DIY AUX Input converter??

[jonny2001]

Greetings,

Just bught a 2006 Honda Civic and am loving it, but because of the cost I didn't go for the 148$ CAD auxiliary input the dealer offered since I figured I could do it myself. I'm finding out that hooking up an auxiliary input may not be as easy as soldering on a set of wires since it looks like I need a converter of some kind to hook up to the CD Changer Port on the back of the radio. Blitzsafe and SoundGate offer converters for this purpose.

My question is, what do the Blitzsafe or SoundGate converters do exactly? There can't possibly be much to those little boxes. A couple resistors perhaps? Maybe there are specs available out there for the CD changer port that would give me the pin-out of the conector...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!

Jon

P.S.: Any info on taking the centre console apart would also be quite welcome.

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[PESteele 10+ year member]

i know in the 2004 if its a manual you unscrew the top of the stick then the area around that snaps off but i couldnt figure out how to get anything else off

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Not sure it will help but, look this over. It's a DIY on tapping into the Civic's AUX.

http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6171

 

[jonny2001]

Managed to hook up a plug with the link above. Thanks for the help.

- First pictures is the wiring into the plug.

- Second is the stereo jack screwed into the centre console. In the top right corner is the tiny plug installed in the console pocket.

- Third is a view of the centre console with a wire hooked into my friend's laptop.

Easy as pie and only cost me 2$ worth of wiring (found the stereo jack for free).