by "scoob" (scoobsti)
Published 09/05/2017 at 12:17
by "scoob" (scoobsti)
Published 09/05/2017 at 12:17
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What do you use to listen to music/etc from your phone in your car? Tape adapters? Bluetooth adapters? Any specific recommendations? My tape adapter keeps ejecting itself.
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
09/05/2017 at 12:22, STARS: 0
I have an aftermarket head unit as the PO removed the OEM one and left a big hole in the dash. I’d wire an inline antenna fm modulator thing if I wanted to keep the factory head.
"random001" (random001)
09/05/2017 at 12:22, STARS: 3
Replace the stereo, you animal.
"unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos)
09/05/2017 at 12:22, STARS: 3
My e38 used a tape adapter from sony. I have a Bluetooth/fancy dandy kenwood head unit in the joop, I use the aux port. Don’t get a fm transmitter, the sound quality is shit.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
09/05/2017 at 12:22, STARS: 0
FM transmitter and a lot of CDs.
"rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S" (rb1971)
09/05/2017 at 12:25, STARS: 2
In my 1993 M5 I use a wired FM transmitter. Quality is surprisingly good - the main limitation in that car is the number and placement of speakers, which is not as good as today’s cars. It’s like they mostly cared about the driving experience or something crazy.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
09/05/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 0
Aftermarket head unit, thanks to good ol’ universal DIN fitment. However, I usually find myself just loading up a nice big flash drive and plugging it into the USB port instead of using the AUX jack (this head unit has both).
"Party-vi" (party-vi)
09/05/2017 at 12:27, STARS: 1
I’ve got a BAVSOUND SoundPlicity unit in my E46 that lets me integrate my iPhone/iPod through the connector. Steering wheel/stereo controls function, and I can run Pandora or other steaming/music apps from my phone through my stereo. It uses the pre-wiring for the CD changer that was never installed.
Similar setup on our 2005 Pilot, unplugging the CD changer and plugging in a GTA Car Kit unit. Unfortunately this meant pulling out the stereo to plug the unit in; the BMW was way easier to hook up,but I had to route the connection from the trunk up through my ebrake boot.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
09/05/2017 at 12:29, STARS: 0
Tape adapter, in the Benz. I own no other cars with cassette decks or even FM radio. A portable speaker is one solution, but another will be to get around to setting up hidden secondary audio, and I have a ras-pi hack planned for the Ranchero.
"lone_liberal" (token-liberal)
09/05/2017 at 12:31, STARS: 0
I put in a different head unit, but my car has an (almost) double DIN opening so it wasn’t very hard.
"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
09/05/2017 at 12:34, STARS: 0
Do you want to keep the stock head unit? Cassette adapters work well in some stereos, spend a little extra on a nice one. Thats all you really need, they are great. Sometimes the head unit doesn’t like them though. If you want a job than this is what I have planned for the trans am:
keep the stock headunit, run new speakers and an amp with bluetooth in the amp, not the headunit. seems kinda overkill for what you need though, only an interesting device.
"ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy" (bakeshake)
09/05/2017 at 12:37, STARS: 1
"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee)
09/05/2017 at 12:37, STARS: 3
I have a Grom bluetooth unit that plugs in to the stock amp where the cd changer used to be. My steering wheel controls work to change the song in my music app and the track title is even displayed on the head unit screen.
"Echo51" (echo2047)
09/05/2017 at 12:39, STARS: 0
Buy a new radio that supports your choice of connections, along with some proper adjustment options like EQ and such.. Muuuuch better
"Hammerdown" (hammerdown32)
09/05/2017 at 12:39, STARS: 1
Bluetooth FM Transmitter. Plugs in the cigarette lighter. 15 bucks. Amazon.
"Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]" (jarrettw)
09/05/2017 at 12:40, STARS: 0
I’ve tried the whole FM transmitter thing with mixed results. The previous owner replaced the head unit in my miata with one that has Bluetooth. It’s so much more convenient, since I just use my phone as my mp3 player.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
09/05/2017 at 12:43, STARS: 0
Tape adapter in the Miata, partially because I can’t stand aftermarket head units, partially because I’m too lazy to do a Bose-ectomy.
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
09/05/2017 at 12:43, STARS: 0
I have a tape adapter I got at a yard sale.
"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
09/05/2017 at 12:45, STARS: 0
Tape unit, but I replace it every year or so because it starts getting super noisy or ejecting
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
09/05/2017 at 12:46, STARS: 0
On the Legend, Miata, E39 and C4, I just used a cheap wired FM transmitter from Ebay. It worked fine.
"Ssfancyfresh" (scotttt)
09/05/2017 at 12:52, STARS: 0
DICE Electronics iPod Adapter
https://www.crutchfield.com/S-EZTkt1UTKRq/p_531IVWT/DICE-iPod-Adapter-for-Audi-and-Volkswagen.html
It plugged into the back of the factory head unit in place of the CD-changer
"Ssfancyfresh" (scotttt)
09/05/2017 at 12:52, STARS: 0
DICE Electronics iPod Adapter
https://www.crutchfield.com/S-EZTkt1UTKRq/p_531IVWT/DICE-iPod-Adapter-for-Audi-and-Volkswagen.html
It plugged into the back of the factory head unit in place of the CD-changer
"AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC" (addictedtom3s)
09/05/2017 at 12:54, STARS: 1
Hnnnnggggh. That NSX is so beautiful
"DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
09/05/2017 at 12:58, STARS: 1
Head unit from the 2000's. Has an aux port.
Also. I THOUGHT YOU DIDN’T HAVE A CAR! WHEN WILL THE LIES END!?
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
09/05/2017 at 13:00, STARS: 0
I use this.
If my car did not have this I would swap the deck to a deck with an ipod input. I actually still might.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
09/05/2017 at 13:11, STARS: 0
Current car? Aux port (1/8 inch connector). Before that? A small FM transmitter I got from Radio Shack or Walmart or something. It worked pretty well, except its signal could sometimes be overpowered by existing radio stations on its limited number of FM frequencies. So... if you go that route, don’t go cheap. Get a transmitter with more than four frequencies, heh.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
09/05/2017 at 13:13, STARS: 0
In my old 2001 Outback I used to use a tape adapter. My Mini came with a blown head unit so I took the opportunity to buy a new one with bluetooth.
"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley)
09/05/2017 at 13:14, STARS: 0
Had Grom in my older Mazda6, when I had it. Good unit for the price.
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
09/05/2017 at 13:20, STARS: 0
Since when do you have a car?
"jonny11quest" (jonny11quest)
09/05/2017 at 13:21, STARS: 0
On one of my old cars, I used cassette adapter. Bought a cheap one from Walmart. After a week, it would play only right side speakers. Cleaned the contacts with rubbing alcohol and it worked great for the next 2 years.
"jariten1781" (jariten1781)
09/05/2017 at 13:24, STARS: 0
For my old Mazda I found a schematic floating around on the internet that allowed me to put together a little board that could take any line-in but that fooled the factory system into thinking it had a mini-disc unit installed. Wired that to a 3.5mm plug in the arm rest. Was 100% inconspicuous...so much so that when I sold the car I tried to explain to the buyer “You press the button that says Mini-Disc and it’ll play whatever you plug into this plug” but apparently they couldn’t figure it out and bought a shitty Bluetooth FM transmitter and bitched about the sound........
"just-a-scratch" (just-a-scratch)
09/05/2017 at 13:37, STARS: 0
It’s just FM most often followed by cassettes then AM. The in trunk CD player is long gone. I hear cars have some sort of green fangs or red dentures or something, but I don’t know why you would listen to those.
"C62030" (c62030)
09/05/2017 at 14:02, STARS: 0
I use the cheapest FM transmitter Walmart had to offer. It sounds like garbage, but so does the 30-year-old stock radio in my car so it all evens out.
"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
09/05/2017 at 14:32, STARS: 0
Another one for Bluetooth unit that plugs into the CD changer port. That’s ideal, if you have a CD changer port.
"Justin Hughes" (justinhughes54)
09/05/2017 at 14:39, STARS: 0
I’ve been wondering this myself. The tape deck in my 2003 Jetta ute was broken, so I just replaced it with a fully operational factory unit. It ejects my Bluetooth cassette, which works fine in my 35 year old boom box that I use as my garage stereo.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
09/05/2017 at 14:41, STARS: 0
In my ‘06 GTO I have one of those horrible fm transmitter things, but there is a guy who will add an AUX cord to my headunit, I am just waiting to justify the $100 to do it.
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
09/05/2017 at 15:09, STARS: 0
My Audi had a USB cord installed by the p/o that had a male and female aux hookup and phone mount installed into the dash in a very factory looking manor.
With the Lexus I just put in a new head unit w/ Bluetooth, Aux, and USB.
"scoob" (scoobsti)
09/05/2017 at 15:49, STARS: 1
It’s not going in my car because I don’t have a car
"Kiltedpadre" (kiltedpadre)
09/05/2017 at 16:21, STARS: 0
I’ve used two different methods. One plugged into my phone and functioned by broadcasting that over a radio frequency that I just needed to tune the car’s radio into. If you go that route get one of the ones where you can choose between multiple stations that it uses. I bought a cheap one that didn’t and it used a frequency already in use in my area making it useless to me.
Before I had a cell phone I had a car that had been upgraded at some point in the past to an 8-track player. It came with an adapter to play cassettes in an 8-track radio to which I added an adapter to play a discman through a tape deck.
So basically I had an adapter to adapt my adapter to play CDs.
Simplest solution though not very elegant; buy a decent Bluetooth speaker and load the phone with music.
"No Prius Needed" (nopriusneeded)
09/05/2017 at 16:25, STARS: 0
Can you link me to FM transmitter you have?
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
09/05/2017 at 16:50, STARS: 0
My Accent is from 2009, but the stock head-unit has an Aux port on it.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
09/05/2017 at 20:29, STARS: 0
I don’t. I tried a tape adapter in my Town Car, but the sound quality was too terrible to even bother, so I just listen to cassettes or AM/FM radio when I drive it.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
09/11/2017 at 23:13, STARS: 0
New Kenwood head unit from Crutchfield: $99 with blue tooth, USB and an 3.5mm AUX port. Free adapter kit.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
09/11/2017 at 23:14, STARS: 0
I could never use a radio like that because its name is too hard to say.