I've been wanting to add iPod support to the Ford GT ever since I picked up an iPhone last December. With all the other audio add-ons supplied by the JVC KDNX-5000 (Bluetooth, Sirius and Navigation) it was the only item left that could be added. I don't really need to listen to songs with my iPhone, as the head unit can play DVD-Rs that hold all my music with room to spare. But I hate having to decide between iPod charging and radar detector power, so charging the phone was my primary goal.
I picked up the appropriate iPod cable (JVC KS-PD100) at Best Buy, pulled the fuse box cover (in the passenger footwell) and plugged it into the Sirius unit. The whole job took less than an hour and now I can charge the phone and monitor incoming radar beams at the same time.
Yes, a dual-power-adapter would have worked too, but those start to get very clumsy while also blocking my sight lines to the display screen. It's a good thing I don't need to hear tunes through my iPhone -- because I can't. When I plug it in and scroll to the iPod screen I get an endless message of "Now Reading" on the screen. I'm betting the iPhone
is too new/different to work with an iPod
cable from 2005.
Oh well.
Karl Brauer, Edmunds.com Editor in Chief @ 13,600 miles
cx7lover says:
06:53 AM, 06/20/08
That doesn't look like the best place for an iPod touch.
deagle13 says:
08:55 AM, 06/20/08
Karl - I'd lose that piece of plastic covering the fuse box - it adds weight. Also, by keeping the cover off of the fuse box it looks like you could double the storage space in the GT. ;-)
editor_karl says:
05:18 PM, 06/20/08
iPhone there for photo only. It actually sits perfectly in the thin pocket on the passenger side of the center console when being charged with the cord.