Ipod integration or AUX input to '04 Alero?

[thegoat54]

Any suggestions?

I don't want to swap the stereo because i don't want a break in.

[cherrington17]

cheap way? aftermarket radio

expensive way? aftermarket radio






Best way??? Aftermarket radio

[03Sleepr]

Originally Posted by thegoat54

Any suggestions?

I don't want to swap the stereo because i don't want a break in.

get a stereo with a removable faceplate....problem solved

here, nobody will steal this


if they do you really should find a new neighborhood

[cherrington17]

Originally Posted by 03Sleepr

get a stereo with a removable faceplate....problem solved

here, nobody will steal this


if they do you really should find a new neighborhood

if someone steals that... you need to get out of 1989 and back to 2010!

anywho..... seriously though. Unless your obnoxiously blasting your music and therefore putting a big neon sign on your roof that says "I HAVE STUFF TO STEAL" you'll be fine.

In unfamiliar(or bad) neighborhoods, I turn it down. I have stuff worth stealing and have never had a problem.

[Greencoupe2.2]

If you really want to keep that stock piece of junk you could get an FM MODULATOR with the two required antenna adapters one from antena to standard motorola plug and one fom standard motorla plug to gm plug to plug it back in try seaching metras website for the correct model numers. just seach fm modulator and you will see what it is, but like said before aftermarket is the most practical way to go

[cherrington17]

Just be forewarned... FM modulators... sound like CRAP.

your not going to get anything other than FM quality sounf from them. (which is 92kbps... regular CD quality is 192, and mp3 HIGH quality is 320)

if you have a discriminate ear, you'll want to kill yourself. If you don't, then by all means go ahead.

[jayson_waltz]

i hate fm transmitters. I do own one to use when i need to like old vehicles or work vehicles but it sounds horrible. just get an aftermarket radio with a removable faceplate. You can try some other options:
http://www.pac-audio.com/productSear...2004&YearId=15
But for the price why not just get a good stereo.

[Shiwnath]

If your car has a tape deck, you could get one of those cassette to headphone jack adapters, but just like the FM transmitter, it'll probably sound like crap. It's a cheap solution if you dont want to change the deck. But like everyone else, I suggest an aftermarket deck. This is what I'm talking about:

[Gr1m]

actually those cassette adapters are better then the FM transmitters. thats probably the cheapest way to do what you want.

[Cliff8928]

LOL @ all of the comments...

It depends on what radio you have stock, but you should be able to add a iPod connection that can be controlled by the factory radio.

[jayson_waltz]

Originally Posted by Cliff8928

It depends on what radio you have stock, but you should be able to add a iPod connection that can be controlled by the factory radio.

Like the link I posted...

[Cliff8928]

Yeah, but not all of the radios have the 12-pin connector for the auxiliary devices.

[Greencoupe2.2]

Its not an fm transmititer its an fm modulator, It connects directly to the antenna port, so it has to sound better than a transmitter, but I doubt its the best, I wouldnt know how they sound because ive never used one.

[03Sleepr]

yea...but then you have no radio...and how am I going to listen to the news with no radio??

[Greencoupe2.2]

the radio passes through it the anntena thats why you need two antenna adapters, but again ive never used one

[jayson_waltz]

Originally Posted by Greencoupe2.2

the radio passes through it the anntena thats why you need two antenna adapters, but again ive never used one

correct, you just turn the radio to a station the modulator is set too, say 88.7, and it will play the aux source plugged into it. better than transmitter, but its still limited to normal FM "quality". Gonna sound like crap to someone who cares.

[Christato71]

Yeah just do what everyone else says, get an aftermarket radio with a removable faceplate. You'll be glad you did.

[zzyzzx]

Originally Posted by Christato71

Yeah just do what everyone else says, get an aftermarket radio with a removable faceplate. You'll be glad you did.

Problem with that is that all the aftermarket head units look like crap in this car. That and the stock units are actually pretty good. Just lack the MP3 player option.

That and I've never actually seen a CD only head unit. I'm sure that they exist, but are extremely rare. I'm speaking of the 1999-2000 model head units. I suspect that the above example is for a newer Alero (a 2004 as per their username??).

Mental note: If I ever see a 1999-2000 with the cd player only at the jy, get it. Right now I am using a MP3 player that's in the form of a cassette case that you put into the cassette part. No external wire, but it's not particularly good.

[thegoat54]

Whoa! Back from the dead!

Thanks for the great replies everyone. I totally understand about the fact that the best thing to do is go after market for a radio. The problem is that I know multiple people (including my girlfriend) who had aftermarket radios WITH removable face plates and they've had break ins just to see if the faceplate is in there.

My girlfriend had her window smashed in and the contents of her glove box and center console thrown around the whole car. (her CDs were also stolen from the glove box). Yeah they left the stereo because there was no faceplate for them, but I still had one hell of a mess to clean, and an afternoon of changing glass.

Its just not something I want to do.

I like the iPod to Car option. I'll look into that.

[robalero]

you my friend live in a terrible area.