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uh... dan?
what about that 99 unit?! lol
also, dumb question...
my aux switch has 3 prongs. one ground and one power. gnd to gnd and pwr to pwr. duh, but the third is called "load" and the switch is supposed to light up (i thought it would be cool) the switch doesnt light up however and i tried every combination with the other ones... least ui thought i did
any thoughts/help?
Got this to work on Sunday. Many thanks to Dan for figuring this out and posting it. I did notice one thing. I have a cd changer and if I have my ipod connected and turned on and I press the cd changer button, I get sound from both sources without turning on the aux button. So, for those who don't feel like opening up the stereo, it may be possible to run the wires from the cd changer port/plug instead.
Got this to work on Sunday. Many thanks to Dan for figuring this out and posting it. I did notice one thing. I have a cd changer and if I have my ipod connected and turned on and I press the cd changer button, I get sound from both sources without turning on the aux button. So, for those who don't feel like opening up the stereo, it may be possible to run the wires from the cd changer port/plug instead.
You cannot enter aux mode from the CD changer plug. If there is no cd changer present, the radio will not enter CD-Changer mode. I tried this already, and you can't force the radio into cd-changer mode without a changer present.
uh... dan?
what about that 99 unit?! lol
also, dumb question...
my aux switch has 3 prongs. one ground and one power. gnd to gnd and pwr to pwr. duh, but the third is called "load" and the switch is supposed to light up (i thought it would be cool) the switch doesnt light up however and i tried every combination with the other ones... least ui thought i did
any thoughts/help?
Is this just a switch you bought at radio shack? A switch is a simple device, it just connects the 2 wires. If it is a lighted switch, it will probably need a 12V source for the light. Be careful, though if you wire it incorrectly, you will short that 12V source to ground and blow a fuse.
Is this just a switch you bought at radio shack? A switch is a simple device, it just connects the 2 wires. If it is a lighted switch, it will probably need a 12V source for the light. Be careful, though if you wire it incorrectly, you will short that 12V source to ground and blow a fuse.
yea, it is a lighted switch. so i just need to take what? a + and - from a 12v source, say a cig lighter and hook it up there? Its working... but i want to get it to light up. the part i dont understand is, if i hook up a + and - to it (the last, single prong) wont it short out? cuz that'd be the same curcuit as hooking up a + and - up to each other.
It worked for me too ... kinda.. however, I just left the (-) signals floating since I wantd to see if it worked quickly - and it did, but really quiet. Since my IPOD doesn't have differential outputs, if I ground the negative pairs, will that be ok? Has anyone made a single-ended -> differential converter for this yet?
Before I attempt this, I have to fully understand it.
So, once all of the wiring is done, you just turn on the switch and the HU will read AUX on it and from there you plug your ipod into your RCA's and your done?
Did this today. OMFG i love you man, i flipped the switch and it went quiet and i was like o **** this guy owns all. Ipod ownage! 13 dollars on materials at radio shack! I love you i love you! wootzor THIS WORKS DO IT!
Anyone doing this to connect an Ipod, I STRONGLY urge you to connect the AUX to the line out pins via the dock connector. I did it this way and you don't have to turn the volume all the way up just to hear it.
my intentions were to hook up an ipod if i ever complete this successfully...could you elaborate on what you mean?
All Ipod's with the dock connector have line out pins.. You can either make your own 30 pin connector, and connect your AUX wires to these pins, or you can buy this:
This is the cable I bought, which charges and has a line out input. Also with this, you don't get that annoying hiss when you pause the Ipod.
I built the circuit designed by "Cornblatt" which was posted by Dan on 6-20-2005.
What a pain to build! The components in the list are for SMT and not the old solder, through wire components. But persevered and built on a RadioShack component board and inserted in an empty Staples pencil box behind the radio. Ipod sits in the slide out tray under the radio nicely hiden. The small switch is also inside. Used the Incase car/ ipod charger with a single cable from the bottom which has a line out on the cigarette lighter end. I wired an additional cigarette lighter off the existing one and hid it in the dash, so no cables showing. Works like a dream. Turn on the radio and hit the switch and the radio goes to AUX, switch on the ipod and enjoy. The volume is about the same loudness as the radio and no alternator whine. Hit the CD or radio button and it switches back. Highly recommend but make sure you have a lot of extra time to spend working this out.
Is there somewhere else I can download the schematics for the '98 Bose units? The link on the previous pages seem to be dead. Will definitely do this one during winter break. In the meantime, I'll have to use my hard-wired FM modulator.
thank you very much for the info dan, the aux in works perfectly and i'll probably be pickin up an ipod or psp to complement it .. on a side note so does madchef's display fix
Is there somewhere else I can download the schematics for the '98 Bose units? The link on the previous pages seem to be dead. Will definitely do this one during winter break. In the meantime, I'll have to use my hard-wired FM modulator.
I would like to see some schematics for the '97-98 Bose HU as well... previous links are long since dead.
All Ipod's with the dock connector have line out pins.. You can either make your own 30 pin connector, and connect your AUX wires to these pins, or you can buy this:
This is the cable I bought, which charges and has a line out input. Also with this, you don't get that annoying hiss when you pause the Ipod.
http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2....cid=25608&fp=F
It's factory refurb, but only $18 with free shipping as opposed to the normal $40 after shipping. I just ordered one--right now I'm using a "hardwired" FM transmitter for my ipod.
Anyone able to scrounge up that schematic for the '97-98 HU yet? I would loove to have it....
This is my first post here after lurking for a long time.
I want to hook up my new iPod to my 99 Bose head unit, but I am a little confused by this thread. Is there any reason I can't just buy an RCA-to-auxiliary adapter for this HU and run the iPod through that, like in the previous thread about this topic? I don't see myself modifying the HU unless absolutely necessary.
I found a couple auxiliary adapters that crutchfield says are compatible with the Bose HU, but the pictures look like they have different connectors from each other. I have not taken my head unit out yet - does anyone have a link to a picture of what the auxiliary connector looks like? Or can anyone recommend an adapter that is cheaper than the $90 soundgate one?
Any information or advice will be greatly appreciated.
Yeah I'm actually looking into the same thing at the moment and a lot of the sites always fail to mention anything about bose and just say that it is for a stock stereo with a cd changer. I would go soldering everything but using an auxillary adapter through the cd changer seems like a much safer route to me. Any insight anyone?
Yeah I'm actually looking into the same thing at the moment and a lot of the sites always fail to mention anything about bose and just say that it is for a stock stereo with a cd changer. I would go soldering everything but using an auxillary adapter through the cd changer seems like a much safer route to me. Any insight anyone?
you're in winchester, i'm in framingham - let's grab a soldering iron and make a day of it!
what i am trying to figure out is if the $35 one on crutchfield does the same job as the $100 one. $35 is worth it for the labor it would save...$100 probably isn't. but now when i do the search crutchfield is telling me it has no adapters compatible with my stereo, so i am about to give up and use the cassette adapter for $11.
I built the circuit designed by "Cornblatt" which was posted by Dan on 6-20-2005.
What a pain to build! The components in the list are for SMT and not the old solder, through wire components. But persevered and built on a RadioShack component board and inserted in an empty Staples pencil box behind the radio. Ipod sits in the slide out tray under the radio nicely hiden. The small switch is also inside. Used the Incase car/ ipod charger with a single cable from the bottom which has a line out on the cigarette lighter end. I wired an additional cigarette lighter off the existing one and hid it in the dash, so no cables showing. Works like a dream. Turn on the radio and hit the switch and the radio goes to AUX, switch on the ipod and enjoy. The volume is about the same loudness as the radio and no alternator whine. Hit the CD or radio button and it switches back. Highly recommend but make sure you have a lot of extra time to spend working this out.
By any chance do you still have a copy of the circuit diagram. I'm interested in building one.
I would like to see some schematics for the '97-98 Bose HU as well... previous links are long since dead.
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