Schnitz

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I bought this (http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...FQKenAodDjnv3w) for $40 seeing as it would cost as much to build PD's Aux input. I'm not very electronically inclined, so I thought i'd give this a shot.
Install instructions say to plug it into the back of my Nakamichi Deck (2000 LS400) but it doesn't fit. So I plugged it into the CD changer instead. I grounded it on a piece of metal under the dash. I powered it by using Add-a-circuit fuse adapter using the Radio No.2 fuse.
My CD's play fine but when I switch it to my Ipod nothing changes. The GS guys say it works with their Nakamichi decks but I can't get it to work on my LS.
Any ideas?

P.S. I'm going to post this same question in the Audio (and maybe even the GS section) section as well.

Kansas

I sure hope you can get that aux input product to work but a bunch of us, including me, has been looking for years for one that will work on an LS -- I haven't found one yet.

The ones I've seen for the GS do not work on the 98-00 LS.

There is a guy on eBay guy who for about $60 (?) will add an RCA jack to the front of your head unit or run an RCA jack on a cable out the back of your head unit. The RCA jack in his solution hijacks the FM tuner when something is plugged into the RCA jack.

PureDrifter

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it's because that won't work for your car.
http://soundgate.com/upload//productdocuments/0061.pdf

http://soundgate.com/index.php?reque...usereferrer=1&

notice that the LS400 isnt on the compatibility list.

Schnitz

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I don't think it listed '99 GS but 'Bill Bosh' said it worked in his. Oh well, It was worth a shot.

skperformance

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For all that work you could have DIY'd it and have an input like mine for my IPOD.
Thanks again PD> .

PureDrifter

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hahah, no problem man

Schnitz

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1 power, 1 ground and plugging in 2 harnesses is slot less work than PD's.
I don't mind trying new things.

Kansas

Schnitz, the eBay seller who adds a 3.5 mm aux input jack to the front or back of Lexus radio headunits for $60 is "factoryradios". Attached is one of the photos from eBay of a Lexus radio with the added aux input on the front.

Schnitz

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Thanks for the heads up. I'm more than likely going to give PD's way a shot. I'll email him anyways.

cartmill

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i know this is a terribly old thread, but has anyone actually tried this SOUNDGATE SDSTOYO Auxiliary Interface ?

i've been looking at it to try with my 99 sc300 with the factory cd changer.

BLKonBLK98

i like this option, been eyeing one for my mini-project altima.

sdls

i did PD's thing except WITHOUT all of the solenoids and whatever - i just cut into the line-level feed between the CD changer and the head unit, three wires, and spliced in some 3.5mm headphone jacks. i bridge them with a 3.5mm audio cable when i want to listen to the cd changer, and i unplug one end and put the cable into my mp3 player when i want to listen to my music. total cost was somewhere around five bucks.

tomtheslac

Ooohh ...which wires? Any further details/pics avalible?

PureDrifter

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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/lex...em-stereo.html

cartmill

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i just got the SDSTOYO unit, and a ipod>RCA cable to plug into the ststoyo unit.

when i plug it in, the iphone gets taken over by the headunit, but i can't get it to play the iphone music INSTEAD of the cd changer music.

the SDSTOYO thing is basically a simpler version of the AUX input HOWTO that puredrifter linked above.

i am wondering if my iphone isn't working because it's in "take over" mode when i have the iphone>rca adapter plugged in? it's like the headunit is taking it over, but won't play what it has taken over.