Whiteboy Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 ok well today bought a 3.5mm jack so that i can listen to mp3 player off the head unit. it is supposed to plug into the rca inputs. well got home and did this but my head unit doesnt seem to have a aux or anythin to play the mp3 off. so there is another 2 pairs of "rca"'s named output left and output right. wacked it into these and wokred but really crappy n only worked on n on exsitant radio stations, sound quality was poor, so any ideas how can make it work. or is there no chance at all?cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 So you plugged something into an output and it didn't work? Duh... If there's no other connections then no, you're stuck I'd imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilman Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 I did the same thing in my car.My head unit had a cd changer plug, so I got the cd changer cable for the head unit and got what sounds like the same cable you got, then I pluged that cable into the changer cable. That worked great for me.You should look to see if you have a cd changer plug and try that.Otherwise I don't know what to tell you.Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted June 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 i have the ones for rca to plug into. i tried input for an amp/etc. but no luck but woutputs seems to work but only if you cna picl up a really bad radio reception with no interfirance . where else can i plug it into or is there nowhere else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 What the bloody hell are you on about?! Get us a pic of the back of the head unit, jeez some people dont help themselves..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmt_oli Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Sounds liek you;ve got a 3.5mm jack to 2 phono lead, and connected this between mp3 player and the back of the HU, correct?does the HU say anything about having an aux input anywhere? if not, its likely you have connected your mp3 player to your amplifier pre-outs and are going to damage something, HU or MP3 player, or both.Oli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 right ok on my head unti i have 3 pairs of rca's amp/input, rear output, front out put.bssicly when plugged into the input nothin happens, but when plugged into outputs, especially the front one seems to work well. it will only work on the output when or on a "non exsistant" radio station otherwise you will just hear your music playing in the background. so is it safe to have it plugged into an output? or is it gunna blow anythin?cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 What headunit are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteboy Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 its a sony old one, had the model writeendown. standard cd/mp3 and radio player. came in a w reg vw sharan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Please, just post some pictures of the back of the headunit along with the lead you have bought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmt_oli Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 please DO NOT plug it into an output! this is BAD and is likely to fry your mp3 player.If the 3rd is an input (might be sub out) there will be an aux in feature somewhere, cycle through sources and it will be CD/Tuner/aux ect if its only got Cd/tuner, then i doubt its going to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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