| There is no question that the most popular | | | | adapter on the market. The iON plugs directly into |
| portable music player on the market is the iPod. | | | | your iPod and is connected through a cable that |
| With its small size, large memory, and digital | | | | plugs directly into the CD changer port that is |
| sound, iPods allow you to bring a massive music | | | | located on the back of your car CD player. |
| library with you wherever you go, and it all fits in | | | | Installing the iON requires some degree of skill and |
| the palm of your hand. iPods are becoming | | | | time and those who are less mechanically inclined |
| increasingly ubiquitous as more and more | | | | may opt to have it professionally installed. The |
| consumers eschew compact disks in favor of the | | | | iON provides a direct connection that delivers the |
| convenience, portability, and performance of | | | | highest quality digital sound, but perhaps the most |
| these small wonders. However, iPods are not | | | | enticing feature is the way your iON and iPod |
| perfect and if they have a shortcoming it is most | | | | interface with your car stereo system. Once |
| obvious when you would like to use your iPod in | | | | attached to the iON, you no longer have to |
| the car, unless, of course, you have purchased an | | | | fumble with the buttons on your iPod while driving. |
| iPod car adapter. | | | | Instead you can change musical tracks by using |
| While some new cars are equipped with iPod | | | | the existing buttons on your car stereo. |
| docking stations, it is a rare feature that was not | | | | Installing an iON in your automobile has obvious |
| available until very recently. For the vast majority | | | | advantages, but those advantages come at a |
| of drivers their car stereo is still designed to | | | | cost. The iON is not portable, it becomes part of |
| accommodate compact disks, which up until | | | | your car, so if you own several cars you would |
| recently were the music medium of choice. | | | | need to install an iON in each if you want to bring |
| Because an iPod can store hundreds of music | | | | your iPod with you wherever you go. Further, if |
| titles its advantages over compact disks are | | | | your car stereo does not have a CD changer |
| obvious, and iPod owners naturally want to utilize | | | | port then an iON would not be compatible with |
| this while driving in their automobiles, and they | | | | your car. If those scenarios describe you, then an |
| need an iPod car adapter to do that. | | | | iPod car adapter with a universal FM modulator is |
| There are several types of iPod car adapters on | | | | what you need. A FM modulator will allow you to |
| the market. The most basic model would be for | | | | broadcast your iPod through one of several FM |
| use in cars that still have an analog cassette | | | | frequencies, and you can tune in your iPod on |
| player. For those automobiles, a cassette adapter | | | | your car radio. |
| can be plugged into the headphone jack of the | | | | Another desirable feature of an iPod car adapter, |
| iPod, and the cassette can be inserted into the | | | | such as the iON and the FM modulator, is that |
| car stereo. However, the sound quality of this | | | | they provide a power source for your iPod so |
| option is not ideal, and most late model cars have | | | | you do not have to worry about charging your |
| CD players instead of cassette players. | | | | iPod's battery; it happens automatically. An iPod |
| If your car has a compact disc player, then a | | | | car adapter gives you the ability to listen to your |
| cassette iPod car adapter is obviously not an | | | | entire music library for as long as you want, and |
| option. The Neo iON is the latest and best iPod car | | | | as far as you drive. |