Hey guys and girls. Recently someone decided to steal my stereo out of my 96 GMC Sonoma So I have a big hole in my dash and I should be getting my pre-ordered Fascinate tomorrow, as soon as Best Buy gets them in
The question I had was whether or not anyone here has the knowledge or could point me in the right direction to allow me to use my phone in place of my stereo. I was thinking of getting a dash mount and installing it in the dash where the stereo once was and routing the charger underneath as well. What I don't know is anything about the 3.5mm out. I know you can plug a 3.5 mm to RCA to get video out. I read a story today of how QuickPay has come out with a credit card reader that uses the 3.5mm port. I haven't found a good site that gives the specs on the output of the 3.5mm port audio tho.
I have the wiring diagram for my trucks electrical system, tho it doesn't show the impedance of the speakers. I know with my guitar amps and cabinets those specs matters and don't want to fry my phone by connecting it to the speakers with a rigged 3.5mm out to home made harness. I'm assuming there is hardware in the stereo that amplifies the signal to allow it to play on the 6 stocks speakers, but i'm not sure. I'm proficient with a soldering iron and have no problem heading to Radioshack for parts.
I dont know. If its as easy as going from the 3.5mm out to splitting it to the speakers, that would be great and I can do that. If i need to get a small amp and wire it in between the phone and car speakers I can do that too. Any ideas, I'd be more that happy to hear them.
If there is a better forum to pose this question, let me know. Otherwise I appreciate you time for reading such a long post and any feed back you may have.
Thank you.
Rusty
I would say get a cheap radio from wal mart,(that has a line n for ipod or something with 3.5mm) hook it straight n to ur phone, at least that way u wont fry anything on ur pretty new phone. (No pun intended, i played with one yesterday they are gorgeous)
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You could get a four channel amp, nothing more than 50 watts per channel, then go from 3.5 to rca, then get 2 Y RCA cables (female to males) and wire that up, but buying a head unit would be the best thing
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I picked this thing up on eBay for $35 brand new w/free shipping.
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It's a "B3510 Bluetooth Audio Music Receiver". It can hook into your home stereo or a pair of computer speakers or your car's aux input and use it like a pair of bluetooth headphones for your tablet. I'm using this on my Acer Iconia Tab a500 to put Pandora to my home stereo. It's kind of nice having Pandora playing turned up in the living room while I'm able to change stations in the kitchen. 30-foot range is about all you'll get out of this thing though. If you search eBay for "bluetooth home audio" you'll find plenty of other options. I went with this one because it looked the cleanest and was the cheapest. It got to my door from overseas in about 10 days.
Cheers.
20 bucks. Works great. Monoprice is the best.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10827&cs_id=1082704&p_id=7364&seq=1&format=2
Wow... can't beat that. Have to admit I've never heard of monoprice.com though... thanks for the tip. I'll be checking it out.
I wish we had a Fry's here... this town sux!!
You don't need a Fry's store in your town, just go to their website That is unless you want instant gratification...
I'm male... instant gratification, of course
Yea, I know the feeling, when I need something now and can't wait, I just go to Fry's. Otherwise it's always online for me. hehe
I needed an additional receiver for the bedroom so I ordered your suggestion from Monoprice. I'll re-post when it gets here with first impressions.
Funny thing, It was $26 and change which included overnight shipping. Still cheaper than e-bay.
The one thing I will say though, this adapter from Monoprice is going to be a big white box either up on the wall or taking up 2 slots on a power strip whereas the one that I got from ebay is a small little black square with a single outlet, small corded power supply.
Ok... The bluetooth audio receiver from Monoprice has it's pros and cons but for me it's more of a comparison to the same product I ordered off of eBay a bit ago.
The unit from Monoprice actually is nice because of the price. With overnight shipping it came out around $26 and change where as the one off of eBay was $35 with free shipping but it took about a week and a half to get here.
The Monoprice model is kind of a pain in that you have to string the audio cable from your receiver down to the nearest wall outlet or plug this into your power strip and let it use one outlet and cover the one next to it. One plus though is that it's got a USB jack on it in case you want to charge something.
The model I purchased from eBay has a small power supply with a cord so it allows you to place the unit in your entertainment center with everything else.
The Monoprice model constantly blinks it's bright blue LED when it's not in use (solid when it's connected) whereas the unit I bought from eBay is solid when connected and OFF when not in use. Most wouldn't think this would matter but if it's in your bedroom plugged into an exposed outlet, you'll be sleeping to a constant blue light.
So, although saving a little coin is nice, I'll buy into the more aesthetically pleasing choice next time.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Tiny piece of tape covers blue light. 2$ extension cord puts it anywhere you want.
So I've got the i9020A model of Nexus S and it looks like the car docks for this particular model do not come with the built-in charging port, unlike all the Captivate/Vibrant/Fascinate models.
So is there any compatible (as in the charging plug is in the middle, not on the side on top) car dock for Nexus S i9020A anyone can recommend? I just don't want to buy the dock I'd need to plug the power source directly into my phone with. I want to get a dock I can plug into the car power and then as I slide the phone into car dock I want it to be charging.
Thanks!
I have not seen one like that. The official Samsung dock works well but doesn't have the USB port built in. Their desktop dock does though........
http://goo.gl/z01Oa
I got the first one, Holder with Tilt Swivel Item No. 511227, since I don't mind plugging it in and it's cheaper. I already had the base because I had a similar dock for my HTC Hero. I rely on it heavily for navigation.
I has happy to have a mount immediately available when the Sprint Nexus S came out since the parts were already available for the GSM Nexus S. They are all the same exact shape.
I want a nice mounted one. Ie: No suction cup. I hate suction cups. After awhile it becomes a pain in the ass to put back on securely depending on the temp of the glass and the rubber. Last time I took mine off a few weeks ago to clean my windows it too 15 minutes to get it to stick right and not just fall off 2 minutes later.
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went into a local car stereo shop to have my head unit installed (Joying 7" 1024x600 RK3188) and they didn't recognize the unit's male harness (?) connector (see attached photos). They say it's most likely to connect to a Chinese car and they will have to cut it off and splice the wires to an American car harness (PAC C2R-CHY4 harness for '07 Chrysler 300). Is this correct?? I was thinking of installing the head unit myself (since they wanted to charge me too much), wasn't sure if I actually do have to cut it off.
Any kind of insight is appreciated.
DiGiTY said:
went into a local car stereo shop to have my head unit installed (Joying 7" 1024x600 RK3188) and they didn't recognize the unit's male harness (?) connector (see attached photos).
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That's a standard DIN connector - if a car stereo shop doesn't recognize that, RUN AWAY, they're not very good!
If you don't want to cut the end off, a Scosche VW01RB should plug right in.
mike.s said:
That's a standard DIN connector - if a car stereo shop doesn't recognize that, RUN AWAY, they're not very good!
If you don't want to cut the end off, a Scosche VW01RB should plug right in.
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LMFAO! Good point! I found the Metra version (71-1784) and ordered that off Amazon since it can get here in 2 days.
Thanks!
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I agree with mike.s. That's something pretty much every installer should know. Just as an FYI, I had mine installed on a Ford Explorer and didn't have to cut anything.
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I agree with mike.s. That's something pretty much every installer should know. Just as an FYI, I had mine installed on a Ford Explorer and didn't have to cut anything.
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Hmmm... now I'm confused. Everywhere online refers to this connector as for VW vehicles, but you put this in a Ford Explorer without that reverse harness?
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DiGiTY said:
Hmmm... now I'm confused. Everywhere online refers to this connector as for VW vehicles, but you put this in a Ford Explorer without that reverse harness?
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Well, I didn't do the installation (I paid a professional installer to do it) but I do remember the connector being the same as the one on the picture. For accuracy's sake, this is the actual headunit I got:
http://www.amazon.com/Pumpkin-Recei...25&sr=8-6&keywords=pumpkin+android+car+stereo
Yup, its the same. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you end up paying for installation? I went to a couple of installers and they wanted to charge me extra because they needed to customize the dash kit to fit the oversized head unit ($480+ at one shop and then $700+ at another shop... that second shop wanted to charge me $170 for my car's CANBUS harness even though it's $61 on Amazon, SMFH!)
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Im in the Dominican Republic so what I paid over here will have no relation to the prices over there, but i've lived in the US in the past and it looks to me like they're trying to rip you off with those prices. It's definitely not worth it if you're going to pay more for installation than you paid for the actual headunit.
Just for the sake of information, I ended up paying the equivalent of about $150.00 dollars for installation, but it wasn't just the stereo. I had recently bought the Ford Explorer and I had a full sound system in my previous car that I wanted to have transfered over to the Explorer so that price was to remove the 4 speakers, amp and subwoofers from the old car, install the original speakers on it (I had kept them in a box for this exact situation), replace the Explorer's speakers for the ones I had, install the amp and subwoofers, install the back up camera (that I also purchased) AND installing the headunit.
LOL! If only I was still in NYC - I would of got a good deal like that in the heights or Bx.
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kinda the same question (sorry) just a different car. I have a 2011 Hyundai sonata. the radio I have has this same wiring harness. will it work in my car as well if I get the metra/scosche wiring harness adapter. or would I need to get something else. or it wont work at all. or can it just be hard wired. thanks for the help in advanced.
PAPRODIGY said:
kinda the same question (sorry) just a different car. I have a 2011 Hyundai sonata. the radio I have has this same wiring harness. will it work in my car as well if I get the metra/scosche wiring harness adapter. or would I need to get something else. or it wont work at all. or can it just be hard wired. thanks for the help in advanced.
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I actually have a 2011 GLS. You need the Metra wiring harness to keep from destroying your factory wires. You just wire up the harness and then you connect the harness to the OEM slots. You do have to cut off the standard connector head unless you plan on selling the radio later, there is no good reason to keep it.
KingLo said:
I actually have a 2011 GLS. You need the Metra wiring harness to keep from destroying your factory wires. You just wire up the harness and then you connect the harness to the OEM slots. You do have to cut off the standard connector head unless you plan on selling the radio later, there is no good reason to keep it.
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I kept it intact because I might sell it, I'm also anal and like things neat as possible.
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PAPRODIGY said:
kinda the same question (sorry) just a different car. I have a 2011 Hyundai sonata. the radio I have has this same wiring harness. will it work in my car as well if I get the metra/scosche wiring harness adapter. or would I need to get something else. or it wont work at all. or can it just be hard wired. thanks for the help in advanced.
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Heads up... the memory/constant power and ACC wires/pins were swapped on my head unit's harness connector. Not sure if that is normal or a mistake with these things. Watch out for that
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thanks
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Heads up... the memory/constant power and ACC wires/pins were swapped on my head unit's harness connector. Not sure if that is normal or a mistake with these things. Watch out for that
Sent from my LG-D850 using Tapatalk All the wire will match up this wiring harness that's posted above with my car though with or with out a wiring harness right. and thanks again
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All the wire will match up this wiring harness that's posted above with my car though with or with out a wiring harness right. and thanks again
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Just note the wiring diagram from your unit and then the reverse harness (whose wires are most likely labeled). If there's differences, wire accordingly - you're just going to have to think on your feet.
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Hi,if you want to do wire modification because the harness is difference to your car !
you can use a multimeter. measure the voltage of your car to make connection .permanent +12V power wire to the Yellow wire on Joying ISO plug ,ignition +12V to the Red wire on Joying ISO plug .
and then connect the Black wire on the Joying ISO plug to GND ,the unit should power on .
the rest is connect the speaker cables .
Good luck
Would it make sense to buy one of these for these Android head units? http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_27392_PAC-LD-10.html
My amp is fine accepting 2v from the pre-outs, but I'm worried about the noise floor of these.
Grab this if you can. Not much more. Great for my Joying http://www.ebay.com/itm/American-Bass-ABX31A-3-Way-Active-Crossover-/400749157644