"J. Coon" wrote:
> I just changed cars, and my new one is an Olds Silhouette with a built
> in CD/Am=FM stereo, complete with the radio controls on the steering
> wheel.
>
> With my old car, I just popped a cassette adaptor into it andlistened to
> my MDs, and when I had to replace that, I got one of the Aiwa units
> that has a jack for the MD player. Now however, I have an OEM CD unit
> and no jack to connect my MD to. Has anyone had any good experiences
> with getting their portable MD unit to play through a stock OEM CD
> player? I tried one of those FM RF modulators several years back and it
> didn't work too well. Have they improved any? Is there another way?
Hi Jim.
Why is it that Aiwa seems to be the only company that realizes the
usefulness of an AUX input?? I tried the FM thing too (the one that
plugs into the receiver's antenna input) and was so unhappy
with it that when I had to junk the van it was in, I didn't even bother
to
take it out. The cassette adapter is bad enough. Nothing sounds as
good as
the AUX preamp in.
The shame is that it is impossible for the average person, including
myself,
to know how to break into the circuit to add an AUX jack. The way
printed
circuits are today, it may not be possible anyway. But when you are
designing the unit, it adds very little expense to the cost.
All the manufacture is adding is the jack, a selector switch and an
extra
line in going to the unit's preamp. These jacks were much more common
before
they figured out how to fit a CD player and radio into one compact in
dash
unit. People used to plug their portable CD players in, the way we do
with
our MD units.
This may sound like a radical approach, but I would consider changing
the
unit to an Aiwa. They make wiring harnesses for almost every thing out
there. Also, most units and the wiring in many, but not all, cars are
now
color coded. But with the harness, you wire it to your new unit and it
plugs right into the harness in the car.
Believe it or not, I actually got one where they screwed up the color
codes
for the speakers and I had to experiment to determine which was which.
If you want decent sound quality, I don't see any other way to do it,
although perhaps someone else on the list has an idea.
Larry
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