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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: claretsimon on 17 August 2011, 19:03
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hi guys, ok so my car is nearly ready for been on the road! now, i have a cd player but im unsure if it has an aux port, i want to be able to play music from my i phone through car speakers. Now i have heard of these fm transmitters but how do they work? because my cd player will play cds through the speakers, but, will not find any radio station whatsoever just static. my car has an Ariel on top but still i get no radio. so would an fm transmitter still work? also am i supposed to be plugging in another wire to get radio to work because i cant see any? cheers all
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Aerial jack is at the back of the radio. The FM transmitters do work, but are not the best quality. I had one for my last car...........cough.......Focus............. :grin:
Will be crap if you have loads of ICE, but fine if its just a bit of music to break up the monotony of being sat in traffic.
P.S, this will probably be moved by one of the moderators. :smiley:
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im not sure if it will work if your radio doesnt pik owt up due to u search for the fm code its sendin i.e 105.05 u wud afta tune it in2 that is the aerial in correctly at the back of the head unit?
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I'm selling one at the moment :smiley:
I have been more than impressed with it. PM me if youre interested.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260837206429&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649#ht_500wt_922
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Just get a head unit with a usb slot, then get a memory stick and chuck a load of tunes on it.
Works for me, 500+ songs on shuffle means the chances of hearing the same song are remote.
I tried my mp3 player in the aux socket and it was crap.
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cheers guys, well my head unit has an Ariel slot but i cant see an Ariel feed anywere!
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my old headunit had the aux ports on the rear, so got the cables wired up and ran my ipod through that, other half uses one of them transmitters and i'm not 100% happy with that to be honest
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cheers guys, well my head unit has an Ariel slot but i cant see an Ariel feed anywere!
it will be a big thick wire, more than likely black but could also be brown!
where the HU sits and you see all the wires coming up to connect, have a rummage down there to see if its been pulled down or something! will be on the left hand side down towards the passenger footwell
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If you take the glove box off, you will be able to see more clearly, and you can get your hand in for a rummage around. :smiley:
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If you take the glove box off, you will be able to see more clearly, and you can get your hand in for a rummage around. :smiley:
dont say the tricks of the trade lol! when i first got a mk3 i had to find out the hard way.
WILL MY HAND FIT IN THERE?? it bloody well will hahaha!
yeah take glove box out and the undertray bit and it opens it all up, you will be able to see everything!
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If you take the glove box off, you will be able to see more clearly, and you can get your hand in for a rummage around. :smiley:
dont say the tricks of the trade lol! when i first got a mk3 i had to find out the hard way.
WILL MY HAND FIT IN THERE?? it bloody well will hahaha!
yeah take glove box out and the undertray bit and it opens it all up, you will be able to see everything!
LOL tricks of the trade... fortunately i worked for rac auto-windscreens so getting door panels off etc came easy to me but yeh soon has u take the glove box off and under tray my wire was sat there i need a new 1 unfortunately but there cheap enough
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hahaha!!!
glad you found it mate :Afro: get the wire sorted and enjoy your newly found fm stations lol
and as wayne says get a usb HU or get one of these : (depending on your make of HU)
KENWOOD (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kenwood-KCA-iP500-iPOD-Interface-/120762574757?pt=UK_Cars_Parts_Vehicles_Terminals_Cabling_ET&hash=item1c1e02a7a5)
ALPINE (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALPINE-iPOD-INTERFACE-CONTROL-CHARGE-KCA-420i-LEADS-/250876132728?pt=UK_Audio_TV_Electronics_In_Car_Entertainment_GPS_In_Car_Audio_Players_PP&hash=item3a6961fd78)
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ok guys slight problem........ so i took of the glove box, but in the process iv lost the tiny little black clip that when you shut the glove box its what the front clips in to to keep it shut. does anybody know what i mean? as in now my glovebox wont stay shut as theres nothing for it to clip on to, does any kind kind person have one of these or direct me in the way of one? its just a tiny plastic thing? cheers all
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whoops u probs cud get 1 from a scrap yard 4 3 ;) or ebay 4 20p in the mean time bit of blue tack or stuff sum card board down side of it 2 keep it shut
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i dont quite know what to type in ebay! i would like to find one of these, by the way i couldn't see anything resembling an Ariel wire anywhere!
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How have you lost that?? You don't need to take that off to get the box out
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golvebox catch??? or c ow much a new glovebox itself costs and my wire woz straight there wen i took all myn off
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maybe i just cant see the wire? if i take pics of underneath maybe you guys could point out if you see it? and yeh i thought i needed to take that off mate because it comes off with the center screw!
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ill b honest i tuk that owt aswel but didnt loose it :tongue: maybe my wire sudnt have bin there hangin down but it woz and it comes in 2 parts i need the part from the head unit to the middle part which i have found on amazon 4 £5 brand new
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Go on then! Lol
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I got one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PIONEER-DEH-2320UB-CD-MP3-USB-HEAD-UNIT-FRONT-AUX-/120764228461?pt=UK_Audio_TV_Electronics_In_Car_Entertainment_GPS_In_Car_Audio_Players_PP&hash=item1c1e1be36d
Does the job all ok :afro:
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I got one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PIONEER-DEH-2320UB-CD-MP3-USB-HEAD-UNIT-FRONT-AUX-/120764228461?pt=UK_Audio_TV_Electronics_In_Car_Entertainment_GPS_In_Car_Audio_Players_PP&hash=item1c1e1be36d
Does the job all ok :afro:
that aint a bad price neither.
is it just me or has HU come down in price recently?
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i paid £70 4 myn its a phillips has a usb port plus subwoofer connector sud have bin £159 only got it 2 wks ago
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this is MINE (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kenwood-KVT-725DVD-Car-Video-Player-SINGLE-DIN-PLAYER-/250876289980?pt=UK_Audio_TV_Electronics_In_Car_Entertainment_GPS_In_Car_Audio_Players_PP&hash=item3a696463bc)
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I got one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PIONEER-DEH-2320UB-CD-MP3-USB-HEAD-UNIT-FRONT-AUX-/120764228461?pt=UK_Audio_TV_Electronics_In_Car_Entertainment_GPS_In_Car_Audio_Players_PP&hash=item1c1e1be36d
Does the job all ok :afro:
that aint a bad price neither.
is it just me or has HU come down in price recently?
Mine turned up the next day as well, which is a bonus when it is free delivery
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:afro: who was that from wayne
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:afro: who was that from wayne
The link I posted :afro: same one in Halfords was £90, I wanted green lighting to match the rest of the dials.