iPods and old car stereos

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#55291 28-Dec-2009 20:39

Hi,

I'm trying to run my iPod classic through my car stareo which is a few years old. It's a Sanyo fxd-825gd stereo and I bought a Belkin cable supposedly for this very purpose but it doesn't work.

There's no AUX port on the car stereo.

Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions, thanks for your help

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#285712 28-Dec-2009 20:49

What sort of cable is it?

Is the stereo has no AUX or iPod input you'll need to use a FM transmitter.

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#285715 28-Dec-2009 20:58

It has a double RCA at one end and a headphone jack end on the other end. There are 2 RCA ports on the back of the stereo. I was thinking that an FM transmitter might be my other choice.

Thanks for your reply

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#285716 28-Dec-2009 21:03

Does the stereo have an AUX button on the front? Twin RCA's are normally just pre out so you can hook the stereo up to an amplifier, they are probably not inputs.

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#285720 28-Dec-2009 21:25

No it doesn't have an AUX button on the front, it does have a CD1 and CD2 though

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#285749 29-Dec-2009 00:43

In my old car I used to use one of these - worked a treat!

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#286182 30-Dec-2009 23:59

There are cables available to let you use the cd stacker connector for an aux in for lots of stereos. Hard to get now that most have a 3.5 jack (on the front which sucks)

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