Thread: Ferrari F430 Scuderia 16M with iPod as a radio?

Did Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood,Ca inspire Ferrari to use an iPod as the radio in the new Scuderia 16M just like we did two years ago in the F50?

We will never know the answer to that but it seems possible. This weekend I was visiting a Ferrari dealership and noticed something that nobody knew anything about nor did we know was coming! If you choose an iPod interface as an option for your new Ferrari F430 Scuderia 16M there is no radio. Instead it comes with an iPod that has the “Prancing Horse” preloaded to your iPod Touch screen saver and additional Ferrari exhaust notes.

The iPod Touch clips into a specific holder exactly where the radio would go. Obviously there is no am/fm or satellite radio option but you do have a very cool iPod integration. The volume is controlled but a separately mounted + and - volume switch mounted in the center console.

I wonder where they got that idea from? Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood did this exact type of integration into a Ferrari F50 two years ago! Very cool Ferrari but why didn’t you make it work with an iPhone? The built in GPS of an iPhone would give Ferrari users so much more. I gues you will have to go to Al & Eds Autosound in West Hollywood,Ca if you want the correct iPod/iPhone integration. We can do it!

For more information go to Al & Ed’s Autosound West Hollywood Store

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Its a good idea and all but doesnt it look off if the screen is in on its side and you cant read it up right.. like the time/slide to cancel is flipped.. idk great idea anyway.

cool!

isnt there a guy on here that has a yellow f430 with that option?

The audio setup on both cars is pretty incredible although I'm more impressed with the F50 setup seeing how that car was never meant to have speakers in it. It's nice having some tunes even when your in a street legal race car

That is a nice IPOD intergration.

Originally Posted by kolbis789

Its a good idea and all but doesnt it look off if the screen is in on its side and you cant read it up right.. like the time/slide to cancel is flipped.. idk great idea anyway.

Once you slide to unlock the phone and go into the iPod controls everything flips so it would look right.

That being said, would be cool if it came out a little and was able to rotate but stay connected.