Has anyone tried a Bluetooth iPod??

Factual Questions
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I recently bought a 5th gen 30 gig iPod. I have a motorcycle. Here are my questions. Hopefully someone here knows or has actually tried this.

I know I can buy a Bluetooth dongle for the iPod - HERE is a write up on one, and I am sure there are others.

Has anyone used one to connect to Bluetooth earbuds? HERE is an example of that.

The goal is simple… on a motorcycle… less wiring is a good thing. Besides, I have a terminal case of Batman syndrome - if there is a gadget out there I don’t have… I am getting it!

COROLLARY QUESTION:

I also have a Pioneer Airwaves portable XM Radio reciever HERE that I want to use on the bike. (I told you I was a sick boy). Anyone know if the same Bluetooth dongle will work with that? (from the pics, it looks like it just pops into the earphone jack of the iPod… so if it will work with one, why not with the other???

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I don’t know all the really technical bits of the Bluetooth protocol, but what I am familiar with tells me,

  1. A Bluetooth-compliant device must be “paired” or “bonded” with the hardware it is to connect to. This requires the user to tell the device to be connected to, to listen for incoming Bluetooth connection request (the same as a “Find Me” option on Motorola Bluetooth phones). The peripheral then requests to be bonded with the device. The device then asks you (the user) whether or not you want to accept the connection, and also to enter the PIN (four-digit password) of the device (most devices that themselves have no UI seem to default to "0000
    for the PIN). Once that is established, the devices are then paired/bonded.

  2. A device must be made to accept and handle Bluetooth connections, with all of the above ceremony associated with it.

  3. That iPod accessory appears to draw its power from the iPod’s connector port, so unless the XM device has the same connector it’s unlikely it will work.

Now, I’m sure it would probably be possible to create a Bluetooth device that is capable of autoresponding to bond requests from peripherals, requiring no user interaction and therefore possibly even being independent of the device it’s attached to. This would mean anyone with a BT headset could bond with your transmitter, though.