cheaper solution for AUX?

monostereo

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has anyone tryed to tap into the wiring harness or the radio for aux input to either the scion or toyota hu's? i tried doing a search and all i see are fm modulators and pies. if i am going to spend $50 on the hu and another for the aux cable, for $100+ i might as well buy a kenwood hu that has more capabilities. am i making any sense here?
 
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You are always looking at around $50+ to do an Aux feature on a radio, because either way you are going to need to buy an adapter, FM mod, whatever. Wireless FM mod sound like crap to MOST people, but if they sound good to you then I say go for it. A wired FM mod isn't bad, but it still isn't CD quality music. And even some of these new AUX adapters have their flaws and sometimes don't even work when they are supposed to.

You'd be much happier with an aftermarket deck with an Aux input or even the IPOD capability, but then you're looking at another 50+ for the ipod adapter. Most aftermarket HUs can control an ipod through the unit rather than having to do it on the ipod. But if you want to just control it on the ipod, all you'd need is a 1/4" jack to RCA connector for most radios. Others require something different...like Alpine has a special cable I know of and Pioneer you have to get a $30 adapter to give you aux features or you could just buy their $50 ipod adapter. But anyway....
 
wolfgang said:
With the proper plug -- and knowledge of right wires - couldn't you tap into the remote CD changer plug on HU?

Or is this best you can do -

http://www.installer.com/item/display_item.php?it=toy03-aux

Thanks for that link. I'm looking for an RCA adaptor to plug my Treo into and that place is relatively close to where I live. I sent them an e-mail asking because everything they list for 2004 4Runner says "W/ JBL" which I don't have.
 

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