stock radio adapter

[sporkfan]

Okay, let me share with you all my idea for my PT. I want to keep the stock stereo in and wire up a XM satellite radio and my mini disc player. Now I've heard mention of certain kits that are able to plug an adapter into the cd changer control in the back of my single-disc cd player.

Is ther anybody out there who can verify that such a kit exists and how I could go about getting on.

Oh it's a 2003 PT Cruiser 5-spd (that was hard to find...believe me). And it has the stock single disc cd player.

Oh and this is a nice forum by the way, glad I found it.

[IRPT]

Welcome to the forum sporkfan, yep your right, this is a nice forum with lots of nice people and great information. Sorry I can't answer your question but I'm sure someone else can. Just wanted to say Hi and Welcome!

[IRPT]

sporkfan, check out these links, hopefully one of them will have the answer to your question:

http://www.ptcruiserlinks.com/forum/...=radio,adapter

http://ptenthusiasts.org/PTForums/sh...=radio+adapter

http://ptenthusiasts.org/PTForums/sh...atellite+radio

[ElectricBlueGT]

sporkfan,

The easiest way to do this is to buy the Alpine XMA-T200RF package. The package includes the XM tuner, AI Net Cable, and an RF converter with an auxiliary input. Wire up the XM tuner to the RF converter with the AI Net cable and your MiniDisc player to the RF converter to the auxiliary input(uses a left and right RCA cable input for the auxiliary input). Connect the RF converter to your antenna lead. The RF Converter has a remote display to control which source to use (XM tuner or auxiliary input).

Only drawback: sound quality is limited to the FM bandwidth of the OEM tuner.

But, at ~ $199 (not including the XM antenna--purchased separately), not a bad deal...

My two cents,

Scott

[Dalite]

quote:Originally posted by sporkfan

Okay, let me share with you all my idea for my PT. I want to keep the stock stereo in and wire up a XM satellite radio and my mini disc player. Now I've heard mention of certain kits that are able to plug an adapter into the cd changer control in the back of my single-disc cd player.

Is ther anybody out there who can verify that such a kit exists and how I could go about getting on.

Oh it's a 2003 PT Cruiser 5-spd (that was hard to find...believe me). And it has the stock single disc cd player.

Oh and this is a nice forum by the way, glad I found it.

I don't know about XM, but the Kenwood Sirius Satellite tuner has a pass through connector that allows either a changer or auxillary device input to be connected to it. The adapter cable is available through PIE and Metrasound.

The Metrasound part number is: METRA VT-CHRYSIRKEN-02

This link should give some options: http://www.sounddomain.com/fit

For PIE Interface Cables: http://www.pie.net/sec12sb1.htm

From their website

quote:The CHRY02-AUX converts the CD changer port of any Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge radio that has the new 10-pin square connector at headunit into an auxiliary input.

· Compatible with Pioneer Universal XM Satellite Digital Tuner System (GEX-FM903XM), when used with PIE Part# PIO/P-RCA.
· Compatible with Sony Universal XM Satellite Digital Tuner System (DRN-XM01R, DRN-XM01C), when used with PIE Part# 3.5-RCA6MM.

With the factory head unit (RBQ, RBZ, RBK - etc.), you will only get the Channel Number and Category on the display. It doesn't have the logic to display the other info carried on the datastream (Song, Artist, Album, and any future additions).

The cable will retail for around $80.00 to $130.00. The pass-through cable to allow either a cd changer or aux device pigtail will be considerably less. The CD Changer cable should come packed with the changer, which mounts under the seat or in another remote location.

Hope some of this makes sense. I have it saved from when I was pursuing the same answers you are looking for. I ended up using the Kenwood RF Modulated display system, and the Kenwood Sirius Tuner.

If you were to buy a Kenwood Head unit that is Sirius ready, along with a Sirius antenna, they will usually throw the tuner in for free. With this approach, you could gain the full CD Text display with logic for all the info that is present on the Sirius Datastream, as well as opting for MP3 Playback capabilities. Sirius has more commercial free channels than XM (for that is worth), and costs around $3.00 more per month. The Kenwood head unit, or the RF modulated display also have controls for changers and the Kenwood Keg; a hard drive based MP3 player which comes in 10 or 20 gig.

However, with the new Creative Nomad 10 and 20 gig pocket size units, a good rf modulator and power supply will do the same. You would loose the larger display and centralized controls taking this route.