Diy aux input on a factory radio

[beingblueeyes]

reassemble the radio and test it and if everything is correct and working your done! Now have a AUX input! to make the radio have the tape input option you must insert a tape in the tape deck, it can be any tape even one with nothing on it

TESTING
(Sorry for it being so dark and me fumbling around with the touch screen, its hard to do with your none dom. hand looking at it with the camera with out a stylist)
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x...t=MOV01522.mp4
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x...t=MOV01523.mp4
i have tested it on my application (truckputer) but not a ipod so i don’t know for sure if it will work for one
OTHER THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT:
since i will never use my tape player i inserted my tape in the tape deck when i hade the radio apart so the dust door will stay down with the tape in it to make it look better. Some of you will say that this is the same thing as a tape insert with a 3.5mm jack on it used to plug in a cd player (big thing in the 90's) to that i say yes and no
YES: you do need a tape in the tape deck just so it gives you a option to switch to the tape deck, this could be done away with more soldering
NO: in the 90's tape to 3.5mm adapter all the sounds/data from your cd player would have to go past the tape heads bring the audio quality of a cd down to tape levels, with this mod the heads don’t do anything all the data go’s directly to the chip.


Questions or things i can elaborate on please ask and to any moderator I would like this to be posted on the front page how to’s

[Lextech]

Great writeup. I did a similar deal with a 3.5mm female receptacle mounted in the face of my C/D only 98 radio. I can play C/Ds or plug in my iphone or any mp3 player.

Jeff

[Lextech]

Does your "dummy" tape have to have the tape film in the cassette? What I really mean is will/would it work with just the empty cassette body? That way you would not have to worry about the tape eventually breaking or hearing it run or click and reverse.

[beingblueeyes]

thanks man, the dummy tape dosent need to have film on it

[Lextech]

thanks man, the dummy tape dosent need to have film on it

Very Nice!