Today is the Day

Hi

Today is the day my wife picks up her first ever Volvo. A 54 plate S40 T5 SE Geartronic!

Apart from de-badging it to give the petrol heads a fright - any tips or things I should know which the dealer did not tell me about? I am not a driver myself - due to disability - but like to know as much as possible as I am a terrible back seat driver!

Volvo have also released a iPod adaptor which does not seem to fit the S40. Does anyone know if these are available from 3rd party suppliers which can be controlled by the existing equipment?

Regards

Dave

yes yes!!

[Marmoset]

as afr as Ipod integration goes there is no hardwired solution officially available. You can buy a transmitter if you wish but most reports about this are negative and they are illegal in the UK. The only other option is to buy an FM modulator and connect it into the aerial socket. Go to www.swedespeed.com and do a search and some more details about this method will pop up. I don't have an Ipod myself so can't personally comment on the best way forwards.

Enjoy the car, I'd leave the badge on though, most people don't know what to make of these motors when they see them - I've had a V50 for a year now and still get lots of strange looks.


Rich

Thanks Rich

Halfords sell a unit for the iPod

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...ctorCatalogId= but its not cheap for a 3rd party solution. I am disappointed that Volvo have released something for the S50/80 but not for the S40!

I am really looking forward to being a passenger - the car is very comfortable and a pleasure to be in.

Regards

Dave

Nice motor mate.Silver is definately the colour,sets the alloys off as well.

[GorgeousGeorge]

dave

nice, very nice..

as for he ipod, have a search on google for i-trip, this is apples fm transmitter and they dont look to bad.

see here

http://shop.ipodworld.co.uk/iPodWorl...ar_charger.htm

cheers

scott

Originally Posted by cam

Nice motor mate.Silver is definately the colour,sets the alloys off as well.

We have already called her Ruby - for obvious reasons! - the wife insisted that she did NOT wan't silver as she wanted to be "different"

The alloys are the Stagitta's which really look cool and the car has only done 20 miles (12 of which we put on it test driving it)

Can't wait until midnight when the insurance kicks in

Regards

D

Originally Posted by GorgeousGeorge

dave
nice, very nice..
as for he ipod, have a search on google for i-trip, this is apples fm transmitter and they dont look to bad.
see here
http://shop.ipodworld.co.uk/iPodWorl...ar_charger.htm
cheers
scott

Thanks Scott - I will have a serious look at this if I can't find a hard wired one.

Anyone know anything about Volvo's Jukebox? - again does not seem to go in the S40

Regards

Dave

[GorgeousGeorge]

dave

what model head unit is in the new S40 ?

cheers

scott

[Marmoset]

It's not a head unit as such. It's a series of modules around the car (receiver, cd unit, display unit etc) that are all conected via fibre optics using the MOST convention - hence the difficulty in getting an input. MOST is apparently an open convention but the market for produing adaptors for this new technology is so small that, at the moment, the investment into aftermarket stuff isn't justified.

Rich