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About six months ago I hard wired my I-Pod to the truck 6-CD radio and rear seat radio controls.
It was a pain to either have to cover the I-Pod which used a Belkin cup holder, or have to disconnect it and hide it.
Yesterday I had an idea. Went to Home Depot and bought a 1" wide piece of aluminum stock. Bending it at a 90 degree angle and using self tapping screws, I screwed it into the inside of the center console. On the top, I drilled a hold large enough for the I-Pod holder to screw in. I cut the rubber cup holder nut from the Belkin cup holder I-Pod holder and screwed that into the bottom of the plastic holding screw. Since I already had the wiring coming up into the center console, I relocated it into the box of the center console.
I bought a Scosche remote control for the I-Pod and mounted the transmitter to the gear shift lever.
It operates perfectly and I can control on/off, next song, previous and play/pause without having to go to the I-Pod.
Best of all - it's hidden, and whats hidden doesn't get stolen!!
If your interested, I have some additional pictures in the Signature Link below.
It was a pain to either have to cover the I-Pod which used a Belkin cup holder, or have to disconnect it and hide it.
Yesterday I had an idea. Went to Home Depot and bought a 1" wide piece of aluminum stock. Bending it at a 90 degree angle and using self tapping screws, I screwed it into the inside of the center console. On the top, I drilled a hold large enough for the I-Pod holder to screw in. I cut the rubber cup holder nut from the Belkin cup holder I-Pod holder and screwed that into the bottom of the plastic holding screw. Since I already had the wiring coming up into the center console, I relocated it into the box of the center console.
I bought a Scosche remote control for the I-Pod and mounted the transmitter to the gear shift lever.
It operates perfectly and I can control on/off, next song, previous and play/pause without having to go to the I-Pod.
Best of all - it's hidden, and whats hidden doesn't get stolen!!
If your interested, I have some additional pictures in the Signature Link below.
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