{"id":9168,"date":"2008-01-09T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-09T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2008\/01\/09\/honda-music-link-usa-spec-pa11-hon2y-ipod-touch\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:36:25","slug":"honda-music-link-usa-spec-pa11-hon2y-ipod-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2008\/01\/09\/honda-music-link-usa-spec-pa11-hon2y-ipod-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda Music Link, USA Spec PA11-HON2y, iPod touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hrm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very tempted to buy a <a href=\"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/wiki\/USA_Spec_PA11-HON2y\">USA Spec PA11-HON2y<\/a> and an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/ipodtouch\/\">iPod touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The PA11-HON2y would be put in the car, replacing the <a href=\"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_0867-scaled.jpg\">custom interface I&#8217;d made<\/a>, but using the same iPod holder. The iPod touch would then replace my iPod.<\/p>\n<p>I could then sell the Honda Music Link(s) which I now have and my old iPod on eBay.<\/p>\n<p>This would do a couple of things:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&middot; Get a project off my back (REing the HML&#8217;s firmware) and I could abandon it without feeling wasteful.<br \/>\n&middot; Get back some (most?) of the money spent on these projects.<br \/>\n&middot; Put a better quality iPod interface in my car, with next\/previous track support. My current setup is also somewhat susceptible to engine noise when the iPod is disconnected.<br \/>\n&middot; Get me a portable data device for checking maps and such while traveling.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On the downside, it&#8217;d move me from a 30GB (which is plenty sufficient) iPod to a 16GB, which might be a little tight. Then again, I can wait until MacWorld to see if a 24GB or 32GB is announced.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;d also be something new to do. Yay!<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Hmm&#8230; I can get the PA11-HON2y for $119.95 with free shipping via eBay. It&#8217;d be best to tear the dash open only once, and that would give me time to remove the remaining cable(s) from the Honda Music Link while cabling this one in. Hmm&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hrm&#8230; I&#8217;m very tempted to buy a USA Spec PA11-HON2y and an iPod touch. The PA11-HON2y would be put in the car, replacing the custom interface I&#8217;d made, but using the same iPod holder. The iPod touch would then replace my iPod. I could then sell the Honda Music Link(s) which I now have and\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,12,6,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acquired-things","category-automotive","category-electronics","category-moved-from-livejournal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12461,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9168\/revisions\/12461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}