View Full Version : iPod kit


dcarter
11-16-2003, 05:45 PM
Okay, I am looking for a way to use my iPod, or any MP3 player really, with the stock headunit in my xB. I DON'T want FM modulation. Here's an example:

http://icelink.densionusa.com/

This company provides audio and charging for the iPod, but does not have a kit for the Scion head unit. Does anyone know of any Scion solutions like this? I can live without the charginf feature, but I need an auxiliary input. This is driving me nuts. The Scion is intended for this kind of modification....yet there is nothing?

Anyone?

stuntsbyjake
11-16-2003, 06:46 PM
ok you should be able to take the CD Changer control and use it as your input for the iPod. There is a connector for the changer and you my purchase the iNet to RCA adapter. You then need to run a mini female to male RCA's to the iNet/RCA cable. It is more than likely that you will find an RCA to mini male adapter. Therefore you need to connect the RCA/male to a mini female and then splice that mini/female into another mini/female so that the iPod connects directly int it. That is one way. The other way is to just get the iNet to RCA converter and buy an mini/female to RCA and have the cables sort of hanging around. Any questions feel free to write back. It is less confusing than it sounds. :D

dcarter
11-16-2003, 09:01 PM
I have no idea what an iNet converter is....

Where does it plug into? Where would I get one?

dcarter
11-16-2003, 09:03 PM
....also the stock unit has no CD changer control. I'm confused (as always).

2fixA
11-16-2003, 10:12 PM
maybe he intended the satellite control? still, i can't imagine it providing all of the necessary controls to do an mp3 player... if possible that would be awesome as it would mean a hope for me to drop input control signals for an EPIA or mini-itx computer... maybe it would just be easier to replace the unit though..

dcarter
11-16-2003, 10:19 PM
If there was an adapter that would allow me to plug in a different audio source to the interface that the satellite uses, that would be great. I don't need to control the MP3 player menus from the headunit though. I just want the sound.

stuntsbyjake
11-17-2003, 01:26 AM
The iNet control is a adapter so that you can run a cd changer. Like I said on one end of the cable will be the adapter for the stock cd changer control. At the other will be the RCA inputs.

dcarter
11-17-2003, 02:02 AM
Okay, I get the idea of an adapter....but where does this adapter plug into? Who makes it? Where can I get one?

Also, as a cited, the stock head unit in the Scion does not have a changer control. There is no option to expand the head unit capability to control a CD changer. The only way I know how to do that is through FM modulation. -and that sounds crappy.