MP3 players in car

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:10 pm

What are the different ways of hooking up an mp3 player to the cars stereo? I know there is a radio signal way but that isnt high enough quality for me. I dont want my speakers to outperform the mp3 player. What other options do i have?

Danny

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:36 pm

i suppose you don't want to replace your head unit with a new MP3 player so i suppose you can get an ordinary MP3 player and use this "tape" adaptor that was used to hook up the old disc man to a cassette player.

not sure about the quality but having tried this setup with a disc man i say
it will be very clean.

MMamdouh

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:45 pm

i got a head unit from wal-mart that has a usb connection on teh front of it so i put my thumb drive to it

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:51 pm

I dont have a cassette playier either.

And ive heard about those h/u and that sounds really good.. but buying a new h/u isnt worth it cuz my h/u works fine and doesnt power anything so buying a new one for that one option seems pointless.

But i may do that in the future

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:53 pm

so what kinda head youint you got??

MMamdouh

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:59 pm

btw...

the wal-mart head unit was 100 bucks and came with two speakers (crappy... but better than stock so i was happy). it's 150 watts on it's own, so it delivers nice power to the mids.

a lot of newer units are offering cords to hook in your ipod/etc. it's almost like an auxilary in (most old one have it but you have to fab a connection). look for that and splice in a headphone jack cable

should work just fine.

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:00 pm

mmamdouh wrote:so what kinda head youint you got??

MMamdouh

Older kenwood... the only reason i wanna get a new one (in the future... too many projects at once) is sometimes it freazes and liek shuts off. Which is really really really annoying.

Thing is if i get a new h/u it has to be siruis ready too.. which all kenwoods are.

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:01 pm

why can't you get a 2ndary sat kit? that's just another auxilary input like i was talking about

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:03 pm

Audacityracing wrote:why can't you get a 2ndary sat kit? that's just another auxilary input like i was talking about

2ndary one for the satelite? is that what your talking about?

Or are you saying there is a way to hook an mp3 playier to the sirius module?... hmmm

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:06 pm

like...

do you want a head unit that tunes the sat for you?

or do you have a sat box (like the picture)

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:08 pm

Audacityracing wrote:like...

do you want a head unit that tunes the sat for you?

or do you have a sat box (like the picture)

Yes i h/u the tunes the sat for me.. i have a module thingy but i guess if the h/u isnt siruis ready thats another like 50bux for another module.

Im not really intrested in a new h/u though. I realllly dont wanna spend the money. I shouldnt even be buying new subs/amps...but i am

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:10 pm

I found a way to hook up an mp3 player to the h/u.. only problem is my sirius satelite radio uses it!

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:16 am

make a mini media switch... like one of these (only make it smaller)

that would work just fine, all be it ugly and clunky (though lightweight... maybe a few ounces at best).

if you felt up to it... you could fab one up pretty easy

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 2:25 am

hey dan... i did some looking around and found this small booger...

it's only 15 bucks and gives you the ability to add a 3rd item in the car (like dvd player or something like that)

http://www.custom-home-theater.com/elec ... ba9341da35

mount it under the dash with velcro, 3m tape, a metal strap, etc... and then just reach down and turn it to what you want

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 3:29 am

some times you can piggy back the items like 1 after another. my friend has his xm modual, an i pod and a 6 disk cd changer all on 1 connection