Aux Input CD Stereo Hack
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2017
- Here's how to add an auxiliary input to your CD stereo on your car.
This method is applicable to almost all vehicles that have an analog CD player. Demonstrated here is a Toyota Corolla.
Adding an auxiliary input to your vehicle is a cheap and easy method to get CD quality audio to your car's sound system from your phone, tablet, bluetooth device or MP3 player.
FM transmitters cause too much interference, static, and have poor sound quality. Aftermarket radios are more expensive, and have a tacky, flashy odd look that won't bode well with a vintage car.
This method employs the use of the CD player lines in the radio. A blank CD is played, and sound input from a 3.5mm stereo extension cable is injected into the analog CD lines going from the radio to the equalizer.
The benefit is the CD player and radio can still be fully functional, and all the equalizer controls (balance, fade, volume, bass, treble, etc) can still be controlled when audio is sourced from AUX.
The radio is opened up and the Left, Right and Ground channels are identified and soldered to. Once the blank CD is inserted, the radio is tricked into reading audio from the CD player, but instead the source is coming from your music device or phone.
A 3.5mm bluetooth adapter can be hooked up to this aux port to expand the functionality to have wireless audio streaming.
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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
Holy crap this went from 0-100 real quick.
Lmfaooooo literally. I went from
Hopeful to I will just replace my radio 😂
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
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!
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
Purchase parts and tools for this DIY here:
Aux cable:
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Soldering Iron:
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Solder:
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Philips screwdriver:
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Can I bring the car to you? Will pay for your time
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 :(
Thank you for actually explaining the process of identifying what to solder to. No other videos do.
Short explanation is always appreciated. It's time to AUX-hack the old boombox now.
I truly found this very informative!!! I'm still taking my car to the audio shop😑
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
3:53 best part
Lmao
excellent video man. good editing lol
+the1janitor Thanks for the compliment
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.
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 $20.
Great suggestion.
HailAnts it’s called a fm modulator
Apparently the sound quality of those aren't as good as this CD method.
Mine is a double DINN so I really had to go looking for the solder points. Had to take it apart a few times to make sure the radio, tape deck, and CD player worked.
Burned a silent CD and popped it in. Started up Spotify and that's the clearest signal I've ever gotten out of a phone to a car stereo.
I really appreciate this tutorial. Now, I don't have to go out and buy an after market radio just yet.
how did you burn a silent cd!?
Let's be honest, most of us followed the video just fine, almost none of us has the balls to actually do it to our cars. I can't solder worth a damn, that's for sure. I'm sure the kid who made this video is engineering suspension bridges by now. Good video.
LOL ... Good Quality Cable... 1.99$ :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.
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
You are brilliant and gifted and way too good - I wish you lived next door.
Thanks
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
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.
You're a genius my friend! Keep up the great videos.
+Ben Cocos thanks! Video suggestions for the corolla welcome
Nice video, concise and to the point!
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 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.
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
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
creative work as usual
Thank you very much
👏👏 thanx man,,my soldering skills tho 😂😂took me awhile but I got it
Thanks! Yea soldering takes some skills to get used to
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
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
that was great... Was exactly what i was looking for... thanks Man....
You are welcome
Could this be done with a non toyota radio ? Im asking bout a Kenwood radio.
i don’t even own this car but i still watches the whole video
Great video, loud and clear, i like to do this on my Land Rover Discovery 2 (2004) it has cd changer and steering wheel remote control, changer not needed but any idea if remote control will work? I made a system adapting from changer onder seat but has interference and i like your system a lot better, makes sense! Anyway, maybe you can help me out, have a great 2022, it certainly will imho. Thank you!
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
finally an update, liked instantly!
+Aditya Graha Pratama thank you
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
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
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.
Nice! This video inspired me to successfully try XM Radio hack :)
Dude I don’t know why but I find you really funny
How come? The toothbrush?
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
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
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! 😀
woo glad to have found this channel
+Mike T Thanks. Feel free to check out my other videos!
I feel bad for the people who are scared. Imo, this is pretty simple and I will try it on a head unit my dad was trowing away 😂 good luck everyone ! And great video, dude !
You are very clever boy. Thank you for your good idea!
I wanna do this EXACTLY to my 07" RX350 right now bruh!🤦🏽♂️
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
Too bad I have auxiliary port in my car :( :)
Great work as usual ....
+moe raw haha thanks !
Man.. I understood you. You are a freakin genious
I sure am 😉
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.
Nice job Thx! Trying to patch a similar cord into my ultra hi fidelity older Magnivox home stereo ! Small square unit has hi mass speakers w/Solid bass woofer, tweeters. mid range . Thx again. 🥰
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
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
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
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 trick that even I can do! Thanks!
You are welcome
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
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!
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?
Civic 2007 tell me about same like this conection plz
So simple. Just did this in like 27 seconds
I got a better one coming up next month
Badass dude, thanks.
Fantastic, thanks!
Your welcome
Aux Hack God
+TeamEPICv yep thats me hah
Yo that's an attack on titan fan!! Here have my thumbs up!
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 ?
you sir, are a hero.
I sure am. Thanks
Right to the god damn point, thank you
great work sir.
Thanks
Who gone do all this shit
+Carter Monroe I do
I would
I did the same but disconnect the audio from the CD.
When the mobile is paused, I have some interference noise.
What I can do?
it is not the cable because when disconnecting from the mobile it stops making noises.
It's natural. Your cable naturally collects noise from electrostatic fields (interfering signals are superimposing to the signal) if the cable isn't shielded enough against it.
It's mostly noticeable when some metallic, skin, etc.. material (those which is able to conduct electricity) make physical connection with the AUX cord's jack plug. If you leave it alone the amplifier's noise reduction will comes into operation and you won't hear any interference because the noise is so low that the amplifier will cut according to the low threshold and SNR set.
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.
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
i like your attitude
Me too
I wish this was a tutorial for the OEM cassette radio.. Nice job tho!
I have two other videos just for cassette
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 UA-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
Did this and when I was going to try it for the first time, I realized my phone does not have aux
Guess I'm getting a Bluetooth - aux receiver :p
Those have alot of noise. A direct connection is cleaner.
I have added Aux in to my JVC car stereo at the CD-L and CD-R input points of the volume control IC and ground to the amp ground point to a 3.5 mm stereo jack. When I connect the jack to my mobile phone headphone socket, sound output is from the phone speaker. But disconnecting the ground wire output goes to the car speakers but at little low volume. Any suggestions pl.
or better yet, drill out a hole in the front fascia of the head unit and glue in a 3.5mm female jack so you can use any cable you please.
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!
😆Man nice! video I wish you did one with a 2005 Acura RL radio 😎
I got a $10 Bluetooth at Walgreen's. Best shit ever.
Sound quality?
@@speedkar99
Great sound with little to no latency.
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 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
Dooooope... This is def nice... Nice work homie
haha I did it! It plays both the CD and the phone, have to get a blank cd now
Damn it looks quite simple the way u open the whole stuff but if I intend to do so...the whole player will be screwed up.....lol.😂
If you don't know what you are doing get an old radio an experiment.
Will this work on a g37? It also has the "jukebox" feature.
hi, one question regarding cd radio-lg lac3710r Can an aux be made and what cd should be put blank or?
What if your motherboard doesn't have labels how do you tell where to solder to?
Question do didn't burn a blank cd yet and I'm testing with a normal cd with music should it play both tracks together (my phone and cd track)? Or the cd track will will over my phone? Because I can't hear my phone just the cd track
I’m surprised it worked with just a blank DVD
Awesome!
But I was looking for a way to wire an aux in place of the CD changer.
Surely I can just splice into the wire going to my trunk right?
Yes