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Old 10-06-12, 01:22 PM
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Anyone near NJ know how to do this??? I will pay! lol
Old 10-07-12, 02:40 PM
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My right side speakers stop working when I pull out the aux cable.. It works fine when I put it back in lol.. Checked my soldering and it doesn't look out of place or loose :/
Old 10-19-12, 04:18 PM
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i also followed these instructions to a T. i am an electrician and very good at wiring things up. now when i plug in the aux only the right side speakers work. (im guessing the left positive and negative got switched? Not sure yet i have to do some trouble shooting also it seems to me like the left side speakers are not as loud anymore.

ill let you guys know in morning when i have time to check it again
Old 10-20-12, 01:38 PM
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Lazy and keng714, I followed this thread below and got it to work great. I've welded a fair amount, but never soldered before in my life and it works perfect. I also liked this thread because it seemed to be a more clean stock look.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-headunit.html
Old 10-22-12, 07:23 PM
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You state the following:
Color Signal
Black___CDR+
Red____CDL+
White____CDR-
Green____CDL-

for the below image, but I see two green wires and two red wires...am I missing something??
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Thanks
Old 10-23-12, 12:36 AM
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ok think i got it. soldered the aux jack and will install it mid-day when I have some light to work with. still curious to see how the relay-soldering bit will turn out...

going to do an in-dash installation, drill hole and mount as long as there's not much depth to the plastic dash piece.
Old 10-23-12, 02:08 PM
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do u know if the same procedure will work for 2002 RX300? I'm thinking of putting an AUX connection for my RX. Thanks
Old 10-23-12, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by elga
ok think i got it. soldered the aux jack and will install it mid-day when I have some light to work with. still curious to see how the relay-soldering bit will turn out...

going to do an in-dash installation, drill hole and mount as long as there's not much depth to the plastic dash piece.
I did the indash mount Although I went the FM route instead of the CD changer). You have to dremmel out some unnecessary plastic behind the face, but it's really easy to do. Good luck.
Old 10-23-12, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by GGlover
I did the indash mount Although I went the FM route instead of the CD changer). You have to dremmel out some unnecessary plastic behind the face, but it's really easy to do. Good luck.
Thanks! Did it to my 2001 ES300 today pretty quickly. No need to even remove the CD payer itself.

Due to my lack of having a drill or dremel right now, I just ran it into the center console for now since there's easy access into there. Left it hanging/ugly in there until I can get my hands on a drill...

It works fine, but just an fyi to everyone if you get the closed circuit aux jack from radio shack you need something to be plugged in at all times in order for the CD player to work (unless I did something wrong haha). It works just fine, just needs the aux cable to be plugged into the jack even for CDs.

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Old 10-23-12, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Wicked GS
Need the blank audio track ... seems to be down? not loading when i try to download it
For anyone that wants that blank audio track still:

Here's another link to a blank audio track i created for this. it's 78 minutes of dead silence so it'll fit on a standard 80 minute CD. The file is like 150 mb or so, mp3 encoded at 256kbps.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jerr8t
Old 10-24-12, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by sam12345
Best ground to use is the amp because that prevents a ground loop which is what causes alternator whine
wait where is the amp ground located? i'm getting some static/wine, think i need to switch my ground to a different location and would like to ground it to the same bolt as the amp ground. thanks

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Old 10-24-12, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by elga
For anyone that wants that blank audio track still:

Here's another link to a blank audio track i created for this. it's 78 minutes of dead silence so it'll fit on a standard 80 minute CD. The file is like 150 mb or so, mp3 encoded at 256kbps.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/jerr8t
thank you for the reupload the link has been edited on the first page and available for download
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I did this yesterday in about 30 minutes, very easy and great upgrade.

I did notice that I can incert a cd, tape, or play the radio and the volume of my iPhone will over ride whatever is playing. But he radio gives you static and the tape as well, but as the other members stated in the CD mode, the quality is great for a $2.00 up grade from Fry's.com

Thanks guys,
1994steeda
Old 10-25-12, 07:01 PM
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Great mod!!! Absolutely love it
Old 10-25-12, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 1994steeda
I did this yesterday in about 30 minutes, very easy and great upgrade.

I did notice that I can incert a cd, tape, or play the radio and the volume of my iPhone will over ride whatever is playing. But he radio gives you static and the tape as well, but as the other members stated in the CD mode, the quality is great for a $2.00 up grade from Fry's.com

Thanks guys,
1994steeda
where did you ground it? i'm getting static / whine sometimes even in CD mode, think it's grounded somewhere bad..


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