Need recommendation: 5s to analog car audio

Hi all, I just got the iPhone 5s two days ago and was sad to find that even with the 'Apple' branded 30pin to lighting adaptor my charging/audio adaptor to my car doesn't fully work. Audio plays but it does not charge. I had a Kensington 2-in-one charger/audio cable. It worked great with my 4s. I really loved the 1 cable hookup.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0031U1AU0/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&p sc=1
So my question is two. 1. Do you think just replacing the cigarette power adaptor with a 2.1 amp one will help? 2. What can you recommend for best way to hook it up? My car has a analog aux mini jack hookup for audio.
Thanks

The iPhone has no problem with A2DP: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3647

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