Aux only adapter?
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Aux only adapter?
I'm (hopefully) trading in my car in less than a year, so I can't really justify spending money on a double din install. What I'm looking for is a cheap solution to get me auxiliary sound for the next few months. I keep seeing two options:
1) Systems that are ipod interfaces that include an aux input for $150+.
2) Systems that are an fm modulated aux only...which I assume don't sound that great.
Is there anything that is not an antenna bypass for $100 or less? I don't need ipod/iphone hookups...just the aux cable.
1) Systems that are ipod interfaces that include an aux input for $150+.
2) Systems that are an fm modulated aux only...which I assume don't sound that great.
Is there anything that is not an antenna bypass for $100 or less? I don't need ipod/iphone hookups...just the aux cable.
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Just get a WIRED fm modulator for about $50, then the scosche nissan to motorola and motorola to nissan antenna adapter pack for about $15. PAC IS77 has both iPod and 3.5mm aux inputs.
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You're going to be waiting a very long time. These cars have been out for about a decade now and the cheapest options are over $100.
Wired FM modulators really sound good though. Better than any FM station, and honestly, unless you're using 256kbps MP3s or higher quality audio as your source, you won't hear the difference.
Or you could just upgrade your radio.
Wired FM modulators really sound good though. Better than any FM station, and honestly, unless you're using 256kbps MP3s or higher quality audio as your source, you won't hear the difference.
Or you could just upgrade your radio.
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^ Thanks. I know upgrading the HU is best, but then is starts getting expensive, I might lose some of the factory controls (BT, steering wheel, etc?) and I'm more go than show, so I'm OK with a stock-ish interior/sound.
Does our Bose have a connection for a CD changer at the back? I read that many car CD players have this and that adapters are available that can provide RCA connections, which would allow for a high(er) quality Smartphone hook-up. Any chance our Bose unit also has some type of expansion port like this?
Does our Bose have a connection for a CD changer at the back? I read that many car CD players have this and that adapters are available that can provide RCA connections, which would allow for a high(er) quality Smartphone hook-up. Any chance our Bose unit also has some type of expansion port like this?
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^ Thanks. I know upgrading the HU is best, but then is starts getting expensive, I might lose some of the factory controls (BT, steering wheel, etc?) and I'm more go than show, so I'm OK with a stock-ish interior/sound.
Does our Bose have a connection for a CD changer at the back? I read that many car CD players have this and that adapters are available that can provide RCA connections, which would allow for a high(er) quality Smartphone hook-up. Any chance our Bose unit also has some type of expansion port like this?
Does our Bose have a connection for a CD changer at the back? I read that many car CD players have this and that adapters are available that can provide RCA connections, which would allow for a high(er) quality Smartphone hook-up. Any chance our Bose unit also has some type of expansion port like this?
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The only g35s that don't have the sat connection are the early '03s.
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Is the install do-able for a noob?
Edit: On the PAC website I could only find this ISNI531 model, which has RCA and 3.5mm:
http://www.pac-audio.com/productDeta...&CategoryID=45
Last edited by NYT; 08-15-2012 at 07:17 AM.
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This is almost perfect... Do they make one with USB? It would be nice to power my phone stealth and not have an exterior cable going into my lighter socket.
Is the install do-able for a noob?
Edit: On the PAC website I could only find this ISNI531 model, which has RCA and 3.5mm:
http://www.pac-audio.com/productDeta...&CategoryID=45
Is the install do-able for a noob?
Edit: On the PAC website I could only find this ISNI531 model, which has RCA and 3.5mm:
http://www.pac-audio.com/productDeta...&CategoryID=45
They don't do one with USB, since USB isn't an audio-carrier, it would require a whole lot more to get audio through it - decoder, some way of browsing files, rather than just passing the analog signal through the right wires at the right levels. They have stuff like that for iPod, since it's one device, rather than the millions of USB devices out there that are all different in file structure, encoded filetypes and such.
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Yeah, piece of cake, but if you're going that far, just disassemble the socket-to-usb charger and run wires that tap into the wires connected to the factory lighter socket. Less bulk to try and hide, and I trust soldered wires with heatshrink on them much more than I trust a cigarette lighter plug to stay in a socket over an extended period of time.