Thread: Keeping Current Radio - Question About Cables

Hi everyone, let me know what you think of this and if it would be possible.

I am considering a carputer front end music jukebox sort of thing. I have a lot of the problems (Such as power, mounting, etc) solved. But I had one question about the radio...

I currently have a Dual XDM7615 and when I move to a carputer I would still like to use that... Mostly because it works decently, I wouldn't have to get any amps for the speakers, and I wired it into my 2007 Hyundai Sonata's steering wheel controls.

What I would like to do is mount everything in the trunk, and simply plug the carputer into the aux in port on the radio. Up front I am going to use an LCD touch screen that will fit into a Double Din sized mount.

The issue is with my current radio though, where do I put it? I would like to put it into the trunk with the other equipment. I am okay with some wiring, but would rather not mess with too much (Installing the after market radio harness and steering wheel control interface is about as comfortable as I am with messing with the wiring.)

What I want to do is get some sort of extension cable that plugs into the vehicle harness and run it to the trunk, then plug everything in back there. A few questions on that:

1. Does anyone know where I can find some sort of radio wiring extender? Or will I have to get some cable and splice it myself?

2. Will there be a significant quality loss running those cables to the trunk? Would it even be worth it?

Thanks!