The standard stereo has a "bus audio in", does this mean i can connect an ipod or phono in?
There is also 2 phono outs, would this enable me to connect 2 amps?
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Not usre about the i pod, but you can use the phono plugs to connect amps.
connecting an ipod is not that straight forward..you will need one of these
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connect to the bus lead port on the back of the head unit and it fools the head unit into thinking a changer box is fitted. just connect a phono > jack lead to the ipod. press the cd button twice and hey presto...your ipod should work.
Thanks for that mate
Just to say, I bought one of those doodads and it didn't work for me - the audio would play for about 30 secs - 2 mins and then the head unit would reset itself. It also stopped my actual CD player working. Maybe I was just unlucky.
Bought a Sony XA-300; official aux input adaptor box, gives you two aux ins, plus a USB in (kinda useless because it only works with a Windows laptop attached), AND you can still run a CD changer through it, should you so desire. Oh yeah, and it has a headphone jack with separate volume control... Dunno why, for the passenger maybe!?
Anyways, it only cost me £35 (so £5 more than the Autoleads doodad), and fits perfectly right at the bottom of the centre console, below the ashtray/cup holders s:) :) s:)
Just felt like adding, if you have a cd changer connected to this stereo, you can leave the bus plugged in, get a phono to headphone jack for just over a £;) plug into the audio in:) the stereo still shows whatever the changer is doing, but whatever you have the headpnone jack plugged into comes out of the speakers;)
Slightly cheaper, easier way to play your mp3 player in your 2:) you can even access the audio in connectors without any difficulty or removal of anything, just move the black metal plate a little and there they are;)