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OK, here's the story. I bought a new radio/nav system for my truck. The only downside to it is, you can't listen to CD's while using the nav system because the DVD has to be in for the nav system to work.
My options are:
1. Get sirius satellite radio as the radio supports it.
2. Get a factory CD changer as the radio supports.
I didn't like using these options because I don't want to pay a monthly fee for the satellite radio and I don't want to use up space underneath my center seat for the CD changer because I use it to store things.
So i started looking into ways of plugging in an MP3 player of some kind.
I found a company, Soundgate, that address this very issue. They have a device that allows you to plug in auxiliary components into your system. I thought, cool! I can plug in an MP3 player and it solves all of my problems.
Of course, it is never that easy. They tell me that I have the only radio out that isn't compatible with their interface. They tell me they are making a new one and it should be out in about 4 weeks or so. Cool, this is good news except I started thinking about what this device does. It sounds like all it does is send it's output to the input of the radio. Hell, I could make that. I even have the pinout for it. It is the 10 pin side btw. I see left and right audio input! Seems easy enough to hookup.
Here is where I think the problem is...I think the reason the current device doesn't work is the fact that when I press the AUX button on the radio, it needs to detect a signal to change to AUX or it will skip over AUX and go to the next mode. How do I have it detect that a device is on the AUX connector? Also, the device they are selling is $100! That is a lot of money for some wiring and maybe some cheap electronics. Any help appreciated!
EDIT: Almost forgot, they told me that the radio does nothing for the device except change the volume. This tells me that it is truly line in and nothing else.
EDIT2: Noticve the 'PCI BUS' on the pinout? That is what I am thinking needs a signal to tell the radio a device is on the AUX.
Dave
My options are:
1. Get sirius satellite radio as the radio supports it.
2. Get a factory CD changer as the radio supports.
I didn't like using these options because I don't want to pay a monthly fee for the satellite radio and I don't want to use up space underneath my center seat for the CD changer because I use it to store things.
So i started looking into ways of plugging in an MP3 player of some kind.
I found a company, Soundgate, that address this very issue. They have a device that allows you to plug in auxiliary components into your system. I thought, cool! I can plug in an MP3 player and it solves all of my problems.
Of course, it is never that easy. They tell me that I have the only radio out that isn't compatible with their interface. They tell me they are making a new one and it should be out in about 4 weeks or so. Cool, this is good news except I started thinking about what this device does. It sounds like all it does is send it's output to the input of the radio. Hell, I could make that. I even have the pinout for it. It is the 10 pin side btw. I see left and right audio input! Seems easy enough to hookup.
Here is where I think the problem is...I think the reason the current device doesn't work is the fact that when I press the AUX button on the radio, it needs to detect a signal to change to AUX or it will skip over AUX and go to the next mode. How do I have it detect that a device is on the AUX connector? Also, the device they are selling is $100! That is a lot of money for some wiring and maybe some cheap electronics. Any help appreciated!
EDIT: Almost forgot, they told me that the radio does nothing for the device except change the volume. This tells me that it is truly line in and nothing else.
EDIT2: Noticve the 'PCI BUS' on the pinout? That is what I am thinking needs a signal to tell the radio a device is on the AUX.
Dave
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