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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 06:24 PM
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I have my head unit pulled out and I would like to not use my tape player anymore. Does anyone know how I would go about running an auxiliary input in it's place. Such as what wires I need to tap into, or if it will even work. I would like to be able to just hit the tape button and start playing my mp3 player. Please help!

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P.S. My CD changer doesn't work and when I removed my cup holder there were four different wires that weren't hooked to anything. Some just cut off.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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you could buy a tape thingy to play with your ipod. I have one and it works great. 18 at best buy or 5 at walmart.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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I tried that. Sounds awefull. I think there is something wrong with the tape player.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by cbc's lex
I tried that. Sounds awefull. I think there is something wrong with the tape player.
Nope actually thats normal.

You could use an fm adapter.

Honestly i just put an aftermarket alpine headunit into my car. No better hook up to your ipod then directly to the headunit.
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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by cbc's lex
I have my head unit pulled out and I would like to not use my tape player anymore. Does anyone know how I would go about running an auxiliary input in it's place. Such as what wires I need to tap into, or if it will even work. I would like to be able to just hit the tape button and start playing my mp3 player. Please help!

Thanks,
Colin

P.S. My CD changer doesn't work and when I removed my cup holder there were four different wires that weren't hooked to anything. Some just cut off.
Theres a Video On youtube of someone hooking up a Aux to the Stock Head unit to run his ipod on his sc400 Ill get the information to you Just Pm me
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:22 AM
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I tapped into the audio wires coming back from my (malfunctioning) CD Changer, and ran them to the dash where I have an iPod mount and interface cable. As long as the head unit lets you select the CD Changer (despite it not working correctly), then you can use those audio inputs as an AUX input for your iPod or other device. Works awesome. Several posts on this here in the past.
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