So I recently had a friend in the car and for the first time I hooked up a non iPod to my car with the 3.5mm connection. Man did it sound horrible. Even when I plugged in the iPod using the headphone jack it sounded like I was in a tin can. Does anyone else have a similar experience? Any ideas how to fix?

 

get a monster cable twin aux ended cable, the aux cable toyota supplies uses cheap wire, ipod wire uses top quality wiring to make sure ipod is the win in sound comparison

 

or get a monster cable fm transmitter. i can overpower many radio stations within 30 ft of the transmitter.

 

I work at a Scion dealership. My cable works okay, but my girlfriends cable only worked in one speaker when she connected her ipod by cable. I grabbed a new cable from a new scion and it was all better. Your cable sucks, just go buy a nice one from best buy or the shack.

 

Also, you might have to set the EQ and treble/bass properly. Each sourch keeps its own settings.

 

yea i was gonna edit and mention that but was too lazy

 

I'll play around with it and get a better cable and will report back my results.