Recent content by adambomb

I'm sorry, I don't know what that means.

Hello. I already posted this in the wiring section, but I noticed there were about twice as many people viewing the general forum, so I wanted to try my luck here. I hope this isn't considered spam. I'm a complete beginner, so I may be showing my incompetence here. But I need a little help...

They're not concealed at all. They're just right under the seat. The pop in and out easily, so I'm not too worried about messing anything up. Unfortunately, my changer doesn't play MP3s. I wish it did.

I'm aware of this, but you still can't get a very good signal if a more powerful station is overtaking you.

HU = head unit? (sorry, I'm not that familiar with the lingo.) If that's what this cord were, though, wouldn't the CD changer cease to function at all when I unplugged it, rather than just cutting out the audio? There's a larger, but similar-looking cable that plugs in right next to this one...

Surely I can find a cable that will convert from that to SOMETHING more common, though. Even if it plugs into the headphone jack, rather than the iPod base, that's fine. And I can buy a couple of cables to complete the conversion if I need to. But FM transmitters work like crap for me. I...

If it helps anyone to identify this, the CD changer itself says "Pioneer 86270 01010" on the front. However, I've Googled this without success. So I doubt many people have these.

Is that not the audio wire then? It isn't the power cable, as the CD player continues to function when it is unplugged, minus the audio. As long as it's the audio wire, it seems to me that it should be able to play audio just fine, no matter what I plug it into.

Yes. I'd like to plug that into another cord that I can plug directly into my iPod.

It's not. At least I don't think so. There's a larger cable next to it. When I unplug the larger cable, the whole CD changer stops functioning. When I unplug the cable that is pictured, the car still acts like it's playing audio just fine... shows me what track number, what time it's at...

Yes, I unplugged that cable from the CD changer under the seat. Owner's manual doesn't address the CD changer in much detail. There's the regular owner's manual, which doesn't address it at all, and then there's the "nav system" owner's manual. The CD changer came as part of the nav system...

I drive a 2003 Toyota Matrix XRS. The CD changer IS OEM, but I don't think it's the same one that comes in most 2003 Matrixes, because I've got the version with the nav system. Most of the Matrixes with a CD changer have it built into the dash, but because I have a nav system where the CD...

Hello. I'm a complete beginner, so I may be showing my incompetence here. But I need a little help identifying the cable pictured below. Right now, I have a CD changer in my car that is located under the passenger seat. I've done some experimentation, and I'm about 99% sure that the cable...