The Dension ice>Link Plus brings complete integration of the Apple iPod with your factory fitted Audi radio. Simply connect the ice>Link Plus to the CD changer socket of your radio and start enjoying crisp, clean digital music. Imagine having access to over 10,000 MP3s at the touch of a button!
The operation is simple: ice>Link Plus translates CD changer messages to iPod controls and switches the iPod automatically on and off as you select/deselect the CD changer source. The iPod is controlled from the head unit‘s CD changer keys and steering wheel controls (where available) and your iPod is charged while connected.
Forget the need for poor quality cassette adapters, illegal FM Transmitters and trailing cigarette lighter cables. The Dension ice>Link Plus is available for a huge range of OEM Factory Fitted and Aftermarket radios.
Select from Dension's range of iPod applications such as Active Cradle or Dock Cable for a perfect integration. All applications support both Dension user interface mode and original iPod user interface mode and now ice>Link Plus now features video output for great integration with rear seat entertainment systems.
Simple interface...
The ice>Link Menu is the main feature of the ice>Link user interface allowing you to easily navigate through the different play modes such as scan, repeat and shuffle. The menu also lets you enter the playlist browser, where you can access all of your iPod's playlists enhancing your listening experience. The ice>Link Plus gives your iPod two modes of operation.
1. iPod Direct Access Mode - The iPod will play/pause when you enter/exit CD changer mode on your radio. In addition, the iPod responds to FF/RW from your head unit keys and steering wheel controls (where available)
2. iPod Playlist Mode - Your iPod maps the first five playlists stored on the iPod to CDs 1-5 on your head unit keys. Although the iPod keypad is disabled in this mode, the iPod display (and CD Text/dashboard displays in some applications) will show ID3 data of the currently playing song. Advanced content features including Random, Repeat, Scan and AlbumPlay are also available, even on radios that don't have these features. Pressing CD6 accesses the ice>Link Plus menu that lets you browse all of the playlists on your iPod using your head unit FF/RW keys. The menu also provides configuration options for advanced features of the ice>Link Plus.
(N.B. the original 1G/2G iPods that don't have the bottom-mounted dock connector do not support Ice Link Plus playlist mode or the menu)
Features
Converts iPod to a virtual CD changer
• Song information displayed on the iPod screen (3G and up)
• Play Time, Artist and Title information presented on Radio Display (if radio supports)
• Adjustable output +/-4 V
Directly controls iPod
• Start/stop at selection/deselection of CD Changer source
• Next/Back, FF/REW, Random/Repeat/Scan (if radio supports)
• Direct access to the first 5 playlists by selecting Discs
Menu for advanced features and setting, like:
Playlist browser
AlbumPlay
• Languages
• iPod battery charging mode
Control your iPod...
Use your radio or iPod to navigate through playlists, albums and songs and access the simple to use iPod interface. The ice>Link interprets the radio controls from your vehicle to the iPod to emulate a fully loaded CD changer, but with more advanced features.
Text Display...
Read the Song Title and Artist information right from your radio. This is also displayed on your iPod if your radio doesn't support text display, giving you all the info you need while on the road.
Future Proof...
ice>Link Plus features upgradeable firmware. As future features are released by Dension, you can download the necessary files to your iPod seamlessly updating your ice>Link Plus, ensuring you always has the latest version. Also if you change your vehicle you can update the software to be compatible with your new vehicle (a replacement vehicle harness may be required in some applications).
Mounting the Active Cradle:
The Active Cradle mounts using the supplied screws, however it is recommended that an (optional) Damage-Free Mounting bracket is used ensuring an integrated, discreet and professional install.
Each Damage-Free Mounting Bracket is made for your particular car make and model ensuring a perfect fit. They install in minutes without any drilling and protect your dash from superficial damage. Detailed installation instructions are provided with each bracket.
About the Author
Ben is a successful technical consultant on design of iPod systems and writes regularly for http://ipodcarkitdirect.co.uk
Article Summary: The Dension ice>Link Plus brings complete integration of the Apple iPod with your factory fitted Audi radio.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
The New Entertainer
Digital music players caused a furore when they first arrived on the scene, as music moguls everywhere feared that without the need to purchase a hardcopy of an album, consumers would enjoy artists’ hard work for free, and the profits derived from an enormously lucrative industry would be depleted in a serious way. A few years on, it’s obvious that the industry of music creation hasn’t collapsed under the weight of such digital music players as the iPod, which holds a ninety percent share of the digital music player market. But now, it seems, another area of the music industry is in fear of its life.
You may have heard the term ‘iPod wedding’ being bandied about, but rest assured that humanity has not yet lost all respect for the sacred bonds of marriage and begun to indulge in formalized commitments to their electronic gadgets. The term, in fact, refers to the new, money saving trend of ditching the wedding singer or DJ in favor of another musical mediator. Newly wed couples are now celebrating their nuptials to the sounds that emanate from their iPods.
And with the expense of weddings rising, seemingly, every year, who can blame them. To have a live band play at your wedding can cost upward of a thousand dollars, while a DJ can cost less, but not much, at a price tag of about six hundred. For many brides and grooms, the opportunities for cutting financial corners are slim, with many couples unwilling to compromise on other such other wedding essentials as the rings and the bride’s gown. Setting up your iPod then, with its enormous capacity for storing a huge variety of songs, to take care of your music for the occasion seems to make a whole of sense.
There are a multitude of other advantages to choosing an iPod as your wedding day entertainer. The newly married couple are free to choose precisely the music they want played at their special event, without worrying about the weird and wonderful tastes of a band or DJ. An iPod is also around half the price of a DJ, and as the couple can use it after the wedding for their own personal use, represents a double bargain. With the giving of favors to wedding guests a popular tradition, a wedding iPod is also a wonderful favor for the couple to give themselves, allowing them use and enjoy every day an item that is likely to evoke wonderful memories of a happy day.
An iPod is an ideal way to save money at any big occasion, and allows you to share the music you love with the people you care about. But while the iPod is a powerful tool, DJs and bands shouldn’t throw in the hat just yet – the iPod didn’t kill the music industry and with the continuing popularity of live music at weddings, it’s unlike to ruin their business either.
About the Author
Dave is the owner of http://buyipod4less.info and http://ipodcovers4me.info websites that provide information on iPods.
You may have heard the term ‘iPod wedding’ being bandied about, but rest assured that humanity has not yet lost all respect for the sacred bonds of marriage and begun to indulge in formalized commitments to their electronic gadgets. The term, in fact, refers to the new, money saving trend of ditching the wedding singer or DJ in favor of another musical mediator. Newly wed couples are now celebrating their nuptials to the sounds that emanate from their iPods.
And with the expense of weddings rising, seemingly, every year, who can blame them. To have a live band play at your wedding can cost upward of a thousand dollars, while a DJ can cost less, but not much, at a price tag of about six hundred. For many brides and grooms, the opportunities for cutting financial corners are slim, with many couples unwilling to compromise on other such other wedding essentials as the rings and the bride’s gown. Setting up your iPod then, with its enormous capacity for storing a huge variety of songs, to take care of your music for the occasion seems to make a whole of sense.
There are a multitude of other advantages to choosing an iPod as your wedding day entertainer. The newly married couple are free to choose precisely the music they want played at their special event, without worrying about the weird and wonderful tastes of a band or DJ. An iPod is also around half the price of a DJ, and as the couple can use it after the wedding for their own personal use, represents a double bargain. With the giving of favors to wedding guests a popular tradition, a wedding iPod is also a wonderful favor for the couple to give themselves, allowing them use and enjoy every day an item that is likely to evoke wonderful memories of a happy day.
An iPod is an ideal way to save money at any big occasion, and allows you to share the music you love with the people you care about. But while the iPod is a powerful tool, DJs and bands shouldn’t throw in the hat just yet – the iPod didn’t kill the music industry and with the continuing popularity of live music at weddings, it’s unlike to ruin their business either.
About the Author
Dave is the owner of http://buyipod4less.info and http://ipodcovers4me.info websites that provide information on iPods.
iPods For Rent On The Plane
You do need to travel from your home in one state and then fly up to yet another state all across the country. It would certainly take you more than just a couple of hours so that you can reach your destination and then later on get settled in your hotel. So what do you do during your long and very boring travel all across the United States?
If you are from Mexico, then you may be quite familiar with Volaris. Volaris is actually an airplane based on that state and it is one of those airlines that do offer to fly you from one place to another for a really low cost. And as part of their effort to actually bring in more sales and keep the customers coming to their airlines and their business, Volaris is now offering their passengers the chance to enjoy and entertain themselves with music. How? They are offering iPods for rent and each would cost you $5. And $5 to rent an iPod for the whole trip is an okay amount in fact.
Sure, the iPods that are going to be for rent on the Volaris fleet of airplanes and airbuses are going to have their own set of headsets and accessories. Of course, iPod Accessories are going to be quite different from those that you are going to use when you are flying over the country.
Volaris also did mention that they are going to offer their passengers the option of renting out an iPod for their flights and travels. After all, the company does say that the iPod is very much a popular treat to music and video lovers and by offering such a gadget on their flights, Volaris is going to have a really great advantage over all other grand airlines. The truth is, the world of airlines has been bombarded with rumors that carriers like Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and even Continental Airlines would be offering their passengers to plug in and dock their iPods on the seats of the airplanes. However, it does look like Volaris has gone on ahead and took the scoop on the popular gadgets.
So what kinds of files are already stored on the iPods that have been sent out for rent for Volaris passengers? According to those who have tried the gadgets out, they have been entertained through the whole flight with popular pieces of music as well as television shows from Mexico. However, because not all are coming from Mexico, Volaris is saying that they are soon going to also add in sitcoms from the US as well as other different types of music for those who are looking for alternative choices.
The whole scheme started out last February 8.
About the Author
Giovanni Woods is a geeky entrepreneur who cannot work without his music buddy – the iPod. He collects the latest iPod Accessories in the market through TopZone UK. He also loves to travel around Asia.
If you are from Mexico, then you may be quite familiar with Volaris. Volaris is actually an airplane based on that state and it is one of those airlines that do offer to fly you from one place to another for a really low cost. And as part of their effort to actually bring in more sales and keep the customers coming to their airlines and their business, Volaris is now offering their passengers the chance to enjoy and entertain themselves with music. How? They are offering iPods for rent and each would cost you $5. And $5 to rent an iPod for the whole trip is an okay amount in fact.
Sure, the iPods that are going to be for rent on the Volaris fleet of airplanes and airbuses are going to have their own set of headsets and accessories. Of course, iPod Accessories are going to be quite different from those that you are going to use when you are flying over the country.
Volaris also did mention that they are going to offer their passengers the option of renting out an iPod for their flights and travels. After all, the company does say that the iPod is very much a popular treat to music and video lovers and by offering such a gadget on their flights, Volaris is going to have a really great advantage over all other grand airlines. The truth is, the world of airlines has been bombarded with rumors that carriers like Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and even Continental Airlines would be offering their passengers to plug in and dock their iPods on the seats of the airplanes. However, it does look like Volaris has gone on ahead and took the scoop on the popular gadgets.
So what kinds of files are already stored on the iPods that have been sent out for rent for Volaris passengers? According to those who have tried the gadgets out, they have been entertained through the whole flight with popular pieces of music as well as television shows from Mexico. However, because not all are coming from Mexico, Volaris is saying that they are soon going to also add in sitcoms from the US as well as other different types of music for those who are looking for alternative choices.
The whole scheme started out last February 8.
About the Author
Giovanni Woods is a geeky entrepreneur who cannot work without his music buddy – the iPod. He collects the latest iPod Accessories in the market through TopZone UK. He also loves to travel around Asia.
Shuffling to the Music
Much as we sometimes fear change, some inexplicable part of the human psyche loves unpredictability. Even those among us who crave order in our homes and office spaces sometimes love to throw caution to the wind and lose our organized selves in a whirlwind of spontaneity. While many of us feel that things should have their place, and be in that same place when we go to look for it as we’re running out the door, still we long for the odd surprise to make life just a little more interesting. Perhaps, then, it’s little wonder that our favorite iPod tool is the shuffle key.
In the days of the record and tape cassette, our only listening option was a chronological one. And because even our very favorite album usually has a song or two that doesn’t quite hit the spot, we always ended up listening to it anyway, skipping the needle over (quite often making horrible scratches in the process that invariably cut through the songs we did like), or pushing blindly on fast forward to get to the tune’s other side.
But with the advent of CDs, our options expanded, offering us for the first time a perhaps more playful way of listening. And while CDs undoubtedly offered us greater listening flexibility over their predecessors, portable music had not yet reached its zenith. Now we have the iPod, and the user friendly listening of the CD has been combined with a storage system that allows us carry with us almost as much music as we could ever want.
But with that enormous choice available to us on a daily basis, it can be difficult to know where to begin your listening pleasure. Of course there are always days when you have a hankering for a particular song, but when the music stored comprises all your own personal favorites, how do you choose? Perhaps that’s why the iPod’s shuffle option is one of the device’s best loves features.
So much so that Apple, the company who make the iPod, have produced a version of their digital music player that’s quite descriptively called, yes, you guessed it, the Shuffle. Realizing that the feature was one of the iPod’s most popular, they came up with a music player that assumes this mode by default. You can still store all the music you like on the new iPod version, only now you don’t have to choose which song to play – the Shuffle plays your music randomly, so you are always treated to that element of surprise.
Now the unpredictability that keeps us on our toes can be a part of your life every day. Shuffle to the music!
About the Author
Dave is the owner of http://myipodmini.info and http://ipodcaradapter4me.info websites that provide information on iPods.
In the days of the record and tape cassette, our only listening option was a chronological one. And because even our very favorite album usually has a song or two that doesn’t quite hit the spot, we always ended up listening to it anyway, skipping the needle over (quite often making horrible scratches in the process that invariably cut through the songs we did like), or pushing blindly on fast forward to get to the tune’s other side.
But with the advent of CDs, our options expanded, offering us for the first time a perhaps more playful way of listening. And while CDs undoubtedly offered us greater listening flexibility over their predecessors, portable music had not yet reached its zenith. Now we have the iPod, and the user friendly listening of the CD has been combined with a storage system that allows us carry with us almost as much music as we could ever want.
But with that enormous choice available to us on a daily basis, it can be difficult to know where to begin your listening pleasure. Of course there are always days when you have a hankering for a particular song, but when the music stored comprises all your own personal favorites, how do you choose? Perhaps that’s why the iPod’s shuffle option is one of the device’s best loves features.
So much so that Apple, the company who make the iPod, have produced a version of their digital music player that’s quite descriptively called, yes, you guessed it, the Shuffle. Realizing that the feature was one of the iPod’s most popular, they came up with a music player that assumes this mode by default. You can still store all the music you like on the new iPod version, only now you don’t have to choose which song to play – the Shuffle plays your music randomly, so you are always treated to that element of surprise.
Now the unpredictability that keeps us on our toes can be a part of your life every day. Shuffle to the music!
About the Author
Dave is the owner of http://myipodmini.info and http://ipodcaradapter4me.info websites that provide information on iPods.
The Wonderful World of iPods
Music is part of our lives. Babies are comforted by lullabies, we learn to speak and communicate through song, teenagers first rebel through rap, and communities are brought together through hymns. Music defines who we are, and allows us to concentrate on tasks by providing rhythm to our daily tasks, and a melody can dredge up memories long thought forgotten.
Although we've had access to portable music for decades, the iPod has revolutionized how we think about portability itself; songs can be downloaded in a few minutes and be played until they have been replaced. As permanent media are not needed, such as for compact disk players, and the songs can be downloaded again (in case of accidental deletion) there is no need for protecting the songs themselves. This makes iPods the most portable music source, as other players require not only the player, but the medium itself. In other words: You don't need to drag tapes or CD's along, and worry about how you will carry them or keep them safe.
Unfortunately, iPods do not support all kinds of audio formats. Luckily there is iPod AudioBook software that will make audio books out of your .flac or .ogg or any other files.
You can also do something you can't with other players: You can transmit the music to other players. Thus sharing music or trading songs is just a matter of having the right cords. You can also place the iPod in a dock, allowing it to play music in a better sound system. Whereas other players were limited to transferring the media itself, the iPod becomes the media.
Besides music, some iPods can handle video as well as images. Besides keeping video size small, this means that viral videos can infect systems beyond the limits of the original system. It has also created entirely new industries. The best example of this is that comic artists can allow their comics to be downloaded, and those comics can be shared with other fans of the comics. Although it probably won't overtake people printing comics to share with friends any time soon, it does allow someone to carry their favorite comics with them wherever they go or download then for future reading if they download the comics as part of bigger packages.
The iPod has become the center point of new marketing campaigns, as well as new legislation. After all, when a potential listener doesn't need to pay for the song, copyright issues come into play. Various licensing plans have come into play, but after Sony's attempt to invoke a hardware solution (they included a bit of software in order to enforce CD copyrights that ended up effectively disconnecting CD-ROM drives and resulting in a class action suit against Sony) have made other companies nervous.
The iPod is an interesting piece of technology, and not just because of its portability. As any technology becomes more advanced, the more it can do as well. Even CD players never got past being able to play more than music; some iPods have already passed that with their multimedia capabilities. As technology continues to get smaller and branch out, it will be interesting to see where iPods will be in even a few years from now.
About the Author
Mary Banas is a member of CoolUtils team. CoolUtils Team believes that software is supposed to save people time not taking ages to learn. We develop indeed user-friedly software.
Although we've had access to portable music for decades, the iPod has revolutionized how we think about portability itself; songs can be downloaded in a few minutes and be played until they have been replaced. As permanent media are not needed, such as for compact disk players, and the songs can be downloaded again (in case of accidental deletion) there is no need for protecting the songs themselves. This makes iPods the most portable music source, as other players require not only the player, but the medium itself. In other words: You don't need to drag tapes or CD's along, and worry about how you will carry them or keep them safe.
Unfortunately, iPods do not support all kinds of audio formats. Luckily there is iPod AudioBook software that will make audio books out of your .flac or .ogg or any other files.
You can also do something you can't with other players: You can transmit the music to other players. Thus sharing music or trading songs is just a matter of having the right cords. You can also place the iPod in a dock, allowing it to play music in a better sound system. Whereas other players were limited to transferring the media itself, the iPod becomes the media.
Besides music, some iPods can handle video as well as images. Besides keeping video size small, this means that viral videos can infect systems beyond the limits of the original system. It has also created entirely new industries. The best example of this is that comic artists can allow their comics to be downloaded, and those comics can be shared with other fans of the comics. Although it probably won't overtake people printing comics to share with friends any time soon, it does allow someone to carry their favorite comics with them wherever they go or download then for future reading if they download the comics as part of bigger packages.
The iPod has become the center point of new marketing campaigns, as well as new legislation. After all, when a potential listener doesn't need to pay for the song, copyright issues come into play. Various licensing plans have come into play, but after Sony's attempt to invoke a hardware solution (they included a bit of software in order to enforce CD copyrights that ended up effectively disconnecting CD-ROM drives and resulting in a class action suit against Sony) have made other companies nervous.
The iPod is an interesting piece of technology, and not just because of its portability. As any technology becomes more advanced, the more it can do as well. Even CD players never got past being able to play more than music; some iPods have already passed that with their multimedia capabilities. As technology continues to get smaller and branch out, it will be interesting to see where iPods will be in even a few years from now.
About the Author
Mary Banas is a member of CoolUtils team. CoolUtils Team believes that software is supposed to save people time not taking ages to learn. We develop indeed user-friedly software.
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