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Car Forum / Saab Cars / June 2005

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Aux stereo input

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©ærb@ññøg - 17 Jun 2005 12:38 GMT
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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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.
 
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