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So today a lovely man from Unicar came and installed my Dension Ice>Link Plus for a paltry £40. Some of you regular readers may remember I tried to get Halfords to fit one of these only for them to fail badly and annoy me in the process. However this time, he was done in half an hour (it took Halfords all day to tell me they’d screwed up) and it works so perfectly I think I wept a few tears of joy.

So what is it? The operation is simple: ice>Link Plus translates CD changer messages to iPod controls and switches the iPod automatically on and off as you select/deselect the CD changer source. The iPod is controlled from the head unit‘s CD changer keys and steering wheel controls. So no more crackly music through an FM channel - this gives me CD quality sound and the ability to control my music from the car head unit.

If you are interested in getting one, it’s cost me £140 in total. Argos do one for £99 fitted however that doesn’t allow the unit to be controlled from the CD player apparently.

If you’d like to see the install, read on (beware big piccies and gratuitous shot of my thumb).

The head unit now thinks it has a multichanger attached. This lets me access the first five playlists, and the sixth button lets me configure the iPod and IceLink

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Hidden in the dash is a little compartment that now holds my ipod out of sight so I don’t have to remove it everytime I get out of the car.

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