Car charging - using old iPod hands free

For my iPod, I bought a Belkin (or maybe Griffin) cable that made a wireless connection to my FM car radio. It worked OK - that's another subject.
Can I use this to: 1) charge my iPhone? and 2) play my iPhone (as an iPod) through my car radio?
I don't want to damage my iPhone, so I have not experimented.

It's impossible to answer without knowing precisely which model you have...
You should verify the manufacturer of the device, and then check with them on compatability with iPhone... Some good external (third party) resources are:
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/ipod-add-ons-iphone-what-you- need-to-know/
http://www.iphoneatlas.com/
http://www.everythingiphone.com/

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Hello. I've had an ipod mini in the past and I got the 2nd gen touch for this christmas. I had to get the new adapter since I had the FireWire adapter, didn't know they took that way!
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Hmmm... This adapter costs as much as a new transmitter/power adapter!
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