Is it worth it to add a cheap MP3 Player to the factory Changer harness.

I have :

COR-HAR

Can buy a :

GM10-AUX - GM Digital auxiliary input converter for $69

Question, what MP3 players will work with this?

What do you have?

Thanks

 

What's your definition of a cheap mp3 player? 50 bux, 100 bux, 200 bux??

I'm not using that adapter setup but it looks like it should work with virtually any mp3 player on the market that has a headphone jack (this means 99.9% of the mp3 players on the market; I can't think of one that doesn't have a headphone jack )

You will also need the PIE 3.5-RCA6MM Interface or equivalent (maybe it's included with the $69.95 purchase price?). The PIE 3.5-RCA6MM is just a cable, one end has two RCA jacks that connect to the GM10-AUX - GM Digital auxiliary input converter, and the other end is a mini stereo jack that connects to your mp3 player.

With this setup, you will not have any control of your mp3 player through the factory stereo other than volume (no power to the mp3 player to recharge the internal battery of the mp3 player, no ability to power off/on the mp3 player from the factory stereo, and no ability to skip tracks, replay a track, etc from the factory stereo). You will have to do all of that from the mp3 player.

There are so many good mp3 players on the market (hopefully some other members will chime in here and offer you their suggestions )

To make it easy for me, I chose to go the Apple iPod route. With the latest iPods hitting the market, you should be able to get a very decent deal on a hard drive based iPod (containing a 20 GB HD) for 200-250 bux mail order. 20 GB is enough to store 5000 songs or so!! I've seen some decent deals on iPod mini's too (4 GB and 6 GB varieties) hovering around the 175-200 mark.

Oh, to answer your original question: you betcha it's worth adding an mp3 player to your Vette

I have a 20 GB iPod that I'm using in my Z and I've got about 15 gigs of songs at my disposal (3800 songs with room for more); everything from the Beatles to Motley Crue to Barry White to the Rolling Stones to Patsy Cline to...well you get the picture

 

Thanks, that PIE 3.5 parts sounds like an RCA to Headphone adapter found at radio shack, right?

 

Yes

 

Thanks

I am getting a DAP, with an SD slot. Since I have a few SD cards around.

 

Thanks for the heads up, Larry. The iPod spunds like the way to go. Also, I like your music file choices (a man of great musical taste).

 

You're welcome and thanks for the kind words!!

Rich's idea of using flash cards sounds like a REAL interesting route too Especially since prices on flash cards have dropped considerably over the past year or so

 

Just got a Memorex SD card MP3/WMA player for $10 shipping on e-bay.

$4 for the radioshack adapter
$66 for the aux 10 (light warehouse)
$45 for the cor harness (ebay)

$125 for an 500 song in car MP3 player.

Not bad, IMHO