doogz
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- 2001 Explorer Sport
iPod hardwire in '01 Sport w/premium 6-disc in dash system? *Update w/pics!
I've got a 2001 Explorer Sport with the 6-disc in dash pioneer labeled factory radio. This is the system with the amplifier and subwoofer in the back rear panel. The back of the radio has three (3) plugs - one holds the radio controls (16 wires?) , one is for the amplifier hookup (3 wires used out of 20 "holes"), and I don't know what the third is.
What i'd like to do:
I've read on an older post that a person hardwired their iPod into the CD-OUT wires from the radio. In that radio, the signal was broadcast from the cd player to an amplifier, and then out to the speakers. It did not have the subwoofer and factory amplifier combination, however. The person used a blank CD to "trick" the amplifier, and used the iPod as usual. I don't have an AUX or SAT button on my radio, so short of getting a low-quality FM transmitter, this is my only viable option. I'd like the factory subwoofer to work in conjunction with the speakers. My current radio (from what I can gather) is that the headunit powers the front and rear speakers (there's 4.), while another signal goes to the amplifier in the back which powers only the subwoofer.
Any ideas? I've found plenty of options for the non-Premium systems, but this is throwing me through a loop about how to get the subwoofer to work with this setup. There's no line-in on the radio.
I've got a 2001 Explorer Sport with the 6-disc in dash pioneer labeled factory radio. This is the system with the amplifier and subwoofer in the back rear panel. The back of the radio has three (3) plugs - one holds the radio controls (16 wires?) , one is for the amplifier hookup (3 wires used out of 20 "holes"), and I don't know what the third is.
What i'd like to do:
I've read on an older post that a person hardwired their iPod into the CD-OUT wires from the radio. In that radio, the signal was broadcast from the cd player to an amplifier, and then out to the speakers. It did not have the subwoofer and factory amplifier combination, however. The person used a blank CD to "trick" the amplifier, and used the iPod as usual. I don't have an AUX or SAT button on my radio, so short of getting a low-quality FM transmitter, this is my only viable option. I'd like the factory subwoofer to work in conjunction with the speakers. My current radio (from what I can gather) is that the headunit powers the front and rear speakers (there's 4.), while another signal goes to the amplifier in the back which powers only the subwoofer.
Any ideas? I've found plenty of options for the non-Premium systems, but this is throwing me through a loop about how to get the subwoofer to work with this setup. There's no line-in on the radio.