dzell81

Sorry in advance for this because I'm sure it has been mentioned before, but again I'm new in here and have not seen anything about it.

I bought the tape adapter for my Ipod and it souds AWFUL! I can't believe they would actualy sell something that works soo bad.

I also have a FM transmiter that I use on my other car. It sounds almost as bad.

Does anyone have a suggestion on what might work well? I saw one of those FM transmiters that actualy connect to the antenna input in the rear of the head unit. I think that might be a possibility though I am a bit antimidated by the dash display/head unit and would only take it apart if I really knew where to go with things.

Has anyone tried this? I have a 2001 RX300 and would love to hear what others have done in this delima.

Lil4X

Try the ADVANCED search function at the top of the page. enter Ipod and search the RX300 family of forums. You should find a wealth of informantion on the subject because it has been discussed at great length here.

Welcome to ClubLexus!

salimshah

Look under audio/video forum.

for eg:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=206797

There was also a discussion on sirus install specific to RX330.

Salim

dzell81

From what I found there is nothing you can do with my system to integrate the Ipod in. According to what I read, only RX's with the navigation system are able to sycronize with a auxilury input.

There has to be someway of doing it in my RX300. If anyone else knows of a more specific thread or source of some kind please let me know.

Thanks

salimshah

If you are looking for buy and splice in there is nothing that I know [other than cassete/FM].

On the other hand if you are willing to dive in and have the understanding of electronics you have a few options. Lexus base systems are the same [L+/- and R+/-] ... sophisticated, yes!

Not to mention the serial control protocol .... hard to add devices that talk to each other and display required information.

Salim

bob2200

This is just to let the world know that I'm waiting for somebody to come up with a connector-plug-in product that does this. There should be an adequate market out there with the number of RXs out there and the number of Ipod/XM/Sirius units.

I have the technical knowledge to do it, but not the inclination and patience to to build one from scratch.

AgSport

try these guys:

mp3mycar.com

I meet them at MacWorld-SF in January and spend a lot of time discussing the RX300 integration with them. They seemed to have the best set-up, but it's a bit pricey; that's why I haven't done it yet. Basically you "replace" your CD changer for a direct connection to your iPod. That makes sense since you won't need the CD player anymore.

bob2200

I looked at their web site and it sppears their products only work with RX300's with the navigation system option. I think another company (I can't remember the name) offered this a year or so ago too. My RX doesn't have the navigation option.

AgSport

Fortunately, I do have factory nav so it would work great. I seem to remember that it would still work w/o nav but no song/control display, etc. I'd give them a call to discuss if you wanted to pursue it. They were very knowledgeable and really wanted to work out a solution.