music in airplane

[BOOYA]

Just purchased an ipod and I would like to hook it into my headsets and listen to ATC, and the other guy, when we fly. Any advice?

 

[PilotGuy]

Bose QC2 Silver + www.uflymike.com = just what you are looking for.

 

[gabbyzoel]

Sporty's sells the Headset Companion Audio Interface that sells for $99. I bought the same thing from someone else for the same price.
Works great, it doesn't mute the music when ATC or when the intercom keys up and that's what I liked about it. I can set my IPOD at a nice level and hear both ATC and music without it being distracting.

 

[HazMat]

Ipod, its a great way to fly. Reduces stress and increases the fun.

 

[milehigh6080]

Just stick the ear buds in your ear and wear the heasets over them. Set the volume on the Ipod so that you can hear the comm and intercomm over the music and you're all set.

I've tried the plug ins where it runs the music through the headset and cuts the music off when there is a comm transmission and it's pretty annoying. I've never had a problem seperating the music from the communications- it's like having the radio on in your car, the music just blends into the background when you're talking.

 

[BOOYA]

Has anyone just used a Y adapter from radio shack? Cheap, but I'm not sure how the different voltages works out. Or if it would do damage to the radios or more importantly my ipod.

 

[Diesel]

yeah it doesn't work for crap. It does weird stuff to the other guys radios.

 

[Nick5600]

Stick the buds in!! Cheap and easy, and I have no problems with the headsets over them. May I suggest some James Brown! Good flying music!

 

[Diesel]

stick the buds in and get yourself an XM Radio.

 

[Mr Biggelsworth]

The y adapter works well, get an aviation specific one. I got one at a audio shop for 10 bucks in COI and then bought the 1/4 to 1/8th adapter at radio shack. It doesn't cut off when someone talks over the radio and really helps on long boring flights.

 

[CherryBomb]

Ive got the Bose X headsets. I took the ear buds and taped them over the little holes on the outside of the ear peices. Works great, you can hear atc and the ICS just fine. I dont know if any other headsets have the holes on the outside of the ear peices like the Bose X's do.

 

[FL420]

I have had a Sigtronics Transcom II battery powered intercom for almost 20 years. It has a stereo aux input jack that works fine. It doesn't mute the music when the other pilot or the radio chimes in.

It also has an output jack if you want to record ATC through it but I have never used it.

 

[x402]

.......hey, you got com 2, throw a rock at me when it's time to descend. C ya..

 

[turboshark]

xm radio

oh what the hell, just get a garmin 396 nwith xm radio, the tornado warnings and nexrad satelite will spoil you for sure.. we love ours

 

[Safetycheck]

Uhm

Just purchased an ipod and I would like to hook it into my headsets and listen to ATC, and the other guy, when we fly. Any advice?

Strikes me as a bad idea. Owners find out and u r toast.

Can I have some dumb with a side order of careless and reckless?