Ipod in a car

Hi all.
Recently got a car with an aux input (3.5mm jack) ideal for ipods and other mp3 players. Mine's an ipod 80gb classic. I've always assumed that better sound quality comes from the "dock connector" rather than the headphone output. Looked around and can find several dock to mini-jack connectors. But this leaves me with the problem of not being able to charge the ipod whilst playing from it in the car. What I would like is a pointer to what product (and where I can get it from) that gives me audio output from the dock connector to a mini-jack but also allows me to keep the ipod charged via a cigarette lighter.
That all sounds a bit long winded - sorry, but any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Ian

You would only get better sound if it was dock connector to USB.
Just connect mini-jack to mini-jack.

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