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10-25-2002, 01:20 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Ontario, Canada
Vehicle: 1996 Ford Mustang 6cyl 3.8L
Posts: 844
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How to hook up PC to stereo...
For those of us who don't have a stereo with an aux input, how do you guys hook up your carputers to your car stereo? I have a pretty nice CD stereo in there right now, but I doubt that it has an aux in, and very few that I have seen do. Do you just have to buy an amp and wire up the speakers manually, or what?
Has anyone experimented with using FM broadcasters?
I have no tape (tape? whassdat?) deck only CD so that option is out.
Thanks for your input
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10-25-2002, 01:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Vehicle: 2000 V6 Mustang
Posts: 556
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If you dont have AUX ins, go for an FM modulator i think you can get a nice one for around 60
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10-25-2002, 03:36 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 44
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bah!
just get a head unit with Aux-In. Sell your current head unit on ebay. Trust me, its worth it. The sound quality from FM Modulators won't be as good as an Aux-In.
Here's a good one. you can always find these on eBay for less then $180:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=1392115129
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Car: 2000 Grand Am GT
PC: Pentium III 900mhz 40GB 256mb RAM
Software: Winamp 5.-3 on WinXP
Stats: 22 second boot, 6300+ MP3's in playlist
Head Unit: Blaupunkdt Casablanca
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10-25-2002, 06:52 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Surrey, UK
Vehicle: '97 Vauxhall Corsa 1.5 TD
Posts: 2,023
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Or hack your head unit to get an aux in (if you are comfortable with electronics).
Rob
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GPS : Rikaline 6010.
Display : LTM08C351 + LVDS receiver.
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10-25-2002, 07:46 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Sydney, Australia
Vehicle: 2003 Subaru Impreza
Posts: 823
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Re: How to hook up PC to stereo...
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Originally posted by Telek
For those of us who don't have a stereo with an aux input, how do you guys hook up your carputers to your car stereo? I have a pretty nice CD stereo in there right now, but I doubt that it has an aux in, and very few that I have seen do. Do you just have to buy an amp and wire up the speakers manually, or what?
Has anyone experimented with using FM broadcasters?
I have no tape (tape? whassdat?) deck only CD so that option is out.
Thanks for your input
What brand deck are you using?
C!
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10-25-2002, 10:35 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Japan, Oregon
Vehicle: 2000 Civic EX
Posts: 1,160
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does it have a CD changer input?
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10-26-2002, 03:59 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Ontario, Canada
Vehicle: 1996 Ford Mustang 6cyl 3.8L
Posts: 844
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The one that I have is an Alpine CDM 7854, and it has a proprietary CD changer input, I was looking at that, but the radio manual claims that it won't allow you to switch to CHANGER mode unless the changer is attached... I might be able to fake it, but it'll probably be difficult.
Here's a few links about it.
Anyone done anything like that?
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10-26-2002, 07:04 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Japan, Oregon
Vehicle: 2000 Civic EX
Posts: 1,160
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I think you won't be able to change it unless the adapter (which you should be able to get from alpline) is in the CD changer IN.
CAll alpine and give them your model and ask them if the part is avail.
Here is the site that alpine refers you to
https://www.pacparts.com/scripts/def...TOKEN=43212773
write an e-mail to tell them what you want
orders@pacparts.com
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10-28-2002, 02:49 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 44
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Look, I'm telling you, get a Blaupunkt.
Here, I'll spell it out for you
B - L - A - U - P - U - N - K - T
Most of thier models come with AUX-IN. There is a small $20 adapter you have to get.
I got the Casablanca, had it instaled (I'm a dope, had stereo co. install it), ran a long 1/8inch stereo cable to my line out of my sound card, fired up the PC and whola, MUSIC!
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Car: 2000 Grand Am GT
PC: Pentium III 900mhz 40GB 256mb RAM
Software: Winamp 5.-3 on WinXP
Stats: 22 second boot, 6300+ MP3's in playlist
Head Unit: Blaupunkdt Casablanca
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10-28-2002, 07:06 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Maui- HI and Detroit- MI
Vehicle: 95 Ford Taurus SE
Posts: 29
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so if you hook up the computer to the CD changer input or the AUX-IN can you controll any of the winamp stuff with it to change songs? is there a plug in or something to interface between the two?
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10-28-2002, 08:21 PM
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FLAC
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Chicagoland, IL
Vehicle: 1993 VW Passat, 2006 VW Passat
Posts: 1,697
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Nope, its simply a line in (audio) either way. If you had the skills, im sure you could build a device to fool the hu into thinking a changer was attached, and then translate the signals from the hu into rs232 and pass them to the pc and then write software to interpret them, but i dont see that happening.
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10-28-2002, 09:23 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Maui- HI and Detroit- MI
Vehicle: 95 Ford Taurus SE
Posts: 29
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i dont have the time or the brainpower
ill go with the software the guy wrote for the crystalfontz LCD
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