@@fym3106 right. Like wtf is this shit. 5th video i found where they require you to be bob the builder and a blacksmith. I feel like Id need to take a 3 month class before im able to do this
Nice snappy video and clearly explained. I sometimes feel like my life is being sapped away when watching other instructional videos which have a 20 minute lead and go off at a million tangents managing to leave out any useful information. Whereas, this video is concise and straight to the point and it actually works, thanks dude.
Just made this mod on a Panasonic CQ-C1311N head unit and it works beautifully! I was using an FM transmitter before, but it always had some awful background noise. With the direct AUX input, it instantly stopped, and the sound is crystal clear. Thank you so much for your guide!
+lbrtdy Ah, well Corolla has a small change holder on the left side of the steering wheel and one in the center console. You might want to check under the seat cushions, thats where I found some dimes and quarters.
@@speedkar99 great Vids my man!!! I want to do this to my old Clarion 9575rz.. took it apart but don’t know where to solder the points.. any help would be greatly appreciated.
@@richardkirkaldy8411 you can research your head unit to find it and some head units have codes that when you research it will show you a diagram of where the points are
I think this videos great ! Everyone keeps saying buy another cheap radio. Why when I have a 400 dollar pioneer and all I need to do is add a aux? Have you heard those cheap stereos, be my guest. I love my music, and when you find the right stereo, you'll do what you can to keep it. Great video bro.
Mine is a double DINN so I really had to go looking for the solder points. Had to take it apart a few times to make sure the radio, tape deck, and CD player worked. Burned a silent CD and popped it in. Started up Spotify and that's the clearest signal I've ever gotten out of a phone to a car stereo. I really appreciate this tutorial. Now, I don't have to go out and buy an after market radio just yet.
Two bonus ideas: 1: Get a female connector with a screw clamp, and drill the trim out right between the radio and the vents, and have a port that will be much slower to wear out. 2: run the line to the popout ash tray where you keep all that spare change, and keep a bluetooth adapter handy inside. If you need to turn it on or pair it to another phone, just pop the ash tray. If you need to charge it, pop the ash tray and unplug it, or sneak a 12V cig plug with a USB brick in behind the trim and run one of those cables to the ash tray as well.
This is cool, but a much easier (although more expensive) way is to remove the stereo and just plug in an antenna/aux adapter box. Unlike a wireless FM transmitter they don't get interference and only cost about $20.
Simple DIY to avoid the possibility of burning your car to the ground, shop Craigslist for a $20 head unit with Auxiliary input. .. I can appreciate the work you did just probably not something most people would jump into.
speedkar99 says the guy who buys an Aux cord for $1.99 and calls it quality. I was just trying to give credit where its due . I have bought multiple stereos off CL for next to nothing. My Pioneer Premier im using now i got for $20. My Pioneer Double Din only cost me $80 and the guy tossed in the remote and the microphone for Bluetooth/hands free setup. I call that quality compared to the $5-600 they charge for it. I can't believe I've wasted this much of my life replying to this. .lol
Just added my MP3 aux but by spicing into the internal wiring harness from the CD unit to the MB. I'm not a solder guy. But still, tiny wires. For my wiring, the Sony harness has 3 wires separated from the others, a 13 wire harness. A R, a L, and a G. Used a tap but the wires are so thin they were cut so I had to adapt a pinch splice. It works and I have what I wanted. I have a 1999 Olds Intrigue with a Bose dual CD system that all the big guys avoid. This is a sophisticated CD, tape, radio and now I'm happy to have this added feature with all the others unaffected. Yes, you have to make a blank CD.
Thanks for your video so I could do my hack. No one makes a harness for this system, the iSimple FM modulator I have had for years-I hated the quality and fiddling with the interface. If I want to adding a bluetooth is now simple but I like the direct quality.
Good video. Clear and to the point. I hate it when the vlogger rattles on about things that aren’t relevant to the topic. That just confuses the directions.😎
Actually You're lucky in a way it is NOT a high quality cable. It has a yellow wire for earth and not a screen around other two conductors as it would be on a decent quality cable. Getting screen twisted up and then insulated without short circuits can be quite a job in itself
You should disconnect the audio-pins coming from the CD-player's DAC-out, instead of leaving them in parallel to the aux-cord. Don't know the output-impedance of the CD-DAC, but if it's in the range of
Let's be honest, most of us followed the video just fine, almost none of us has the balls to actually do it to our cars. I can't solder worth a damn, that's for sure. I'm sure the kid who made this video is engineering suspension bridges by now. Good video.
That’s neat for guys like us who like to do these mods, but for others who are reading this, you can get an FM to Aux adapter that powers through the cigarette lighter.
@@speedkar99 Surprisingly the sound quality on mine is superb, I got mine at Walmart for $20 and it sounds good. Now this does sound better but I just made a suggestion for people who aren’t able to do this.
Hello, first of all excellent video, very well explained, but I have a question I opened my radio but couldn't find any markings, trying to find on google, but couldn't find anything Do you have any tips on how could I determine which are L, R and G pins Any help appreciated
Worked for me...thumbs up for your video. For those who cannot find R-out L-out and GND, make sure you check both sides of the motherboard as I noticed these markings are on the bottom side of motherboard on my stereo rather than the top side where the CD unit sits on.
Realy good video. Just small suggestion... instead of soldering AUX cable directly, you can solder a wire with the jack on it. So the hole that you drill somewhere in the car will actually be a jack, and you can plug any AUX cable later. I'm sure you know that already, but for the other viewers...
its_cesar_boii on this particular car (98-02 Toyota Corolla) it's actually very simple. I bought a pioneer radio for $30, a harness for $10, and heatshrink for $2. That's all you really need. The stock faceplate works fine and you can use the stock mounting brackets to mount it. So in total $42. Not bad.
does it need to be an aux cord? if I'm just going to solder stuff and bypass the aux ports altogether then maybe can I use a normal 3.5mm cable instead?
I looked up how to do this for using an old boom box. Thanks. Working in it now. All we're actually doing is wiring to the audio output leads? Insane. Old video here might not get a reply soon, but you say playing a blank CD to initiate the sound. Ok. Do you actually play the disc, or just let it read the disc? I don't see you pressing play so I just wanted to to verify. I'm currently without a CD burner.
@@speedkar99 I wasn't able to complete my project, my board had no labels, and I couldn't find a good pinout for the microprocessor chip, but anyway, Would playing a regular disc and just pressing pause work the same?
Sick. I'm going to try this soon for my 92-96 Prelude's radio. I hate the aftermarket ricey looking ass radios and personally plan to buy myself a vintage Nakamichi radio for the sake of the period-correct look. I'll update this when I get mine working ;)
Great video thank you. Just a thought, instead of soldering wires onto the radio circuit board would it be possible to solder the wires to the wires on the 8/12 pin socket of the CD stacker in the trunk. I just wondered if this would work as it would save me removing the radio and the soldering would not be such a delicate operation. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards Anthony
Hey, great option for people that don't want to go aftermarket. I tapped into my cd changer harness in my 2005 Honda pilot. I'm using a Bluetooth device that needs constant power but this is also creating a ground loop. I tried using an ground loop isolator but there's a drastic loss in volume and quality. Do you think I could eliminate the ground loop if I disconnect the ground wire going into the cd changer harness?
If I understand you correctly it would be better to cut the ground from the bluetooth device as it draws less current than CD Changer and the bluetooth device will then ground through CD changer so should then not have a ground loop
hey how did you figure out which wires inside the aux correspond to the left channel, right channel and ground? is it the same for all auxes or does it vary? i just don't want to solder the wires in the wrong spots. also hilarious video man
Great hack there. I was wondering how you'd get the radio to listen to your inputs since normally the CD mode is disabled unless there's a CD playing - but there you go, you solved that by simply giving it a CD lol. Might I suggest also to cut the traces from the CD player so as to prevent your phone from feeding the CD output or vice versa (thus disabling permanently the CD player). I have a very similar radio and I thought I'm less likely to listen to AM, so I'll try and find the traces from the receiver and use those instead. If not possible, it's still very unlikely that I'll listen to a CD anytime soon.
+The512MB with the CD output silent I don't think too much harm its done, though I see your point. AM is crusty sound and mono, bad quality, I tried it.
speedkar99 Hey, Completed the hack successfully with the AM/FM route. There were no testpoints for either the CD paths or the radio paths (however there were for an unpopulated Dolby paths, not installed in that model). The CD paths only had really small vias to solder onto and it did not end up working. With the radio paths I expected some noise but it turns out that when the jack is plugged, the signal from the radio (be it white static or actual content) is completely eliminated. The sound quality from the AUX is high quality and no noise/distortion is noticed, unexpectedly. Thanks for the inspiration!
Great stuff....been wanting to do this with a factory CD/radio 1995 Dodge truck vintage. Most of the vids on this are the same; find the left channel/right channel and ground as close to where the CD player connects as possible. If there is no AUX display on your head unit, then I guess you have to use the blank CD to 'fool' you head unit into playing from your mp3 player. Do you have to burn anything onto the blank CD, or just format it....what?
or plug it into your fiio e18 into the usb of your phone and then have even better audio playing out from the foobar2000 android app for your FLAC files
Great video I did it & it worked. Question when I have the silent CD in, & my phone attached there is a buzzing sound (not affected by volume controls) until I start playing content from the phone. Any ideas?
How old is the radio? What was the other input for in the back of the radio ... it may have been an Aux input ... if so all needed was the correct phone to aux cable. no need to tear down and no need to solder.
I saw your other video, can't you go to the fm module every time? asking as am looking to ad AUX + Bluetooth to 06 Sonata and would be great to override radio when phone rings.
+Newbies Work on Cars That only works on some cars that had the cassette tape playing over the FM signal. Ideally you'd add some sort of switch that mutes the FM signal so it doesn't feed back into your Bluetooth module.
Dont know if you still respond to comments. But I'm curious if the aux cable supersedes the CD controls. As in, if I only burn on one silent track, will my music stop playing every time the CD player pauses because the track ends?
Can you still listen to your regular cds even with this installed? Sometimes when I’m doing short trips (reference being my previous car which did have an aux port, my “new” one does not) I’m not going to bother plugging my phone in, wait for Spotify to open and scroll till I find what I’m in the mood for. I just listen to whatever cd I have in, all of which are for bands I really really like so I’m always in the mood for them. And there is a band I’m very fond of that is only available on cds. I don’t want to have to go through TH-cam and waste my data every time I want to listen to them, especially when I own the cds already. Also my vehicle is a 2003 Subaru Outback with a 6 cd changer. Would this even work with this kind of a radio? I know that it would probably be much easier to just get a new one but the sound quality of the one already in the car and the look of it are not things I’d like to sacrifice if I don’t have to. Thanks!!
cool video, I'll try to convince my dad to let me do this to his car lol. why is the blank cd needed tho? I'm almost sure I saw a video like this a while ago where they didn't use one, but I think it had an extra step, not sure tho.
+guastrombolio Thanks. Let me know how it works out for you. The blank CD is needed to trick the CD player into playing from the CD lines inside the radio. Since you dont want the CD sound to mix with the aux sound, you play a silent CD track. I think the other video your referring to is my Solara video, where I hacked the FM radio lines. In that case the phones impedance overrides the FM signal so there's no need for a cassette. th-cam.com/video/bRIswrodoM8/w-d-xo.html
I saw your first video and in that one you said it wouldn't work try soldering the aux into the CD part of the board and recomended soldering to the FM module because the CD used a digital output. How can I know if I can solder to the CD or I have to use the FM module?
Shouldn't you be able to, theoretically, simply splice into the wires that those solder points on the motherboard connect to? Wouldn't that amount to the same thing?
I was wondering if it would be possible to simply unplug the antenna cable and use an antenna-to-AUX adapter cable, instead of soldering into the motherboard, etc... because I don't have the electrical equipment to do this.
speedkar99 thank you my friend. Is there a method for trial and error? Like, do I have to solder then put the whole thing back together and test or is there a simpler way?
Good idea to solder 3 pins (left,right and ground ). Everything is good but why blank CD is required to play (input is aux, selected source as media is CD on display )??
Another great video, but i'm wondering if there's a way to bypass the CD it would be great, I'll try to figure it out when have the chance to do this on some friend's car :)
I was at the Goodwill store and found a nice looking extra bass 2001 Phillips Radio/CD/MP3 player. After checking it and everything I see it got no AUX. No Cassette tape either to add an adaptor. Only two speakers so it should work good. Some people ask why not just buy a modern new one with AUX input. Some people are not the DIY types.
@@speedkar99 theres lots of digital car stereo before that don't have aux or input option only output like I have here Toyota brand stereo just cd / radio but all digital
Awesome Video! Just don't ask the average "Joe" to do that.... LOL, they'll be going out and buying a new stereo! As a veteran electronics tech, I understood your hack and the process. Now... you get someone in there and do all that (Go thru the entire process) and I'd place high wagers against the average "Joe". 😅 Awesome Video! Gonna apply it to an old (very good) boom box and bluetooth dongle. No cords needed.
Holy crap this went from 0-100 real quick.
Lmfaooooo literally. I went from
Hopeful to I will just replace my radio 😂
I was like, okay I got this and then you started pulling everything apart and I got scared lol
This guy go a very longggggg length for aux port. Man you are cool.
What did you expect 😂😂
I don't have the time and patience I guess🤷
Lmao rs I’m tryna find a way that doesn’t involve me taking shit apart
@@fym3106 right. Like wtf is this shit. 5th video i found where they require you to be bob the builder and a blacksmith. I feel like Id need to take a 3 month class before im able to do this
Nice snappy video and clearly explained. I sometimes feel like my life is being sapped away when watching other instructional videos which have a 20 minute lead and go off at a million tangents managing to leave out any useful information. Whereas, this video is concise and straight to the point and it actually works, thanks dude.
Just made this mod on a Panasonic CQ-C1311N head unit and it works beautifully! I was using an FM transmitter before, but it always had some awful background noise. With the direct AUX input, it instantly stopped, and the sound is crystal clear. Thank you so much for your guide!
Well, looks like I’ll just play music out my phone
Try it bro
@@speedkar99 way too complex
Jane cooper : not really just grab a broken remote card and practice soldering
Fax lmao
@@painter757 Damn reminded me bout this comment 2 years later I got the aux installed in my car now
I got stuck... I didn't have enough change in my tray to purchase a blank cd and wire. :(
+lbrtdy Ah, well Corolla has a small change holder on the left side of the steering wheel and one in the center console. You might want to check under the seat cushions, thats where I found some dimes and quarters.
in that case you don't deserve it. In fact you should be thankful that you have a car in first place.
5 finger discount
Just finished doing this, took a few hours (had to learn how to solder basically) but it works!!
+greg golding that's great! I'm glad it worked out for you, and now you have a new skill.
@@speedkar99 great Vids my man!!! I want to do this to my old Clarion 9575rz.. took it apart but don’t know where to solder the points.. any help would be greatly appreciated.
@@richardkirkaldy8411 you can research your head unit to find it and some head units have codes that when you research it will show you a diagram of where the points are
Thank you for actually explaining the process of identifying what to solder to. No other videos do.
That's a cool engineer perspective to daily problems. Thanks for sharing it with us. Much appreciated dude.
Yep, always gotta find a unique way to tackle it
I think this videos great ! Everyone keeps saying buy another cheap radio. Why when I have a 400 dollar pioneer and all I need to do is add a aux? Have you heard those cheap stereos, be my guest. I love my music, and when you find the right stereo, you'll do what you can to keep it. Great video bro.
Instead of burning a blank cd with blank audio, you guys can use your old cds in pause mode. Cheers
+Clash Monk hey that could work too
.....or an old CD-ROM.
it works on pause mode?
How do you pause?
Mine does not work on pause at all :(
Short explanation is always appreciated. It's time to AUX-hack the old boombox now.
excellent video man. good editing lol
+the1janitor Thanks for the compliment
Mine is a double DINN so I really had to go looking for the solder points. Had to take it apart a few times to make sure the radio, tape deck, and CD player worked.
Burned a silent CD and popped it in. Started up Spotify and that's the clearest signal I've ever gotten out of a phone to a car stereo.
I really appreciate this tutorial. Now, I don't have to go out and buy an after market radio just yet.
how did you burn a silent cd!?
Two bonus ideas:
1: Get a female connector with a screw clamp, and drill the trim out right between the radio and the vents, and have a port that will be much slower to wear out.
2: run the line to the popout ash tray where you keep all that spare change, and keep a bluetooth adapter handy inside. If you need to turn it on or pair it to another phone, just pop the ash tray. If you need to charge it, pop the ash tray and unplug it, or sneak a 12V cig plug with a USB brick in behind the trim and run one of those cables to the ash tray as well.
I truly found this very informative!!! I'm still taking my car to the audio shop😑
This is cool, but a much easier (although more expensive) way is to remove the stereo and just plug in an antenna/aux adapter box. Unlike a wireless FM transmitter they don't get interference and only cost about $20.
Great suggestion.
HailAnts it’s called a fm modulator
Apparently the sound quality of those aren't as good as this CD method.
3:53 best part
Lmao
Simple DIY to avoid the possibility of burning your car to the ground, shop Craigslist for a $20 head unit with Auxiliary input. ..
I can appreciate the work you did just probably not something most people would jump into.
+DAVE THE STIG $20
I can't appreciate the quality of that !
speedkar99 says the guy who buys an Aux cord for $1.99 and calls it quality. I was just trying to give credit where its due . I have bought multiple stereos off CL for next to nothing. My Pioneer Premier im using now i got for $20. My Pioneer Double Din only cost me $80 and the guy tossed in the remote and the microphone for
Bluetooth/hands free setup. I call that quality compared to the $5-600 they charge for it. I can't believe I've wasted this much of my life replying to this. .lol
Just added my MP3 aux but by spicing into the internal wiring harness from the CD unit to the MB. I'm not a solder guy. But still, tiny wires. For my wiring, the Sony harness has 3 wires separated from the others, a 13 wire harness. A R, a L, and a G. Used a tap but the wires are so thin they were cut so I had to adapt a pinch splice. It works and I have what I wanted. I have a 1999 Olds Intrigue with a Bose dual CD system that all the big guys avoid. This is a sophisticated CD, tape, radio and now I'm happy to have this added feature with all the others unaffected. Yes, you have to make a blank CD.
Thanks for your experience
Thanks for your video so I could do my hack. No one makes a harness for this system, the iSimple FM modulator I have had for years-I hated the quality and fiddling with the interface. If I want to adding a bluetooth is now simple but I like the direct quality.
Good video. Clear and to the point. I hate it when the vlogger rattles on about things that aren’t relevant to the topic. That just confuses the directions.😎
I agree...short and to the point is how it should be
You are brilliant and gifted and way too good - I wish you lived next door.
Thanks
You're a genius my friend! Keep up the great videos.
+Ben Cocos thanks! Video suggestions for the corolla welcome
LOL ... Good Quality Cable... 1.99$ :D ahahhahahaha
+XXL COCKTAIL agreed
Jeffrey Shepherd His car is a 2002-2006 Camry.
Honestly that's some good cable if it's $1.99. At our local axeman's or RadioShack, we can pick up then lil bitches for $0.33 on the dollar.
Well they are all cheap. All the retailers just add 300%-500% on top. I know cuz I had to do it too.
Actually You're lucky in a way it is NOT a high quality cable. It has a yellow wire for earth and not a screen around other two conductors as it would be on a decent quality cable. Getting screen twisted up and then insulated without short circuits can be quite a job in itself
You should disconnect the audio-pins coming from the CD-player's DAC-out, instead of leaving them in parallel to the aux-cord.
Don't know the output-impedance of the CD-DAC, but if it's in the range of
Yes those are all great suggestions, especially with the switching jack. I wasn't too worried here since this radio is old and the hack still worked.
Let's be honest, most of us followed the video just fine, almost none of us has the balls to actually do it to our cars. I can't solder worth a damn, that's for sure. I'm sure the kid who made this video is engineering suspension bridges by now. Good video.
That’s neat for guys like us who like to do these mods, but for others who are reading this, you can get an FM to Aux adapter that powers through the cigarette lighter.
And have horrible sound quality. This is mucho better and more direct
@@speedkar99 Surprisingly the sound quality on mine is superb, I got mine at Walmart for $20 and it sounds good. Now this does sound better but I just made a suggestion for people who aren’t able to do this.
Hello, first of all excellent video, very well explained, but I have a question
I opened my radio but couldn't find any markings, trying to find on google, but couldn't find anything
Do you have any tips on how could I determine which are L, R and G pins
Any help appreciated
Worked for me...thumbs up for your video. For those who cannot find R-out L-out and GND, make sure you check both sides of the motherboard as I noticed these markings are on the bottom side of motherboard on my stereo rather than the top side where the CD unit sits on.
Good tip. Thanks
Realy good video. Just small suggestion... instead of soldering AUX cable directly, you can solder a wire with the jack on it. So the hole that you drill somewhere in the car will actually be a jack, and you can plug any AUX cable later. I'm sure you know that already, but for the other viewers...
Yes that makes more sense
Good to see a video from you sir. Missed yo hands lol.
Thanks! Yea I haven't posted in a while.
speedkar99 hope all is well sir.
Or you can buy a $30 radio.. Im just saying
+Scott Dinh looks ugly
Scott Dinh I want to but I don’t want to drop $75 on an adapter for my car
nathan amundson right you have to buy a dash adaper radio and a harness 100 dollars later LOL
its_cesar_boii on this particular car (98-02 Toyota Corolla) it's actually very simple. I bought a pioneer radio for $30, a harness for $10, and heatshrink for $2. That's all you really need. The stock faceplate works fine and you can use the stock mounting brackets to mount it. So in total $42. Not bad.
Scott Dinh yeah Walmart has them fkr 20
Dude I don’t know why but I find you really funny
How come? The toothbrush?
does it need to be an aux cord? if I'm just going to solder stuff and bypass the aux ports altogether then maybe can I use a normal 3.5mm cable instead?
Nice video, concise and to the point!
that was great... Was exactly what i was looking for... thanks Man....
You are welcome
I looked up how to do this for using an old boom box. Thanks. Working in it now. All we're actually doing is wiring to the audio output leads? Insane.
Old video here might not get a reply soon, but you say playing a blank CD to initiate the sound. Ok. Do you actually play the disc, or just let it read the disc? I don't see you pressing play so I just wanted to to verify. I'm currently without a CD burner.
You burn a silent track onto the CD and play it.
@@speedkar99 I wasn't able to complete my project, my board had no labels, and I couldn't find a good pinout for the microprocessor chip, but anyway,
Would playing a regular disc and just pressing pause work the same?
i don’t even own this car but i still watches the whole video
When you dropped the radio on the screws😂😂😂 i have definitely been there before
haha I did it! It plays both the CD and the phone, have to get a blank cd now
creative work as usual
Thank you very much
Sick. I'm going to try this soon for my 92-96 Prelude's radio. I hate the aftermarket ricey looking ass radios and personally plan to buy myself a vintage Nakamichi radio for the sake of the period-correct look. I'll update this when I get mine working ;)
That would be awesome
Wow.. just wow. Good job man. I little sad the toothbrush was not featured this time.
+Irving J Saucedo Mohzo My brother took his toothbrush back for this one. Can't win Everytime
finally an update, liked instantly!
+Aditya Graha Pratama thank you
Can you make a video on how to install a Bluetooth device the same way ?
I already have a Bluetooth hack video, check it out !
Great video thank you. Just a thought, instead of soldering wires onto the radio circuit board would it be possible to solder the wires to the wires on the 8/12 pin socket of the CD stacker in the trunk. I just wondered if this would work as it would save me removing the radio and the soldering would not be such a delicate operation. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards Anthony
woo glad to have found this channel
+Mike T Thanks. Feel free to check out my other videos!
Clever! Could you have tapped into the corresponding wires on the harness instead?
+ScubaCat3 Thanks!
The harness goes directly to the speakers, so you would have very low volume and no equalization control if you hacked that.
The internal harness works, the unit to the MB, 3 wires are separate R,L and G.
Nice! This video inspired me to successfully try XM Radio hack :)
Do normal CDs work normally after this mod?
Yes
Great video to test your skills .. so what do you have to burn on the black cd? I didn’t understand you clearly
Burn a silent CD track
speedkar99 ohh okay thanks man
Man.. I understood you. You are a freakin genious
I sure am 😉
Hey, great option for people that don't want to go aftermarket. I tapped into my cd changer harness in my 2005 Honda pilot. I'm using a Bluetooth device that needs constant power but this is also creating a ground loop. I tried using an ground loop isolator but there's a drastic loss in volume and quality. Do you think I could eliminate the ground loop if I disconnect the ground wire going into the cd changer harness?
If I understand you correctly it would be better to cut the ground from the bluetooth device as it draws less current than CD Changer and the bluetooth device will then ground through CD changer so should then not have a ground loop
@@peterkershaw7225 thanks for the reply, I'll definitely try this.
At first disliked video cause it wasnt relevant to me. But quick edits and humor got you a like!
Thanks for liking
So why did you go to a video that wasn't relevant to you in the first place ?
hey how did you figure out which wires inside the aux correspond to the left channel, right channel and ground? is it the same for all auxes or does it vary? i just don't want to solder the wires in the wrong spots. also hilarious video man
If it's not marked then trial and error
Great hack there. I was wondering how you'd get the radio to listen to your inputs since normally the CD mode is disabled unless there's a CD playing - but there you go, you solved that by simply giving it a CD lol. Might I suggest also to cut the traces from the CD player so as to prevent your phone from feeding the CD output or vice versa (thus disabling permanently the CD player).
I have a very similar radio and I thought I'm less likely to listen to AM, so I'll try and find the traces from the receiver and use those instead. If not possible, it's still very unlikely that I'll listen to a CD anytime soon.
+The512MB with the CD output silent I don't think too much harm its done, though I see your point. AM is crusty sound and mono, bad quality, I tried it.
speedkar99 Hey, Completed the hack successfully with the AM/FM route. There were no testpoints for either the CD paths or the radio paths (however there were for an unpopulated Dolby paths, not installed in that model). The CD paths only had really small vias to solder onto and it did not end up working. With the radio paths I expected some noise but it turns out that when the jack is plugged, the signal from the radio (be it white static or actual content) is completely eliminated. The sound quality from the AUX is high quality and no noise/distortion is noticed, unexpectedly. Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow thanks so much I’m ordering a cheap radio with Bluetooth after watching this lmfaooo
How cheap do they get?
20 bucks look on eBay brand new with free shipping.
Then I’m selling my stock head unit also on eBay and the whole change is free when I get my money back. Boom! 😀
How did you ever learn this? This is amazing. Can you send me the soldering areas please.It was a little fast for me. Thank you. Awesome video
I learn by experiment
👏👏 thanx man,,my soldering skills tho 😂😂took me awhile but I got it
Thanks! Yea soldering takes some skills to get used to
Great stuff....been wanting to do this with a factory CD/radio 1995 Dodge truck vintage. Most of the vids on this are the same; find the left channel/right channel and ground as close to where the CD player connects as possible. If there is no AUX display on your head unit, then I guess you have to use the blank CD to 'fool' you head unit into playing from your mp3 player. Do you have to burn anything onto the blank CD, or just format it....what?
Burn a silent track so it doesn't eject the disk
Is it possible to do this hack on a toyoata Rav4 2005??
Thx
Yea
@@speedkar99 Thx, can you please explain what exactly should be burned into the disc? I could not catch it properly in your video.
amazing! love to see more work on the rolla!
+greg golding thanks! What kind of videos would you like to see?
Honestly any repairs as well as videos like this that do anything to get more enjoyment out of the car!
Like anything that improves the corolla cosmetically, comfort wise and anything that keeps it running smooth!
Any tutorials / recommendations for speakers would also be nice!
Even removing dents, and painting on a budget would be cool too
Right to the god damn point, thank you
nice video . what kinde of cd is that ?
Just a blank cd
It would be easier to install a new radio with an aux jack
+David Burleigh easier sure. But this is cheaper and looks flush
@@speedkar99 And its thief proof, no fancy looking stuff :)
And some people like the way the stock radio looks
they're 150 buks you fucking bitch
@@mariobeans i love the aggression in this reply
or plug it into your fiio e18 into the usb of your phone and then have even better audio playing out from the foobar2000 android app for your FLAC files
+teknowafel sam great
Nice trick that even I can do! Thanks!
You are welcome
Great video I did it & it worked. Question when I have the silent CD in, & my phone attached there is a buzzing sound (not affected by volume controls) until I start playing content from the phone. Any ideas?
Is your phone charging? If so it could need a ground loop isolator
I have a 2004 corvette ,with a 12 cd changer in trunk want to hook up to cd wiring to play phone music over car speakers
How old is the radio? What was the other input for in the back of the radio ... it may have been an Aux input ... if so all needed was the correct phone to aux cable. no need to tear down and no need to solder.
For a cd changer
Could this be done with a non toyota radio ? Im asking bout a Kenwood radio.
I saw your other video, can't you go to the fm module every time? asking as am looking to ad AUX + Bluetooth to 06 Sonata and would be great to override radio when phone rings.
+Newbies Work on Cars That only works on some cars that had the cassette tape playing over the FM signal. Ideally you'd add some sort of switch that mutes the FM signal so it doesn't feed back into your Bluetooth module.
Dont know if you still respond to comments. But I'm curious if the aux cable supersedes the CD controls. As in, if I only burn on one silent track, will my music stop playing every time the CD player pauses because the track ends?
Same thing I'm trying to figure out.
What if your motherboard doesn't have labels how do you tell where to solder to?
My FM transmitter has Garbage sound quality. Will this work better?
Yes
Can you still listen to your regular cds even with this installed? Sometimes when I’m doing short trips (reference being my previous car which did have an aux port, my “new” one does not) I’m not going to bother plugging my phone in, wait for Spotify to open and scroll till I find what I’m in the mood for. I just listen to whatever cd I have in, all of which are for bands I really really like so I’m always in the mood for them. And there is a band I’m very fond of that is only available on cds. I don’t want to have to go through TH-cam and waste my data every time I want to listen to them, especially when I own the cds already.
Also my vehicle is a 2003 Subaru Outback with a 6 cd changer. Would this even work with this kind of a radio? I know that it would probably be much easier to just get a new one but the sound quality of the one already in the car and the look of it are not things I’d like to sacrifice if I don’t have to. Thanks!!
Yes the CD will still work
What is the use of a car stereo player with a flash disk slot then?
Floppy disk?
Why didnt put resistances?
If you don't install them, is there a chance to break the phone?
It'll be fine. Resistor make it quieter
did this and works perfectly on my old sony cdx-s2210 car stereo. there is no need for an empty cd in my case
Nice
@@speedkar99My Toyota ejects the blank CD even with my audio playing
Dooooope... This is def nice... Nice work homie
cool video, I'll try to convince my dad to let me do this to his car lol.
why is the blank cd needed tho? I'm almost sure I saw a video like this a while ago where they didn't use one, but I think it had an extra step, not sure tho.
+guastrombolio Thanks. Let me know how it works out for you.
The blank CD is needed to trick the CD player into playing from the CD lines inside the radio. Since you dont want the CD sound to mix with the aux sound, you play a silent CD track.
I think the other video your referring to is my Solara video, where I hacked the FM radio lines. In that case the phones impedance overrides the FM signal so there's no need for a cassette.
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@@speedkar99 how to create a silent track
I saw your first video and in that one you said it wouldn't work try soldering the aux into the CD part of the board and recomended soldering to the FM module because the CD used a digital output. How can I know if I can solder to the CD or I have to use the FM module?
+Krepe Trial and error? That's how I found out.
hi, one question regarding cd radio-lg lac3710r Can an aux be made and what cd should be put blank or?
Awesome, can you do this for 6 cd changer as well?
You're better off splicing into the wires for that, much easier to do.
Shouldn't you be able to, theoretically, simply splice into the wires that those solder points on the motherboard connect to? Wouldn't that amount to the same thing?
I was wondering if it would be possible to simply unplug the antenna cable and use an antenna-to-AUX adapter cable, instead of soldering into the motherboard, etc... because I don't have the electrical equipment to do this.
We really need a track on the CD or just insert and done?
+Iamindian__Bitch W A R D H A N the track has to be there. Otherwise CD will eject saying it's not compatible
@@speedkar99 how to create a silent track
Can you still use cds as long as you dont short the aux cable?
+max neale yes
speedkar99 cool
You are very clever boy. Thank you for your good idea!
thank u so much u are the best thank youuuuuuuuuuuuu it works perfectt👌👌👌
+Albert Gashi glad it works!!
How did you determine which wires were which on the aux? Also, how can I determine what to solder to if I don’t have a test tool?
Pin out for the aux cable is standard.
Trial and error to be honest
speedkar99 thank you my friend. Is there a method for trial and error? Like, do I have to solder then put the whole thing back together and test or is there a simpler way?
Good idea to solder 3 pins (left,right and ground ). Everything is good but why blank CD is required to play (input is aux, selected source as media is CD on display )??
To trick the CD player into reading from the CD player but instead it pulls sound from the 3.5mm jack
@@speedkar99 thank you
I thought you meant replace, not re-place. I was a little confused on that past 😅
Another great video, but i'm wondering if there's a way to bypass the CD it would be great, I'll try to figure it out when have the chance to do this on some friend's car :)
+FreeMind931 Thanks. Yes you might able to use the CD changer port in the back or over ride the FM signal.
I was at the Goodwill store and found a nice looking extra bass 2001 Phillips Radio/CD/MP3 player. After checking it and everything I see it got no AUX. No Cassette tape either to add an adaptor. Only two speakers so it should work good.
Some people ask why not just buy a modern new one with AUX input. Some people are not the DIY types.
True!
Easy for analog stereo volume controls, but what about all digital control volumes nowhere to tap
There's gotta be analog if there is a radio
@@speedkar99 theres lots of digital car stereo before that don't have aux or input option only output like I have here Toyota brand stereo just cd / radio but all digital
Awesome Video! Just don't ask the average "Joe" to do that.... LOL, they'll be going out and buying a new stereo! As a veteran electronics tech, I understood your hack and the process. Now... you get someone in there and do all that (Go thru the entire process) and I'd place high wagers against the average "Joe". 😅 Awesome Video! Gonna apply it to an old (very good) boom box and bluetooth dongle. No cords needed.
Too bad I have auxiliary port in my car :( :)
Great work as usual ....
+moe raw haha thanks !
How long should that blank track should be before burning it to a disc?
+Germaine Liew as long as the CD is.
Do you have a shop or something I can visit? I would love to bring my car in for oil changes and things like that. I'm located in Brampton, Ontario.
+xxFallenKnight I work on my own cars in my backyard. I dont think I could work at my pace in a shop environment.