i travel all the time with my job. i work in the music biz. i love music. i love my ipod.

for the past few years, i have taken my ipod everywhere on the road and used a cassette adapter to run my ipod thru my stereo.

when i first got my TCH, i hooked my ipod up thru the aux for a direct connection and it was much better than the cassette route. BUT, i still had to look down at the ipod and that is not cool while driving.

then i discovered mp3 cds! mp3 cds can hold over 100 songs and they can be grouped in folders...which are just like playlist. with the 6 cd changer, you can hold about the same amount of music as the mini ipod. and with mp3 cds, you don't ever have to worry about space like on the ipod.

it takes a little time setting up playlist on i-tunes to organize your mp3 playlist like you want, but it is way worth it. you can use your sterring wheel controls and everything is integrated because they play just like normal cds. and you don't have any sound issues like you can have with the aux connection.

plus, this frees up the aux connection for sirius radio. and the direct connect with sirius to the aux sounds MUCH better than the FM deal, especially with the newer lower power satelite radios.

setting up mp3 cds is easy. just download itunes (free) from the apple store. set your burn preferences to mp3 cd (instead of audio cd) and start making 100 to 150 song playlist. i listen to a lot of classic rock. i have an mp3 cd with ALL my favorite springstten albums...on one cd.