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martyo
10-22-2009, 12:34 PM
I want to install an iPod adapter on my stock-radioed 2003 300A car.

What is the best adapter to use?

And, will it be PnP?

Will it be an RF modulator piece or a direct plug in?

Thanks for the help.
Pops
10-22-2009, 12:45 PM
Marty I will check into this for you. My guess is modulate it.
O's Fan Rich
10-22-2009, 12:47 PM
Marty... the FH-P800 I have in my car is an excellent unit with iPod controls and hands free phone.......
and it's not an arm and a leg....
Pops
10-22-2009, 12:49 PM
That is a good move unless you want to stay stock.
martyo
10-22-2009, 12:58 PM
That is a good move unless you want to stay stock.

I am torn about what to do.

I do think the speakers you sent me will be on more door step when I get home this evening, so if I am not too tuckered out, I will install them and then decide what to do for my next move.

I do have an RF unit in my parts bin and may wire that up just to see how it sounds.
martyo
10-22-2009, 01:01 PM
I do think the speakers you sent me will be on more door step when I get home this evening, so if I am not too tuckered out, I will install them and then decide what to do for my next move.


Yep, they are there!!!!! :banana2:
Pops
10-22-2009, 01:05 PM
Marty if they make an interface the odds are that you will lose the changer.
fastblackmerc
10-22-2009, 01:06 PM
If your no happy with the RF, most people aren't, see P.I.E. at http://www.pie.net/search-by-car.aspx
They have all types of interfaces that plug into the OEM radio. I used their FRD03-AUX to connect my Omnifi DMP1 to the OEM headunit.
fastblackmerc
10-22-2009, 01:07 PM
Marty if they make an interface the odds are that you will lose the changer.

But if your connecting an iPod who needs the changer? :dunno:
Pops
10-22-2009, 01:08 PM
Also check www.pac.com (http://www.pac.com) Marty. You do lose the changer!
Stranger in the Black Sedan
10-22-2009, 01:10 PM
I would (and do) use a tape adapter before I'd use an RF unit. the quality varies - the Recoton units, if they still make them, provide a nice hot signal and the fidelity is very good.
MrBluGruv
10-22-2009, 01:29 PM
My OE radio ate a cassette-to-headphone adapter. That was the last straw for me. >:( Between losing FM signal locking capability, the CD changer sometimes not being seen or getting "stuck" with the radio, and the cassette deck eating tapes, these units seemed to have a lot of issues...
martyo
10-22-2009, 01:48 PM
Marty if they make an interface the odds are that you will lose the changer.

This car does not have a changer and I can not find the one I had for my race Marauder.

Do all the head units from 300A's have a place to plug in teh iPod adapter?
martyo
10-22-2009, 01:51 PM
I would (and do) use a tape adapter before I'd use an RF unit. the quality varies - the Recoton units, if they still make them, provide a nice hot signal and the fidelity is very good.


I want something where I can hide the cables better than I can with a tape unit.

I already have cables dangling from my GPS and phone chargers!!!! :mad2:
justbob
10-22-2009, 04:39 PM
Marty, This is the one I bought from Ed. It works great, tucks in behind the radio (very, very tightly), and is a PNP. Yes, you can no longer use a six disc, but you don't have one anyway.

I then just ran my wire down under the counsel and drilled a small hole in the center counsel to conceal it. Also, this way I was able to supply power to the Ipod.

http://www.pie.net/pie_store/shopexd.asp?id=14&bc=no
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn19/marauding4life/ipod003.jpg
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn19/marauding4life/ipod002.jpg

Hope this helps.
BigCars4Ever
10-22-2009, 05:11 PM
How about this one? http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?mc=06&p=PA-11FORD1&d=USA-Spec-PA11FORD1-iPod-Interface-Cable-with-Auxiliary-InputOlder-Ford-Lincoln-Mercury-(PA11FORD1)&c=iPod%20Accessories&sku=824254010109
Motorhead350
10-22-2009, 06:50 PM
Ipods are junk....

Put a record player in. It worked for me when the car was stopped, no joke. :)
martyo
10-22-2009, 08:46 PM
So at the back of the radio there are three plugs. One works the sub, one works the speakers, steering wheel controls, etc., and the third does nothing.

Am I correct in assuming that that is the one that does nothing (I have no CD chganger) is teh one I unplug and connect the iPod adapter to?
martyo
10-23-2009, 06:18 AM
So at the back of the radio there are three plugs. One works the sub, one works the speakers, steering wheel controls, etc., and the third does nothing.

Am I correct in assuming that that is the one that does nothing (I have no CD chganger) is teh one I unplug and connect the iPod adapter to?

Bump!

.........
O's Fan Rich
10-23-2009, 06:34 AM
I think "yes". If you have no changer. It's a multi-pin connector?
martyo
10-23-2009, 06:41 AM
I think "yes". If you have no changer. It's a multi-pin connector?

Yes.

I assume that cable simply leads to teh trunk but is not hooked up.

I assume that the factory prewires the car, whether it has teh changer or not, the cable is still there.
Pops
10-23-2009, 06:52 AM
That is the changer port Marty.
martyo
10-23-2009, 06:57 AM
That is the changer port Marty.

Thanks!

I am trying to order from PIE, but it will not let me select a shipping method, so I will have to wait for california to open up so I can order the old fashioned way!