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There is no question that the most well liked cartable music player on the market is the iPod.  With its tiny size, enormous memory, and digital sound, iPods allow you to bring a great music library with you wherever you go, and it all fits in the center of your hand.  IPods are becoming increasingly ever-present as more and more patrons eschew compact disks in favor of the convenience, portability, and performance of these small wonders.  However, iPods are not perfect and if they’ve a lack it is most blatant when you would like to use your iPod in the car, unless, naturally, you have purchased an iPod car adapter. 

While some new cars are supplied with iPod docking stations, it’s a rare feature that was not available till very recently.  For the majority of drivers their car stereo is still built to accommodate compact disks, which up until fairly recently were the music medium of preference.  Because an iPod can store hundreds of music titles its benefits over compact disks are obvious, and iPod owners naturally want to utilize this while driving in their vehicles, and they need an iPod car adapter to do that. 

There are a few types of iPod car adapters on the market.  The most simple model would be for use in cars that still have an analog cassette player.  For those vehicles, a cassette adapter can be connected into the headphone jack of the iPod, and the cassette can be inserted into the car stereo.  the sound quality of this option is not ideal, and most late model cars have CD players instead of cassette players. 

If your car has a compact disc player, then a cassette iPod car adapter is definitely not an option.  The Neo iON is the latest and best iPod car adapter on the market.  The iON plugs directly into your iPod and is connected through a wire that plugs directly into the CD changer port that is found on the back of your car CD player.  Installing the iON requires some quantity of talent and time and people who are less mechanically inclined may choose to have it professionally installed. 

The iON gives a direct connection that delivers the best quality digital sound, but maybe the most enticing feature is the way your iON and iPod accessories interface with your car stereo system.  Once attached to the iON, you now do not have to fumble with the buttons on your iPod while driving.  Instead you can change musical tracks by trying the present buttons on your car stereo. 

Installing an iON in your automobile has obvious advantages, but those advantages come at a cost.  The iON is not transportable, it becomes part of your car, so if you’ve got many cars you would need to install an iON in each if you want to bring your iPod with you wherever you go.  Further, if your car stereo does not have a CD changer port then an iON would not be compatible with your car.  If those eventualities describe you, then an iPod car adapter with a universal FM modulator is what you want.  A FM modulator will allow you to broadcast your iPod through one of many FM frequencies, and you can tune in your iPod on your car radio. 

Another desirable feature of an iPod car adapter, for example the iON and the FM modulator, is that they supply a power source for your iPod so you do not have to worry about charging your iPod?s battery ; it happens instantly.  An iPod car adapter gives you the ability to listen to your whole music library for so long as you would like, and as far as you drive.

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