My son recently purchased a beautiful ‘10 GS 4LT. There is no auxiliary audio input port on the front of the unit. Is there some way to plug a wire
directly into the back of the unit or do you have to plug an adapter into the FM cable?
Not interested in changing out the head unit at this time. Thx for positive input.

 

ISimple and a few others make aux inputs or Bluetooth audio inputs for those radios.

Check crutchfield

 

Crutchfield has a Bluetooth adapter that plugs into the cigarette lighter. Nothing else that I’m aware of.

Does anyone know if there is an aux port on the back of the radio that we could plug into?

 

Go out on Fleabay and look at some units for sale. Most have pics of rear. That will tell you if there is a port on the rear.

 

I would think about replacing, that was the very first thing I did myself, also added front and back camera's. Look on Crutchfields for something he may like.

 

 

2011 was the first year to add the AUX input for the C6. Review the following thread. Within there is a link to Kawal's website that has information to add upgrades to the C6 sound system as well as other useful tips. Good luck and enjoy the new Vette.

GD

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-question.html

 

I didn't even have the touch screen in my 2011 4lt. I was hesitant to ruin the "stockness" of the cart at first. I bought a $500 Sony head unit and the PAC adapter and I enjoy the whole car much more now. Wireless car play and the sound is much improved even with the stock speakers. I used crutchfields wiring service along with the PAC adapter making it all plug and play. Super simple and worth every penny.

 

A USB port was introduced for that head unit in 2011 located here. In the picture is a memory stick (the red thing) with all my music. I don't know if the non-NAV head unit came with a USB port.


I wonder if previous model year head units have a USB port in the back that was not utilized. If it does and you want to know how GM mounted it in 2011-2013, you now know.

The graphics of the original NAV head unit is like a Windows 95 computer, surely not impressive. The operation of the navigation in our 2013 GS is also very dated/cumbersome and is stuck in the year 2013. However, my wife and I find the operation of the music portion acceptable as long as we don't physically link our phones through the unit via the wired AUX port. Though the AUX-to-phone jack works, it is not friendly, in-part because the phone has to be placed somewhere to interact with. My USB memory stick with all our music, plugged-in to the USB port, is always available without a cord and the operation to access it is easy through the NAV menu, and is organized exactly as I have it on the memory stick. So it works well enough for us to keep our 2013 GS convertible "original" of which I value.

Naturally, the original head unit has no backup camera which is another matter. If I were to change head units, I would leap forward to get everythng I could from phone linkup to back-up camera.

People say the quality of sound in the original NAV unit is inferior, but ignorance is bliss. We think its great, keeping in-mind that we always drive with the top-down. It's our 4-wheel 1800cc Honda Goldwing with a trunk big enough to carry our golf clubs, and we don't have to suit-up like we are going to war .

 

You need something like the isimple PXDX & PXHGM4 to add the aux input to the factory radio. It uses the cd changer interface to allow for audio in.

Seems they're largely less common now than they used to be. Still way cheaper than a new radio.

 

I believe Fred to be that wise man. It was the very first thing I did to my Vette.

 

I’m an electronics idiot. Do you have more specific info on what this is, how it works, who I can contact for purchase & tech support? Thx so much.

 

To be honest, and to give credit where credit is due, I was quoting this guy,

 

That’s a good one Fred.