will usa spec aux input work with synthesis HU

aam2u

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will either the USA Spec ipod interface(PA11-TOY) or the USA Spec dual auxiliary input(DFTOY) work with the JBL 6 disk SYNTHESIS HU. I have been searching around and it seems hard to find a direct answer regarding the synthesis HU. i really am open to any good ideas as far as interfacing my ipod at a reasonable price, and that it be stock looking.
 
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I am pretty sure it does. I used Crutchfield.com's chat program to ask a sales rep if the PA11-TOY did, and they told me that it worked.
 
ya from what i have been reading off of crutchfields site it sounds as if it will work with that HU, but it says its not compatible with rear seat entertainment. i have that. so will it work? i'm cool if the rear seat entertainment doesnt work, i just want my damn ipod to work, fuck people in the back seat!
 
You have the JBL so don't you have the mini jack plug in the center console? You can plug your ipod directly into that and that will work using the aux function on the HU. When I was looking into the USA Spec adapter they told me that some of the time the stereo wouldn't control the iPod so you would usually end up using the iPod to control the music anyway. The person I was talking to was also saying that the preferred using the ipod as the controller opposed.
 
i have an 03, and the reason for getting this is to create an aux input. all i need to know is if one of the two of these will work with my 03 jbl synthesis HU with rear seat entertainment(keeping in mind, if need be i'd unhook the rear seat entertainment because the crutchfield site said it would work if you didnt have the rear seat entertainment)
 
I have the USA Spec Aux with the JBL 6 CD in dash (05 4Runner). Works like a champ. Don't know if it affects the rear seat stuff, but I can't imagine it would. It just fools the HU into thinking the adapter is a CD changer.
 
I have an 03 4runner limited V8 4x4 with JBL and rear seat ent. I bought the USA spec adapter and it doesnt work. even the crutchfield tech said it wont work so i had to send it back.

i am goint to now try to buy a stock 06 model that has the aux input in it and see if thats compatible. If anyone has already done it and knows if will work or not let me know. This is the only way i see possible to get the ipod to play in the early 4th gens.
 
yes. when you plug it in nothing happens. me and the crutchfield tech spent an hour on the phone trying diff things and nothing worked because of the rear audio system.
 
no it is wired internally i think nobody i talked to new how to do it. if you find out how let me know though. thanks
 
DarksideSurf said:
I have the single disk JBL system with rear seat controls and I have the USA Spec aux system working just fine.

While installing the USA Spec aux system into a 4Runner with JBL and RSA is fine, the aux input does not work for the RSA. What I mean is you cannot listen to your IPOD with the RSA headphones.
 
if you have both the 6disc changer and RSA in an 03 model with JBL syn. let me know how to do it because we have spent hours and it does not work
 
so i was doing some more poking around the threads and this is what i found ) http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11875 ) this guy has the 6 disc jbl synthesis sound system with the usa-spec i-pod adapter, and it appears that he has the Rear Seat Audio package(i only say I THINK because in one of the pictures you can see part of the RSA remote). so if i am correct about him having the RSA then that is proof that this does work. Is there a difference between Rear Seat Audio (RSA) and Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE)???

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Re: ipod adapter

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aam2u wrote on 12-23-2006 10:18 PM:
i've been poking around the threads looking for a way to connect my ipod by hard wiring and happened to come across your setup. i noticed that you have the 6 disc JBL synthesis cd player as i do. i have asked around about the usa-spec working with that radio and some people say it works others dont. supposively it doesnt work if you have the Rear Seat Entertainment, as i do. So I guess what i am trying to find out is if you have the Rear Seat Enterainment or not, if so then i know it works no matter what.
thanks
Alex



hey alex...yup, i have the rear seat entertainment with the wireless headphone setup, and the usa-spec works fine...
 
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Yup, like I've been saying the USA Spec will work with the RSA. Maybe the crutchfield tech is thinking RSE. The RSE is the drop down DVD option.
 
I have a 04 with the 6 Disc JBL stereo, I have the older PA10-TOY, it works, I do not know if the RSA works, since I do not have wireless headphones for it and I do not know if the aux input in it works since I installed in the dash, it does let me control my ipod from my stereo and steering wheel!
 

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