audio input 2 HU help please!!

[robbie_turner 10+ year member]

i have recently bought a tft screen. installation has gone fine apart from i have tried 2 connect the audio output 2 my head unit at the bus input connectors. By the way I have a Sony head unit

i have looked at my instructions and it appears that the head unit needs 2 think that it is connected 2 a cd changer for it 2 recognise that it has another audio input.

ne ideas mucho appreciated

cheers!!

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[aa21830 10+ year member]

Here's an idea...use "to" instead of "2". //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif Sorry, morning sarcasm already kicking in and I have no useful info other than sometimes you need a special bus adapter like what Pioneer and Kenwood use to get the head unit to recognize the auxiliary input.

 

[Slody4Futbol 10+ year member]

which sony head unit is it? most of the lower sony's dont' have an aux-in but just a bus-in for use with a changer... but there is an adapter out there... be prepared 2 pay money tho..

 

[Jeepskate 10+ year member]

Yup, you need an XA-series aux input box. Check Ebay. You can just get an older XA-30 which typically goes around $30-40. I use a newer XA-300 which is basically the same thing as the XA-30 but it also has a USB hook-up which allows you to connect it to a laptop/carputer to pipe the audio in from it. Got mine for under $80, but it's more than what you need for what you're doing. There's also another one like an XA-15 that only has one input which you may be able to find cheap as well (the others have 3 inputs).

 

[robbie_turner 10+ year member]

which sony head unit is it? most of the lower sony's dont' have an aux-in but just a bus-in for use with a changer... but there is an adapter out there... be prepared 2 pay money tho..

i have got a CDX-F5500 not the best but its only a couple of months old

 

[robbie_turner 10+ year member]

can not find any on ebay. been looking around the net all of sony's rivals are doing the same thing for £15 or so

 

[robbie_turner 10+ year member]

i might look into a fm modulator. anyone know of a good one?

 

[Jeepskate 10+ year member]

You're not looking very hard...I found an XA-300 on Ebay right after I replied. Try searching on sony xa. You'll get a bunch of other stuff like disc changer cartridges, but you'll also find the aux-in boxes.

 

[aa21830 10+ year member]

i might look into a fm modulator.

No no no no no no no...you will be sooo disappointed with the sound quality.

 

[Jeepskate 10+ year member]

Also, there's a site out there with DIY info for making your own aux-in adapter. If you can solder components to a circuit board or know someone who has the skills, you can go that route. I'll see if I can locate it if it's up your alley.

 

[robbie_turner 10+ year member]

nice one im always after a challenge

 

[Jeepskate 10+ year member]

Here ya' go: http://gnunilink.sourceforge.net/

Looks like you need to be able to do some programming as well.

BTW: The single input Sony unit is an XA-107, not XA-15.

 

[robbie_turner 10+ year member]

had a look into it and that does seem a challenge. one which i don't think i will be taking up.

also btw i assume that i don’t need a CD changer to operate the XA-107

 

[Jeepskate 10+ year member]

also btw i assume that i don’t need a CD changer to operate the XA-107

That's correct. The xa-107/300 hooks up to the CD changer connections on the head unit and the head unit recognizes it and allows control of it via the unilink cable. The units have the provisions for attaching a CD changer to them so that you'd still have the capability to run one, but you don't have to have one.

 

[robbie_turner 10+ year member]

so gutted today i went into my local car audio shop and asked if they could solve my problem. and for an expensive £35 $70 they offered me a pc7-100 from autoleads. i decided 2 plug it in when i was outside the shop and guess what it didn't work. :-(

it was the first one they have sold as they said they are new out anyway if your interested here is the link 2 one:

http://digitalsounddirect.co.uk/shop/product/products_id/1215.html