Bose CD changer upgrade
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St. Jude Donor '05
Bose CD changer upgrade
I want to upgrade my stock 12 CD changer in my 2002 to one that will read MP3's is this possible? or does the HU also need to be replaced?
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Hi PC Fred!
Im not sure of the exact answer to your question, but here is another option. If you get an I-pod, it comes with a feature that can play the mp-3's right through your radio. I think you could just throw the I-Pod in your center keep and that way you get all your music playing right through the cars already existing stereo.
I havent done this, I just have a buddy that does it with his Mini-Cooper. So I hope it works for you too.
Hope that was a slight help.
Cheers!~~~Patrick
Im not sure of the exact answer to your question, but here is another option. If you get an I-pod, it comes with a feature that can play the mp-3's right through your radio. I think you could just throw the I-Pod in your center keep and that way you get all your music playing right through the cars already existing stereo.
I havent done this, I just have a buddy that does it with his Mini-Cooper. So I hope it works for you too.
Hope that was a slight help.
Cheers!~~~Patrick
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I want to upgrade my stock 12 CD changer in my 2002 to one that will read MP3's is this possible?
Even if you got all the wiring converted over properly, the new non-delco CD changer would not understand commands from the factory head unit. There are devices called "protocol converters" and can conveert one language to another... but choices are limited.
I and a few others have went with a hard-drive based jukebox -type- CD changer. You can add an AUX line-level input to your factory head unit to allow the audio to play through the factory system - but going this route loses the ability to control the jukebox from the head unit. All the control the factory head unit will give in this setup is VOLUME.
So a remote mounted head is required to control the track, skip, etc functions of the juke-box.
I have pics of my installation somewhere on this web page:
http://mikemercury.home.att.net/mods.htm
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St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by Mike Mercury
no... well at least not easily. The factory CD changer uses a proprietary communications interface - which is not universal at all.
Even if you got all the wiring converted over properly, the new non-delco CD changer would not understand commands from the factory head unit. There are devices called "protocol converters" and can conveert one language to another... but choices are limited.
I and a few others have went with a hard-drive based jukebox -type- CD changer. You can add an AUX line-level input to your factory head unit to allow the audio to play through the factory system - but going this route loses the ability to control the jukebox from the head unit. All the control the factory head unit will give in this setup is VOLUME.
So a remote mounted head is required to control the track, skip, etc functions of the juke-box.
I have pics of my installation somewhere on this web page:
http://mikemercury.home.att.net/mods.htm
Even if you got all the wiring converted over properly, the new non-delco CD changer would not understand commands from the factory head unit. There are devices called "protocol converters" and can conveert one language to another... but choices are limited.
I and a few others have went with a hard-drive based jukebox -type- CD changer. You can add an AUX line-level input to your factory head unit to allow the audio to play through the factory system - but going this route loses the ability to control the jukebox from the head unit. All the control the factory head unit will give in this setup is VOLUME.
So a remote mounted head is required to control the track, skip, etc functions of the juke-box.
I have pics of my installation somewhere on this web page:
http://mikemercury.home.att.net/mods.htm
