Hey everyone,
Been reading the forums for a little over a week now, thought I'd chime in and let you all know what I did to get my iPod hooked up. I just bought my 08 Fit Sport about 10 days ago, and I have used an Aux input for years now in my previous car, and I was excited that the Fit came with an Aux input already. However, I was disappointed by the various mounting options I had attempted. So, I decided to pick up a Drive + Play by Harmon Kardon and give that a shot. I managed to find one for under $25 shipped from a company called overstockdealz.com I believe. So, couldn't hurt right?
Mounting was easy, but I made it a bit more difficult because of my inexperience and low patience. I toyed with putting the display on the left of the dash, but the cable didn't seem long enough. So, I finally settled on the middle, and the wire drops down nicely to tuck behind the center console. The remote mounted nicely next to the handbrake, but getting it in there was a bit of a chore (mainly due to the bad angle for tightening the set screw to hold it to the base). All wires tucked neatly into and behind the center console, and then I just had to get them up and into the glove box.
For this, I removed the small plastic ducting that seems to vent the passenger feet heat and air. From there, you can easily reach up behind the glove box without having to remove anything else so that you can feed the wires up and out of the way. I mounted the logic control box with industrial velcro, and simply wrapped up the wires with zip ties and electrical tape so that they weren't floating loose everywhere. I'm sure I could have improved on the wires a bit, but I was getting a little impatient at that point.
BTW, I have the HK D + P 1, and a brand new 80gb iPod classic, and it works brilliantly! Couldn't be happier with it, and the sound is great! I stuck with Aux because I don't trust FM transmitters. The sound level seems to be greatly improved over just plugging out of the headphone jack. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to anyone as a quick and easy DIY, and a great way to mount your iPod out of the way.
Pics here:
Fit Mods - a photoset on Flickr