You can still access the iPod without opening the glove box by getting a long (6ft) M to M cable and connect it to the AUX cable jack. That's what I do with my mp3 player hidden in the cell phone compartment. Easy access to the mp3 when needed.
I made a small hole (about 3/8") in the side of the glove box and fed the cable behind the side plastic side of the centre console and out at the bottom into the(map) netting at the side of the passenger footwell. Nothing much shows & I can either keep the MP3 player in the net or in one of the spaces near the gear lever. I then plugged the hole in the glovebox with a split rubber grommet.
Had I had time (I did at whilst removing the CD holder from the glovebox) I would have ordered a right angle mini jack plug and a proper grommet for the hole which would have made a neater job.
Finally bought a mp3 player and connected it to the AUX. Instead of doing the Keith way, I run the cable up the hole at the corner under the glove door. You can feel/see there is a hole there. Now I have to push "hard" for the glove box door to close properly. I can see a wider gap between the chrome line just on top of the glove door at that corner.
You should remove it and reinstall the line "a la Keith" and that should fix the binding that's now occurring. As you said" I can see a wider gap...." Good luck!
I find the volume produce by the mp3 player is low. I have the turn up the car's speaker volume . Will ripping music in higher kbps improve the volume?
I think you will find that fairly normal for MP3 players mine has to be on full volume on the MP3 and the volume on the car stereo turned up more than normal. Of course then you get the traffic announcements really blasting out through the loudspeakers.
I find the volume produce by the mp3 player is low. I have the turn up the car's speaker volume . Will ripping music in higher kbps improve the volume?
Hi jtcb
The kbps is actually a quality control ( the jury is out on what is the best kbps to encode at )
There is a free program called mp3gain MP3Gain that will normalize the volume of all your music to the same level. You can also increase the sound level at the same time.
Another program that works well is Sound Normalizer available at Mp3 Normalizer, WAV Normalizer, Wav/Mp3 Converter, Mp3 ID3 Tag Editor | Sound Normalizer for a low price. Naturally I would not recommend going to any warez site to get programs for free.
By using these or other programs all the songs will play at the same volume and you do not have to adjust the volume for each song. Experiment and see.
I use a program and have made several cd mp3 to play in my cd changer and the sound level is great. But I have not hooked up any mp3 player so good luck.
The kbps is actually a quality control ( the jury is out on what is the best kbps to encode at )
There is a free program called mp3gain MP3Gain that will normalize the volume of all your music to the same level. You can also increase the sound level at the same time.
Another program that works well is Sound Normalizer available at Mp3 Normalizer, WAV Normalizer, Wav/Mp3 Converter, Mp3 ID3 Tag Editor | Sound Normalizer for a low price. Naturally I would not recommend going to any warez site to get programs for free.
By using these or other programs all the songs will play at the same volume and you do not have to adjust the volume for each song. Experiment and see.
I use a program and have made several cd mp3 to play in my cd changer and the sound level is great. But I have not hooked up any mp3 player so good luck.
Bill
Your volume on the mp3 should be set as hi as possible without distorting on the radio.
Normalizing the volume usually brings the volume down to avoid sound peak.
Increasing the gain of your mp3 will make them distort, if you are not a sound purist you might not mind ... I do.
The best codec is AAC 192kps or MP3 224kps and more. his should not affect the volume though, only the frequency/quality of the sound
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