What is the cheapest/simplest way to get aux input on the Symphony I? I just want to have a cord coming out of the dash or wherever that I can plug into my music device and have it work. Is it possible to hijack the cassette player and splice in an aux jack? Thanks.

 

I just bought a tape deck adapter - works just fine for me but I know a lot of people are pickier about sound quality than I am. Figured I can listen to my iPod for $4, so I'm good to go.

 

i heard that you could unplug the cd changer in the trunk and use that wire to get aux.

 

You can splice a 3.5 mm jack into the cd changer wiring

 

You could do that but then you won't be able to use the changer, and the deck still needs a signal from a certain pin or else it'll think there's nothing connected.

What I did in my old car was open the head unit and find soldering points for the left and right channels coming from the tape deck. Then I just soldered a female 3.5mm jack to those wires and mounted it on the back of the head unit so I can unplug the cord whenever I need. Then I gutted an old tape to make it think it's playing something. This way I could still use the CD changer and play tapes if i ever need to.

This isn't the easiest way mind you, you'll need to be fairly knowledgeable about electronics and know how to solder, but it doesn't remove any functionality, it didn't cost me anything because I already had everything lying around, and theoretically it would sound the best out of all possible solutions.

I've never opened the head unit in my current car though, so I have no idea about how hard it would be to find the right soldering points and mount the 3.5mm jack. But sometimes the soldering points are marked L and R, if they are then it's a no brainer.

 

Pretty cheap, easy and sounds comparable to regular FM broadcast.

And of course you could always burn CDs.

 

I didnt say replace, I said splice. If you have a 3.5 mm jack in line with the correct channels, you will have the best of both worlds