I learned a lot about connecting an Ipod/MP3 player to a radio that does NOT have an aux input, and want to pass it on to those of you who may be wondering how to do it.
My son has a factory installed cassette/radio in his truck. The wireless FM transmitter option was a joke. Terrible reception. He's been using a cassette adapter to work as a soft/hard wire option. However, he's lost one of the channels and needs another adapter. Otherwise, he's been somewhat satsified with this approach, except the wires look terrible.
This weekend we're going to install an auxiliary input jack on his console. You can get one
here for about $15. This will plug into an FM frequency modulator, somewhat similar to
this one. (I got a Belkin unit at Best Buy for about $45.)
Unplug the antenna from the back of the stereo and plug in the FM modulator in its place. Then connect the antenna to the antenna input on the FM modulator. Now your radio still has reception.
Mount the auxiliary input jack at your preferred location. I chose the console. The auxiliary input leads plug into the FM modulator as well.
Connect power and ground on the FM modulator.
Now you just connect a 3.5mm lead out of the headphone jack on your favorite music player to the aux input jack. You are now "hard wired" to your stereo, and only have to tune the radio to the required frequency.
Bill
