keithmdw said:
I have the Laguna Initiale and have just bought a new iPod, so I'd be inetrested in how to get this connected to the Initiale's stereo too.
Arm rest does seem like a good place to mount as it has the power supply and handy tray.
markbingo - I'l like to know how you did it and how it went.
Well my ipod now works in my car. It is hard wired in. And my itrip had been donated to somebody else who can find out for themselves how rubbish it is !
I tried to wire it in myself, but I failed. It turned out to be a bit harder than I thought. However, I did manage to find an AUX adapter for £55 on the web, that is designed to go in the Laguna Tuner List stereo in place of the cd-auto changer. So I swallowed my pride, and bought it.
Installed it yesterday and it went in without any problems at all. I tracked the wire all the way through the dash and center console to the center arm rest, and it now sits in the "top tray" very snuggly indeed.
The sound quality is superb, and the the other benifit is that the traffic reports on the FM radio kick in and mute the ipod ( wouldnt do this with the itrip ) so there are no worries about missing important commuting info either.
All in all I am VERY happy indeed. The job lot cost was about £65 + about 1hour fitting with a soldering iron (to extend a cable I already had, from the radio to the arm rest).
P.S. I didnt have to drill a single whole in my car either, Renault thoughtfully left enough space for me to poke it all the way through !!!