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03-28-2010, 08:10 PM #1
iphone question
Being a complete noob to wakeboats and stuff. My boat is getting the stereo installed as we speak and getting the ipod adaptor for the drivers helm. I'll be using my iphone, does this power/charge the iphone?
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03-28-2010, 09:04 PM #2
youdaman - what deck / adaptor combo. Typically I'd say yes, it should charge but the devil is in the details.
another thing to think about is your music on the ipod;iphone. you want to take a look and make sure its not highly compressed. You'll want the 256K media so your system has some decent dynamic range. Trust me on this one.
Cheers
-Brian
Exile Audio
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03-28-2010, 09:48 PM #3
Brian,
I'll be using this adaptor from Earmark http://www.earmarkcaraudio.com/Xcart...cat=285&page=1 Plus David at Earmark designed the system after seeing what my wants/needs are so I'm sure he took into account this. I checked most of the song properties and all are 256kLast edited by you da man; 03-28-2010 at 09:54 PM.
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03-28-2010, 10:36 PM #4
You Da Man, let me say this about using the iphone, be very carefull! They are in no way as sturdy as an ipod. I know i have both and have had the iphone since it first came out and i'm now on number two which is also jacked up and i'm very carefull with it. ipods will take abuse and keep going, the iphone will not! Consequently i only use the ipod in the boat and never the iphone.
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03-28-2010, 11:02 PM #5
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03-29-2010, 02:01 AM #6
DaMan - Looks like your set up is fine. Davids crew at Earmark only use first class stuff. No worries there.
Razz's comments about the iphone are spot on. I was on a boat last week tuning it and plugged my iphone in only to see it do tweaky things. It's just been on one to many rodeo's so to speak. I reached back into my bag, found my daughters ipod and plugged it in, to have chinese music blaring at me at 140 dB (damn kids in immersion schools). Holy crap, I about fell out of the boat. So the real deal is to have an ipod with decent tunes on it. haha!
Happy boating!
-Brian
Exile Audio
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03-30-2010, 11:29 AM #7
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03-30-2010, 04:34 PM #8
First off, I love my iPhone...lol. I used my iPhone on the lake last weekend, no issues, and it was super choppy. Granted I'll probably use my iPod or USB device most of the time on the boat so I can take phone calls. Only time will tell if it'll with-stand lake abuse. I never forget my iPhone so it's nice to have all my music on two or three devices.
You'll have to check the tech specs of the radio head unit you are purchasing to see if it'll charge your iPhone otherwise, this little adapter from Schosche (URL below) will allow newer iPhones or iPods to charge on any car radio. I think Best Buy sells these two. I was needed for the Alpine head unit I purchased.
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...iPhone+3G.htmlLast edited by ausbill32; 03-30-2010 at 04:55 PM.
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03-30-2010, 10:42 PM #9
JMV - to clarify, I'm saying that the media that you download should be of the highest possible bit rate. so many times I hear a system that just sounds plain bad! and the guys look at me and say, "well, what do you think..."
It's really not a function of gear so much as it is the media. making sure your packing high bit rate materials in your pod, thumbdrive, iphone whatever.... will rreally make a huge sound difference.
Man its like a free sound quality upgrade without buying any gear!
hehe
hope that makes sense.
Brian