I've been mulling over how to get an audio Aux input into these integrated Nav systems. If your CD changer is like mine, it's dead.
So I wonder: is it possible to wire an aux input into the existing CD changer harness? At least two of those pins on the receptacle are for audio. I imagine the biggest issue would be tricking the ECU into thinking the proposed aux port is actually the CD changer. What would be really cool is if you could set it up so the ECU thinks a CD is present every time you plug in something into the aux port. Give all the connections on the harness, I'm sure the firmware in the Nav system would likely reject any of this, but it makes you wonder.
Follow up to that, if the CD changer input doesn't suffice, I wonder if you could intercept the signal coming from the tape deck and convert that to an aux input. Maybe leave a dummy tape in the deck...
Just some thoughts, wonder what you all have thought of or tried.
So I wonder: is it possible to wire an aux input into the existing CD changer harness? At least two of those pins on the receptacle are for audio. I imagine the biggest issue would be tricking the ECU into thinking the proposed aux port is actually the CD changer. What would be really cool is if you could set it up so the ECU thinks a CD is present every time you plug in something into the aux port. Give all the connections on the harness, I'm sure the firmware in the Nav system would likely reject any of this, but it makes you wonder.
Follow up to that, if the CD changer input doesn't suffice, I wonder if you could intercept the signal coming from the tape deck and convert that to an aux input. Maybe leave a dummy tape in the deck...
Just some thoughts, wonder what you all have thought of or tried.