Not me my son, he has been saving up for a Scion. As for me, I need an iPod controlled sound system in a mini-pickup truck. I have been using an FM transmitter to listen to my iPod in my truck, but there is some interference.

Good job, Toyota. You're only a year late. GM already has this capability in over a half-dozen vehicles, including the Solstice, Cobalt, LaCrosse, and minivans and MP3 adaptors will be available on virtually all upcoming models.

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Good job, Toyota. You're only a year late. GM already has this capability in over a half-dozen vehicles, including the Solstice, Cobalt, LaCrosse, and minivans and MP3 adaptors will be available on virtually all upcoming models.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't GM only offer a line in (which has been included in many after market stereos for around a decade)? That is, you'll get the sound on your car stereo, but no display of track in, and no changing tracks with the steering wheel or head unit controls?

Besides, with the possible exception of the Cobalt, these GM vehicles you mention are hardly going after the same demographic as the Scion.

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Good job, Toyota. You're only a year late. GM already has this capability in over a half-dozen vehicles

A year? What was so magical about 2004? I could have used an input jack back when I got a protable CD player but my car still had a tape deck. And I'm not old enough to say for sure, but I bet that everyone who bought a walkman would have loved a way to plug those into their older cars' radios.

Some sort of audio jack should have been standard in cars TWENTY years ago, not just last year. So Toyota's 20 years late and GMs only 19 years late. Good for them.

I hope Toyota also makes it available for other models, especially the Prius.

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I hope Toyota also makes it available for other models, especially the Prius.

It'll be like credit cards at fast food places. Once more than one of them did it then everyone else HAD to do it just to keep up.

I'm sure you'll see this on every model very soon.

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Al Swearengen wrote:
Not me my son, he has been saving up for a Scion. As for me, I need an iPod controlled sound system in a mini-pickup truck. I have been using an FM transmitter to listen to my iPod in my truck, but there is some interference.

There are several direct-connection systems available. Check out these:

http://peripheralelectronics.com/ipod2car/index.shtml

(BTW, that does work with the Prius. I have the unit in my 2004 Prius.)

http://www.monstercable.com/iCruze/default.asp

The ipod2car seems to have a wider range of models that it is compatible with. Mine works somewhat well: it plays perfectly, but the iPod doesn't always respond to the "Mode" or "Power" controls by turning on or off. It has some quirks about changing songs, too, but I haven't really tried that very much, as I generally listen to audiobooks or podcasts of radio shows. The ipod2car takes the place of an external CD changer--you can still use the internal CD player.

yeah ass hole #@!$ GM.. scion is the $#!%

I bought a 2005 scion and this was already an option.
i think its been around since scion's were first released in the us

for my toyota i use this interface but for the scions with pioneer radio pioneer makes the interface for $100.00

http://www.oemautosound.com/c-113-toyota-to-ipod.aspx