B3n5253 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Hello everyone Which cable is needed for the IPhone hack? Is it a 3.5mm jack to 3.5mm jack or a 3.5mm jack to RCA red and white? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironhide Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 If the device your using to play music has a headphone out i.e. iPhone, iPod etc then 3.5mm jack to jack is what you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3n5253 Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 Thanks for the reply. Going 2 attempt it 2day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironhide Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 It's pretty easy, hardest part is soldering the cable wires and securing them to the back of the headunit and be careful when re-installing - I accidentally pulled the wire out putting the unit back in the dash so had to start over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3n5253 Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 All done :-) !! Sound quality is really good! I would like 2 say a big thanx to anyone who was involved in making any of the guides and working out how to do it! I thought that I would pull the wires out by accident as well. so I cable tied the cable to back of the unit so if I pulled it I would just pull on the cable tie of you know what I mean! Im now planing to fit a socket somewhere in one of the pockets. A bit like what you see on cars 2day. Will post pics when finished :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Nice one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l1lbill Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Did you remove the spring as per the guide? I did this to mine about 2 months ago and cant get it to work, wondered if it had anything to do with that? I need to pull the unit out again and have a proper look really, bit annoying as its a faff with sat nav. Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l1lbill Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Forget that just tried to re set it for the sake of it and it re set first time! Ah well problem solved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3n5253 Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 I did remove the spring and silver slide Glad you sorted it :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3n5253 Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 All done! Aux socket installed. I'm pleased with the end result! What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 nice tidy job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 nice tidy job. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikesding Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Nice job! Want to do mine for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3n5253 Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 Thanks! Sorry only doing the one, lol! I can let you know how I did it and what parts if you like :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK350Z Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Good job! Would be brilliant if you could let me know what parts are needed to do the job, especially the AUX port! Dont suppose your based near Hemel and work for coin & cake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3n5253 Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 Sorry mte quite a distance away. Near Brighton. I followed the iPod hack guide on the forum. Then i drilled a hole in the bit that removes for the handbrake. Then just cut off the 3.5mm jack plug and connected it 2 the socket. The socket came from maplin. 3.5mm stereo chassis socket Hope this helps can explain in more detail if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hennerz Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Good job! Would be brilliant if you could let me know what parts are needed to do the job, especially the AUX port! Dont suppose your based near Hemel and work for coin & cake? Me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK350Z Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Good job! Would be brilliant if you could let me know what parts are needed to do the job, especially the AUX port! Dont suppose your based near Hemel and work for coin & cake? Me too Hennerz - Why don't we meet up seeing as how close we are and get both cars sorted out in an afternoon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hennerz Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 That sounds like a good plan mate Just need to wait for it to stop raining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silversurfer Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Hey all I done the iPod Hack this weekend, and have a few tips to add to the excellent guide: Tip 1 I decided to use speaker cable instead of chopping up a 3.5mm jack cable, and added a 3rd cable for the grounding. The tip here is use the thin cables if you do this, not multi strand oxygen free like I did as its a pain to solder onto the circuit board, as well as the socket on the other side. Tip 2 Take your CDs out the stereo first. You're fighting with the centre console to manoeuvre it out, and on top of everything else you keep pressing eject and have your CDs firing out at you. Tip 3 Use a decent soldering iron. I bought one for £10 from Maplin and it just took too long to heat anything up. It was more gradual then instant which is what you want when soldering. Anyway, here's my finished job: Just tried to do this using my iPad. Can anyone tell me why I can't post images using my iPad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Glad you got it sorted, and some useful tips for future iPod hackers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK350Z Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Great guide - thanks to all that contributed to it. Done mine at the weekend and very happy with the results! One other tip I found is useful would be to use a magnetic screwdriver! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hennerz Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 +1 Not as hard as i thought it would be. Did it a couple of days ago with MK350z and sounds brilliant. Just realised i forgot to cut the 3 copper channels on the PCB, will this cause any problems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackosr Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Defo something I want to do soon, CD's are old school enough, let alone cassettes!! Looking to use an Apple dock connectoir to L+R RCA, Video RCA and USB. Hopefully I can use teh L+R for the hack and the Video to a screen in the future. Also mod teh USB so I can charge at teh same time! Great work on the 3.5mm female install, looks OEM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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