Tell me about it. I took the CX-7 to two car stereo places last week hoping they could somehow install a aux. jack (when I bought the car, the dealer told me it would be easy - what a crock). Anyway, after that my ipod totally died anyway, so now the need for an ipod adaptor has been supplanted by the need for a working ipod. Anyway, enough rambling - what I really wanted to tell you was about the FM modulators....I received an XM radio as a gift, and their FM modulator clips directly onto the FM antenna. It's ugly, but a big improvement in sound quality over the crummy modulator I had been using for my ipod (Monster iCarPlay). There may be something similar that works with an ipod. I'll look into it and let you know if I find anything.