You're way ahead of me in entertainment systems Alistair. Along with every other aspect of Syncro modification. :)

I find that the phone is enough for my music needs, so I thought why carry around this big box? The beauty of using a dock is in just plunking my phone into it. Charging and sound are available with no extra wires to fiddle with. Navigation is plenty visible and turn-by-turn directions come through the sound system if desired, a boon for my lousy hearing.

Currently the entire amp is behind the dash, including the potentiometer. Volume is controlled through the phone, though I may consider moving the pot to the dash in the future.

Angus

> On Jul 19, 2015, at 1:54 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
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> That's pretty neat Angus.
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> I got frustrated recently with the tight fit of my pioneer head unit in the dash. I dread pulling the head unit to do any work back there.
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> I'm thinking of ditching it and buying one without the disc drive. They appear much shallower and I'm not using the cd drive very often anymore.
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> I'm looking for a mech-less unit with 3 pairs of pre outs, and a remote control. USB input of course and Bluetooth would be nice.
> 
> I had a home made iPad holder that replaced the ashtray and held the iPad down over the dash. But recently I found a RAM mount and I popped in a 1/4-20 riv nut beside the lighter and I can screw in the ram mount base to that. I can hold either the mini or the air 2 on that. The mini is less intrusive and works very well as an off road nav system ( Bluetooth connection to garmin glo receiver) and I lead USB cable out through ashtray to the pad.
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> I also made a base for the ram mount that I have screwed to the underside of the rear overhead cupboard. That way I can, should I wish, lie in bed and have the iPad I'm position to watch a movie.
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> Alistair
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> On Jul 19, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>> And with that... Y'all going too far off topic.;-)
>>> 
>>> Back to Vanagons please!
>> 
>> Easy enough to do - the best part of my Syncro (not saying much eh?) is undoubtedly the iPhone dock, which I've shared before.
>> 
>> <https://picasaweb.google.com/113695512730964451253/IPhoneDock?authuser=0&feat=directlink>
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>> 
>> Recently I freed up some valuable dash space by throwing away the (original) radio. Today's project is to install this little amplifier to play my iPhone tunes through the dock.
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>> <https://picasaweb.google.com/113695512730964451253/IPhoneSoundSystem?authuser=0&feat=directlink>
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>> 
>> Angus
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>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 19, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> well..
>>>> 
>>>> I don't have an iPhone...
>>>> 
>>>> just a cheap $19.00 prepaid cell phone...
>>>> 
>>>> I don't anybody call me... not counting I don't all the nice stuff on the
>>>> iPhone..
>>>> 
>>>> yes know the iPhone is very very nice... but I have no use for all the
>>>> features except to call when I have breakdown on the road...
>>>> 
>>>> a Ferrari is nice too...
>>>> 
>>>> :-)
>>>>> 
>>>>>