IPod In Car Kit

Hi, Can anyone help me. I am wanting to buy the "In car kit" for my ipod. But am I being a little thick? It is difficult to get an understanding of how this works. Do you have to have a cassette player stereo? As I have a CD player. Does anyone know it will still work? I am either missing something quite fundamental or it won't work with CD players. Please Please help me. Sarah

Sarah,
If it comes with a cassette adapter and you do not have a cassette player in the car, you cannot use that piece of equipment.
See this link for a summation of your auto/iPod audio options:
Buegie, "Using iPod Mini in the car!" #1, 12:32am Oct 25, 2005 CDT

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