Hardwire Ipod

97eXpo · Post by **97eXpo** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:53 am

Im looking to hardwire my ipod to my stock hu to avoid the tacky cassete adapter or fm transmitter. its 97 expedition with the factory cd changer in the center console. i have located the cd changer harness and was wondering if there was a way i could tap into the harness for my ipod. is there an easy way to find the audio wires?

thanks in advance

SolacE · Post by **SolacE** » Mon May 26, 2008 12:45 pm

you should see if you can find the factory service manual online or pick it up on cd. It should have the pinouts for it.

Or if they make an aux input adapter for your vehicle that would be easy....but i dont see one for the 97 model.

97eXpo · Post by **97eXpo** » Mon May 26, 2008 3:03 pm

okay, i have found the audio wires but when i wire it up to the jack there is lots of static and the song from the ipod is very very quite. then when i touch it back to the cd changer out it is loud and crystal clear..any suggestions???:/

thanks in advance

Post by **Jacampb2** » Mon May 26, 2008 3:13 pm

Probably the head unit/changer connection is balanced line audio. The ipod's audio is not. You can likely find a converter to convert line output to balanced, but I have never looked.

Later,
Jason