Old radio aux input ?

[bigdaz]

Ok this is what I want to do I want to mod my stereo with an aux input, I was hopping to conect the lead to the tape head so I have the radio and when a dummy tape inserted it plays the music from the aux lead, when I did this it sounded curse word I had to have my phone on the lowest volume I've been told I should of fitted some resisters to lower the power from my iPhone is this correct if so what value resistors do I need ? It's a pioneer ke1300 by the way

[120y]

Just buy cassette adaptor off ebay they are not expensive, they look like a cassette but have a tape head in them, it makes contact with other head and away you go, has a headphone jack coming out of it so you can plug anything you want in.
I use one myself sometimes but what I also do is a bought a cheap sat nav off ebay, Chinese cheapo, they come with a music player built in and a slot for an SD card, with an FM radio modulator, you can tune into anywhere on the FM band that's dead, works well.

[gazz81]

Try a wired modulator, should give a better signal.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FMMOD-Car-Stereo-Radio-iPod-iPhone-MP3-Player-Wired-FM-Mod-Modulator-Transmitter-/271857053052?hash=item3f4bf16d7c:g:Lq0AAOSweW5VQ~iW

[g40jon]

open the radio up, find the amplifier i/c and connect some flying leads onto the audio inputs with some inline resistors.(google should be able to provide pin-outs for most i/c's). The clever bit comes from finding how the cassette kills the signal from the radio, when inserted. Once found wire a small switch to it. This will allow you to kill the radio signal input and thus get a better quality input. Some people just connect direct to the volume pot and play over the top of the radio i/p signal.
Without the resistors, the input signal will clip and thus sound curse word and may also cause damage to both the i/c and your speakers.

[bigdaz]

Ok so what resistors do I need ? I've got a diagram for my radio so just need to get my head round it lol

[bigdaz]

I've tried fm modulators and cassette adaptors before and don't think they sound great, I want to install a aux and usb socket in the glove box so I can charge me phone and play music with out having all the leads coming out the front of the stereo

[v8brick]

pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=221931769148&alt=web

I've not bought one so can't comment on whether a waste of £8.56!


If it works ff/rw feature looks handy.

[squonk]

Mar 19, 2016 12:35:12 GMT v8brick said:

pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=221931769148&alt=web

I've not bought one so can't comment on whether a waste of £8.56!


If it works ff/rw feature looks handy.

I've got one that is very similar to that and it works fine.

Alternatively, if you have bluetooth on the device you want to connect, you can get a little bluetooth receiver which can be permanantly hard wired into the radio and connected to the phone/ipod/tablet via bluetooth when you want to play music. I have one of these www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wireless-NFC-Bluetooth-Stereo-Audio-Music-Speaker-Receiver-Adapter-for-iPhone-/261704217410?hash=item3ceec97342:g:CucAAOSwiCRUkUAe connected into my workshop stereo and used with my phone it sounds great.

[v8brick]

Mar 19, 2016 12:52:53 GMT squonk said:

Mar 19, 2016 12:35:12 GMT v8brick said:

pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=221931769148&alt=web

I've not bought one so can't comment on whether a waste of £8.56!


If it works ff/rw feature looks handy.

I've got one that is very similar to that and it works fine.

Alternatively, if you have bluetooth on the device you want to connect, you can get a little bluetooth receiver which can be permanantly hard wired into the radio and connected to the phone/ipod/tablet via bluetooth when you want to play music. I have one of these www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wireless-NFC-Bluetooth-Stereo-Audio-Music-Speaker-Receiver-Adapter-for-iPhone-/261704217410?hash=item3ceec97342:g:CucAAOSwiCRUkUAe connected into my workshop stereo and used with my phone it sounds great.

Awesome I'll invest in one Thx!

[DavidB]

I found cassettes are that great for quality, and FM transmitters get a lot of interference from radio stations.

There will be a microswitch or something that closes a circuit when you put a tape in.

[bigdaz]

I looked at the diagram and found cassette part connected with the volume switch soldered the wires with resistors to the board and nothing so after playing with this for a good length of time I unsoldered it and put the stere back togetger in temper, and discovered later that the headphone jack on my iPhones not working, so what I did probably was ok so I'll try again later and use a different divice to check it,

[Hillmanjames]

I've thought about doing this myself but I think it would just be easier to open the case up, gut it and modify one of these (eBay item number: 262044222444) to fit the case using the normal power/ volume controls . You would loose the fm stereo, but if your plugging a phone in you could just get a dab radio app

[bigdaz]

Connected the aux lead to board with two 10k resisters and it sounds great 
i disconected the cassette motor and tape head to limited interference, it plays over the radio unless I put a cassette in I could of wired a separate switch in but I didn't want to I wanted to use a cassette as the switch to turn the aux on and off but it sounded curse word
but it perfectly OK as it is, 
here's a video I'm using my lap top as my phone is knackered I'm thinking its a safe assumption that it will work just as well with my phone 

[bigdaz]

[Ray Singh]

There is a chap on here called VW who specialises in this.


VW can you help?

[VW]

The ones I did was so long ago I cant remember what I did.
I remember I set it up so input on the aux in cut the radio.

Did I put a thread about it on here? Might be some details in it.
Ill see if I can find it.

[VW]

I cant find it.
That must have been nearly 10 years ago ray! How did you remember I was playing with this stuff

[bigdaz]

[keithyboy]

I bought a 2 quid cassette adapter from ebay years ago and, if anything, it was overpriced. I had another go with my Jag which has a tape player in the dash (along with satnav & touchscreen so replacing isn't really a goer), and a changer in the boot. I blew a tenner on a Sony adapter and it's about 473 million times better than the cheap ebay one.

[bigdaz]

The mod I've done to the stereo has worked very well it sounds very good no interference at all and the sound quality is brilliant but not as loud as I would like when connected to my phone but when connected to my laptop it's plenty loud enough and still sounds good. So here's my plan I'm going to get a stereo pre amp kit from maplin I think there about £6 and fit it in place of the pre amp for the cassette player as it's not being used anyway I can use the power from the cassette motor to power the amp I'll keep you all posted how I get on I'm pretty positive it will work well tho