michaelg589

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went to radioshack today and picked up this wire and the 1/8" stereo jack. is this the wire i should use?

Jason Novak

Yes, that wire will work ... any decent gauge cable with at least 5 wires will work, network cable is what most people have around.

michaelg589

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ok cool. all they had was 7 ft. and 14ft. on the shelf so i grabbed the 14ft. just to be sure. thanks!

VIP1

You could have just gone to Home Depot and gotten them to cut you a few feet off the spool on the rack for a lot cheaper.

98redM6

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Home Depot, Orchard, or Lowe's should have wire you could get for real cheap. I got like 5 ft. at Orchard for $1.25. Also if you have an extra ethernet cable around that you're not going to use you can use that and just cut off the male jack part.

Player87

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hey i have a 1998 TA with the monsoon sound system and a 10 disc changer in the trunk.
can you post a wiring diagramm how to connect the jack with the existing wires.
THX

Jason Novak

I know if you have a changer you can tap into the changer harness ... there was another thread recently with the correct wiring. You can use the same switching jack mentioned in this thread

michaelg589

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well i wired up the phone jack. gotta solder the connection to the HU and run the wire now. i think ill be mounting it in the center console compartment.

michaelg589

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i seemed to be having the same problem. when i plugged in the 1/8" phone cable into the phone jack i could still here the music from my CD player, but at a very low volume. I noticed that once you plug the other end into the ipod the sound from the CD player will completely disappear. another thing i noticed is that the phone cable that i had would sometimes not want to plug all the way into the ipod. this resulted in hearing music from both sources. check your connection to the ipod.

Neubie2

Did this mod to my CD unit, and mounted switch/plug in my console. Did the Dremmel thing from the inside to thin it down a bit, to get the nut on from the outside, and it all worked out great. Use it with my XM Receiver and get great sound through my HU. I have a cassette unit in my other car and will try this mod as well, but with a mini-DIN connector at the back of the unit to connect the cable with the jack, for easy HU removal without having to remove the installed plug in the console.
Great work Jason, all the credit goes to you.

Jason Novak

Glad it worked for you ... good idea on the mini-din connector. I've done one cassette player before, the wiring should be in this thread somewhere. I guess the only thing I'm not sure of is if a cassette auto-reverses just once or keeps going forever, though I guess that isn't a bid deal.

Neubie2

I read somewhere on another forum, of someone who tried this mod with the cassette, and to activate the amp, he used an old cassette where he removed the tape. Just so the spindle was activated while the cassette is inserted, activating the circuitry. Said it worked out good for him, so I'll try that out.

Jason Novak

Thanks, sounds like a good idea

animuL

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Just did this writeup and it works like a Champ! Very happy I did this instead of going with an aftermarket unit or other method. I hook my Samsung Instinct up and when people call it shuts the music off and I can hear them over the car stereo, lol. Bonus hands-free kit!

Intimidator_SS

After i do this will i still be able to listen to the cd player..when i put a reg. cd in..

or does it completely disable the cd

ynkssws6

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You can use the CD player just fine after this

itallian33

I just did this mod on my 98 vette. Unfortunately i have the ribbon cable going from my CD player to the main board in the Head Unit. Fortunately the bottom board in the HU is for the radio, and i was able to find the left and right channels coming out of it. Works exatly like the CD player, just have your radio on and you are golden.

FYI, it was the 4th and 5th wires instead of the 1st and 3rd like in the original post.

HTH

Jason Novak

I thought the corvette still uses the standard 98-02 GM radio? I know there was another guy who was modifying corvette stereos, I'm not sure what year. The radio would be the optimal source, my unit had the radio all on the main board, so although it's probably possible it's not as easy as tapping into a ribbon cable.

pentavolvo

did it on a vette and tapped cd player should be same

itallian33

a friend of mine did this on his corvette without any problem. Mine is different than his. The board in my radio doesn't look like the one in the first couple of posts.