Question on stock radio

[Skafrog]

I know nothing about stereo systems in our cars, except where the components are.
It appears we have the CD player hookup on the back of our stock radios (I have a 1990 325). My tape deck quit working yesterday, and I am not going to spend money on getting a new head unit to listen to my ipod. Do they make something that I can plug into the CD changer plug, or do they make something that goes inline with the antenna plug?
Thanks
Rob

[roundel]

get a fm transmiter for your ipod they are like 20 bucks

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

FM Transmitters suck.

There's a DIY somewhere that show you how to hotwire the ipod via a connector to the leads that usually go to the tape deck.

So as long as the head unit is still capable of saying TAPE then you should still be able to go this direction.

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

Or you can just get a cheap 4 channel amp, run them to your oem speakers, and run the ipod straight to the amp via RCA connector

[SamE30e]

I have a cd changer in my car and it uses a RCA cable to connect the actual changer to the... changers ecu/amp..? Anyways, what I did was just get a RCA to headphone jack and connect it instead of the changer and it works perfectly.

[Skafrog]

FM Transmitters suck.

There's a DIY somewhere that show you how to hotwire the ipod via a connector to the leads that usually go to the tape deck.

So as long as the head unit is still capable of saying TAPE then you should still be able to go this direction.

This is exactly what I was hoping to hear.

[AndrewBird]

Make sure they are INPUTS and not OUTPUTS. More then likely they are outputs made to go to an amp. Most headunits will have these, but not necessarily an input.

[Skafrog]

Yea, I get the whole gist of inputs and outputs.
I was just trying to find out if I could wire an ipod into a stock radio. I guess I can attempt this this weekend.

[StereoInstaller1]

Late E30 head units were CD changer controllers.

If I were you, I would find that DIY on E30tech and make your own aux input.

I am sure that armed with a soldering iron and some wires I could pull it off in half an hour, so give yourself (a self-admitted noob) an afternoon.

Hope it works out well!
Luke

[Skafrog]

I really appreciate the info man.
I can work my way around a soldering iron just fine, it comes with the job :)
I will let you know how it goes.

[Brian D]

Here's the link for the DIY.

http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26218&highlight=ipod

I did this, it works very well.