Honda Music Link iPod Adapter
Well well… Looks like I may end up getting one of these instead of the adapter I was thinking of making. I wonder how well it’ll work. Hmm.
Honda and Apple Offer iPod Music Link Accessory
TORRANCE 09/07/2005 —American Honda announced today its new Honda Music Link iPod(R) adaptor in conjunction with Apple. This Genuine Honda accessory was developed to enable Honda drivers to utilize their iPod directly through the audio system in the all-new, redesigned, 2006 Honda Civic.
Honda Music Link enables consumers with iPods to select their music by artist, album, genre and play list through the Honda Civic’s standard controls on the audio system head unit. In addition, this system is the first of its kind to offer synthesized audio voice feedback when searching through the iPod music library with the vehicle’s audio system controls.
“We are very excited to partner with Apple and offer the Music Link accessory to our Honda consumers,” said Stony Furutani, manager of Honda Accessory Marketing. “The new 2006 Civic features the newest in many technologies, which are further expanded through the addition of the Music Link iPod system.
The Honda Music Link adaptor provides outstanding sound quality while charging the iPod at the same time by a cable conveniently located in the glove compartment. The adapter will be available starting this December exclusively for purchase and installation at Honda dealers. Suggested retail pricing for the Honda Music Link will be approximately $250 plus dealer installation. Honda Music link is backed by a full Honda factory warranty. Consumers should check with Honda dealers for specific restrictions.
Apple’s iPod units are available in the U.S. through the Apple Store(R) at www.apple.com and at selected retailers.
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For more information or downloadable high-resolution images of the Civic and other Honda vehicles, please visit www.hondanews.com. Consumer information is available at www.hondacars.com.
Wow, and this article at Ars Technicia says that it’ll offer voice recognition for browsing. Damn.
I’ve found a place that already has it listed as $193 or so. It’s one of the online places which sell Honda-branded accessories straight to consumers. List price is $250 or so.
I can deal with $193, especially if it works well. I’ve got the instructions here, too, and it appears to be pretty easy to install. It’s just a box about the size of two cigar tubes which goes in the dash, with a one cable going to the iPod and another to the head unit. It appears to show up as CD changer #4, too.
From what I’m reading it allows full browsing of all songs by artist, album, genre, and playlist from the factory head unit itself. I guess it’ll also do some sort of voice recognition for selection, too.
The head unit I’m getting already does this for the GPS / navtigation stuff, so it probably isn’t too much to add this. I just hope it works well.
The one I’m getting should look exactly like the first image shown here.