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Ipod vs CD in F430

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  1. Dugmich

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    #1 Dugmich, May 29, 2019
    Hi all, just picked up my F430!! Seems as though the sound quality is far less when I play music through an ipod that I have connected in the glove box vs putting in a regular audio CD....I wonder if I'm doing something wrong or is this just how it is....
     
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    #2 mwstewart, May 29, 2019
    Is the iPod connected via an aux lead or the actual Becker iPod interface?
     
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    #3 Dugmich, May 29, 2019
    It's connected directly to the cable that hangs in the glove Box
     
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    #4 Dugmich, May 29, 2019
    Just spent some solid time trying to figure this out.....an audio CD definitely sounds a lot clearer than the ipod for some reason....the ipod is connected directly to the connector in the glove box....the best way I can describe is that when the ipod is playing, even at a normal volume it sounds distorted like when I was a kid and would turn a speaker all the way up...garbled.....
     
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    #5 fc2, May 30, 2019
    Where did the music on the iPod come from? Are you sure the audio source was high-quality? If you listen to the iPod with headphones and then plug the iPod into the car, does the music sound the same or does the quality only degrade once plugged into the car?
     
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    #6 davidoloan, May 30, 2019
    Is this a 3.5mm cable?

    The way you describe it, it sounds like an analogue cable failure, or the headphone socket.

    Is the car young enough to have a usb connection, is it the original Becker head unit?

    The CD player uses the internal digital to analogue converter and will be better than using the headphone socket on an ipod.
     
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    #7 Dugmich, May 30, 2019
    Guys, thanks for the help....I realized today the ipod connector in the glove box is shot.....anyone know how to replace this?
     
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    #8 f355spider, May 31, 2019
    Posting a picture would help
     
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    #9 Dugmich, May 31, 2019
    Will do
     
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    #10 Dugmich, Jun 3, 2019
    Here is a pic....now CDs are stopping mid stream....something is definitely messed up.....any ideas?
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