Hi all
I want to add an auxiliary input to my 9-3's stereo so I can plug in my MP3
player. I tried a couple of FM modulators, but the quality is rubbish,
either poor signal or electrical interference, plus there's never enough
gain.
Is there a way of plugging straight into the OEM unit for an Aux input? It
must be able to deal with one, as these head units can be used with a CD
changer. And will it need to be zapped with the main dealer's tech tool
thing?
I'd rather not ditch the original stereo, but I may have to just bite the
bullet and put in an after-market MP3 head unit. Trouble then is I'll need
the faceplate adapter, wiring harness and the steering wheel control
adapter. More expense!
My car's a 1999 model SE T
Thanks in advance!
Dan :-)

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Dan - 17 Jun 2005 18:03 GMT
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> Dan :-)
You should peruse www.saabcentral.com forums. I know there is a
workaround for the 2003/2004 9-3...
©ærb@ññøg - 23 Jun 2005 09:29 GMT
>> Hi all
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> You should peruse www.saabcentral.com forums. I know there is a
> workaround for the 2003/2004 9-3...
I found some suitable links on the SaabCentral forums so I'm part-way
through the modification to my existing head unit to use the telephone input
to accept a stereo signal. Nearly there - I've got right channel, left is a
bit fuzzy but I'll be delving in there later! Then all I need is a switch
to fool the system into thinking it's on phone mute. If anyone's
interested, the links are (probably among others):
http://www.sethevans.com/auxinput.html
http://gatoalfa.calipso.com.co/radioMod/saabRadioMod.html
D :-)
dbird@tesco.net - 22 Jun 2005 22:36 GMT
There is a very good page about the standard stereo at
http://www.saabnet.com/sites/audioguide/fitting.html.
The standard unit has pre-out, unfortunately I can't see any facility
for connecting a line-level input. I'm not sure if the line outputs
are buffered, if not they may be bi-directional, but I haven't tried
this. Note trying to use them as inputs would be a bit of a compromise
anyway because you would have to silence the tuner/cd output whilst
using them. So it doesn't look promising.