Contest: TUAW wants to take you on a RoadTrip

so.. who won?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/billfred/71091023/ Teehee.

Here's the link to the photos ... http://www.pbase.com/africa05_sf/tuaw_ipodaudi_roadtrip

This iPod mount is for an Audi TT (they go so well together).

I really want to win this, so here's my rig... there's tons of pictures here: http://www.ivideoproductions.com/iPodCarStereo/ basically, i'm using a belkin car-charger that has a built-in amp to interface a hacked up headphone cord actually SPLICED INTO the speaker wires behind my stereo. Can't have the stereo on or you'll get iPod music AND radio music with this. This is SO messed up. i wish they hadnt gotten rid of the remote port on the nano, otherwise i'd still be using my iTrip Mini. I even tried to give the itrip phantom power from a 9V battery and attach it to my nano, but that didn't work :( enjoy the pictures and my dang long explination! -Mark

I use the standard cassette adapter, but my lovely 10 year old Nissan Sentra doesn't want me to enjoy music with my iPod. I think it feels I am cheating on it's own stereo system that came with the car 10 years ago. It will spit out my cassette adapter if I brake too fast, turn a corner or turn the car on or off. The realy joy is try to get the damn tape to stay in. It takes numerous attempts while it keeps spitting it out. Sometimes it stays in but doesn't drop down into the right position, sot the stereo gets confused and keeps trying to switch sides of the tape, as if there was something on the other side to listen to. The FM / AM Stereo works great, but as we all know, radio sucks now and I love my iPod.

I've received complaints from passengers about my method to get tunes from my iPod to the car. I connect a pair of ear phones to the iPod then I place the earphones onto my ears. Next I play the tune or tunes from the iPod. Finally I sing the music as it plays, thus the negative comments. I really could use a better method.

Well, here's mine, complete with details. This was a fun contest. Here's hoping I get snaps from Rube. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kapgar/69061783/

Here's my story and here's my rig. It took me quite a long time to type this up and take the pictures as such, but I put much more effort into this than the nano contest. Hope you all enjoy. http://fallingbomb.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-have-ipod.html

Once upon a time, about 2 years ago, a young 10 and a half year old boy received his iPod. He cherished it, but, since he didn't get an allowance, he hasn't had money to listen to his songs in the car. He has been trying to get some money to get an adapter, whether the songs will travel over air or through copper. Please help him in his noble quest. -d