best way to get MP3 into radio?

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> I'd go with an affordable CD unit with an auxiliary input on the face.
> Wait 'til Best Buy or such has a free installation sale. That FM stuff
> is open to too much interference.

He already has a CD player with an aux input on the back, or would, with an
adapter that costs less than a new head unit.
http://www.logjamelectronics.com/piehon98aux.html
1999-2004 CR-V and Odyssey

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 22:57:32 GMT, "Sam Nickaby" > wrote:

>"slim" > wrote
>
>> > I have a 2003 Odyssey. It has a radio with cd player. What is the best way
>> > to get a mp3 player into the audio system? Is there a good phase locked FM
>> > transmitter to use? I got a cheap FM transmitter that plugs in to lighter
>> > but its really crappy and drifts of station every few minutes.
>>
>> iPod and Belkin FM Transmitter,
>
>I'd never tried the iPod transmitter but FM transmitters have limitations. It
>won't cover the 15Khz range very well. Tape adapter does it better. But the
>best sound quality will come from line input.

All true, but many of us no longer have tape players, and installation
of a line input can be pricey, if it's even possible. That's why the
FM transmitters will continue to be a consideration . . . and why the
search goes on for a good one.


Ron

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 21:30:11 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

wrote:
>> I'd go with an affordable CD unit with an auxiliary input on the face.
>> Wait 'til Best Buy or such has a free installation sale. That FM stuff
>> is open to too much interference.
>
>He already has a CD player with an aux input on the back, or would, with an
>adapter that costs less than a new head unit.
>http://www.logjamelectronics.com/piehon98aux.html
>1999-2004 CR-V and Odyssey

Great tip for many owners. There are lots of us, though that have no
tape player and either a Navigation system or an in-dash CD changer,
both of which are deal busters for the P.I.E. part.

Does anyone have a suggestion for getting a line-in for a Honda Navi
with CD changer?

Ron

Milleron > wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 21:30:11 +0000 (UTC),
> wrote:
>>http://www.logjamelectronics.com/piehon98aux.html
>>1999-2004 CR-V and Odyssey

> Great tip for many owners. There are lots of us, though that have no
> tape player and either a Navigation system or an in-dash CD changer,
> both of which are deal busters for the P.I.E. part.

You mentioned price in an earlier post.
The PIE adapter was $49.95. The Belkin was $29.95, and the iTrip $34.95.
For the difference in quality, I don't think that's a big difference.

I still have the Belkin, which I would take with me on a trip for use in a
rental car. It doesn't work at all in some vehicles.

> Does anyone have a suggestion for getting a line-in for a Honda Navi
> with CD changer?

If you have an iPod, there are PIE adapters that integrate fully.

The piehon98aux works with some Nav units, in spite of their earlier
cautions against it.
http://logjam.d3datasolutions.com/fo...p?showtopic=45

It boils down to three cases. Some Nav units occupy the 14 pin connector,
but don't use the pins that PIE uses, so they offer a Y connector.
Some Nav units don't use the 14 pin connector, so it's empty and available.
Some Nav units are not compatible.

If you have a changer, there are active units that "tee" into the
connectors and work with those as well.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 20:27:02 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

>Milleron > wrote:
>> On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 21:30:11 +0000 (UTC),
>> wrote:
>>>http://www.logjamelectronics.com/piehon98aux.html
>>>1999-2004 CR-V and Odyssey
>
>> Great tip for many owners. There are lots of us, though that have no
>> tape player and either a Navigation system or an in-dash CD changer,
>> both of which are deal busters for the P.I.E. part.
>
>You mentioned price in an earlier post.
>The PIE adapter was $49.95. The Belkin was $29.95, and the iTrip $34.95.
>For the difference in quality, I don't think that's a big difference.
The price of the part is not the point. For those of us who cannot
install the adapter ourselves, the cost of the hardware is a minor
part of the total expense.
>
>I still have the Belkin, which I would take with me on a trip for use in a
>rental car. It doesn't work at all in some vehicles.
>
>> Does anyone have a suggestion for getting a line-in for a Honda Navi
>> with CD changer?
>
>If you have an iPod, there are PIE adapters that integrate fully.
>
>The piehon98aux works with some Nav units, in spite of their earlier
>cautions against it.
>http://logjam.d3datasolutions.com/fo...p?showtopic=45
>
>It boils down to three cases. Some Nav units occupy the 14 pin connector,
>but don't use the pins that PIE uses, so they offer a Y connector.
>Some Nav units don't use the 14 pin connector, so it's empty and available.
>Some Nav units are not compatible.

Navigation systems with 6-CD changers are not all the same? Honda
uses different ones in different models?
>
>If you have a changer, there are active units that "tee" into the
>connectors and work with those as well.

I guess I'll just have to find a car audio shop somewhere (my city's
not big enough to have one unless you include Best Buy) and ask them
if they can give me a line-in and what the cost is.

Ron

Milleron > wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 20:27:02 +0000 (UTC),
> wrote:

> The price of the part is not the point. For those of us who cannot
> install the adapter ourselves, the cost of the hardware is a minor
> part of the total expense.

I put mine in myself. I had to take out a couple of plastic panels and
reach up blindly behind the radio, locating the 14 pin connector by feel,
but it wasn't hard, and required no particular talent.

>>It boils down to three cases. Some Nav units occupy the 14 pin connector,
>>but don't use the pins that PIE uses, so they offer a Y connector.
>>Some Nav units don't use the 14 pin connector, so it's empty and available.
>>Some Nav units are not compatible.

> Navigation systems with 6-CD changers are not all the same? Honda
> uses different ones in different models?

Apparently so. The logjam forum even argues that point, something like
"hey, the radio is the same from 1999-2004, why is the 2001 listed
separately?".

> I guess I'll just have to find a car audio shop somewhere (my city's
> not big enough to have one unless you include Best Buy) and ask them
> if they can give me a line-in and what the cost is.

I had no luck finding one in a retail shop. They all like the FM
transmitters, or maybe the FM widgets that actually plug in to the antenna
line, which I suppose works better than the free-air FM transmitter.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 22:45:06 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

>Milleron > wrote:
>> On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 20:27:02 +0000 (UTC),
>> wrote:
>
>> The price of the part is not the point. For those of us who cannot
>> install the adapter ourselves, the cost of the hardware is a minor
>> part of the total expense.
>
>I put mine in myself. I had to take out a couple of plastic panels and
>reach up blindly behind the radio, locating the 14 pin connector by feel,
>but it wasn't hard, and required no particular talent.

OK! Thanks for the tip.

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>> I guess I'll just have to find a car audio shop somewhere (my city's
>> not big enough to have one unless you include Best Buy) and ask them
>> if they can give me a line-in and what the cost is.
>
>I had no luck finding one in a retail shop. They all like the FM
>transmitters, or maybe the FM widgets that actually plug in to the antenna
>line, which I suppose works better than the free-air FM transmitter.
I didn't know about the "widgets." That sounds as though it would
surely give FM quality, which is plenty good enough for me, and it
sounds as though installation would be much simpler and less
expensive.

Thanks again.

Ron

Milleron > wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 22:45:06 +0000 (UTC),
> wrote:

>>I put mine in myself. I had to take out a couple of plastic panels and
>>reach up blindly behind the radio, locating the 14 pin connector by feel,
>>but it wasn't hard, and required no particular talent.

> OK! Thanks for the tip.

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