/ my Ipod plugged into the input port, we enjoyed static free uninterupted tunes during our 4500 mile trip.

   We highly recommend this device for enabling playback of modern electronic devices on your classic car’s radio.

   Les & Sharren Iden
   
   Hacienda Hts. CA

   Rating: 5 / 5
2. 

   Graeme S. Anderson
   December 20th, 2009 - 21:32

   I have an original AM only radio in my Thunderbird, in nice working condition and still looks like new. Sure it only tunes to AM radio, but it is ‘classic’!

   Recently I decided I would like to tune to FM radio channels and purchased a reproduction radio that looked ‘classic’ but had modern internals. I ran this radio for a few weeks and while it looked and worked ok it was not the classic looker of the standard radio.

   So, off I went in search of another way to get more than AM radio. I located the RediRad after a Thunderbird member posted a good review of the product and ordered one straight away. I installed it in my tbird and WOW; I can listen to the iPod or FM in a crunch via a portable radio. It worked exactly like advertised and was easy to install; even easier than described in the detailed instructions supplied.

   I really like my RediRad and if I ever sell the tbird, I can remove it and install in my new ride!!!

   Graeme (Australia)
   
   Rating: 5 / 5
3. 

   J. Stefanick
   December 20th, 2009 - 21:47

   I installed this product in my 1966 Mustang in May- I can heartily endorse it if you have the stock AM radio and don’t want to lose the originality and look in your dash.

   The product works well and having MP3′s play through the original AM radio and dash speaker is def. a throwback. I personally like the contrast of hearing the songs in LOW fidelity, as you would have in 1966.

   Here are the PRO’s-
   
   Easy installation-took me about a half hour. The Redi Rad mounts under the dash. I mounted mine right under the radio and used the IGN switch as my power source. Redi Rad even encloses useful connectors to crimp on the end of your wires during installation.

   I ran the Redi Rad jack wire under my carpet, right next to the trans hump, passenger side. I like to skip songs constantly, so having the MP3 player available right in my hand was my goal. The wire convienetly pokes out of the seam between the carpet, just in the perfect place. Also a bonus, the wire is just the perfect length to do this, no cutting needed.

   Can listen through an IPOD or other MP3 player device to your music.

   Can even hook up a small FM radio to it, as long as it has a headphone jack(just the same as an IPOD) which gives you both AM/FM if you really need that.

   Shipping and customer service was top notch, got mine in less than three days, and that was standard shipping- seem like nice people to do business with.

   CONS-

   Price- $130. You get to keep your original radio, but some might want to pump that money into upgrading the entire system. Buy this ONLY if you want to go for originality or don’t want to spend $300 buying one of the repro radios(which for my money, still don’t beat an original unit).

   I would recommend this product- it has performed well and for what I was looking for, originality, stock radio, I now get to hear my modern songs through an original AM radio- can’t beat it!
   Rating: 5 / 5

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