F-body Monsoon AUX input modification

[Carls2001ws6]

Well I'm at it again, while trying to show off my new sub-woofers last night my stupid FM modulator was screwing things up. So I figured out how to add an auxiliary input to connect my android phone straight to.

Took the stock monsoon radio apart



Went to Radio Shack and got a 3.5mm head phone base



Took the face plate apart and drilled a hole for the headphone jack




Soldered 5 wires to the headphone jack



installed the headphone jack into the face plate



reassembled the face plate and ran the new wires out around the side of the circuit board.



cut and spliced the new wires into the CD audio left/right channel output.



reassembled the radio and this is what it looks like from the front.



Picture of the radio reinstalled in the car.



So to make the aux work you have to have a CD playing and then plug your headphone cable in. This is just a way to bypass the CD audio. so when you plug the cable in you're just introducing a new audio source.

I did not come up with this idea I Googled Monsoon aux input and found this link

How you can add an aux input/mp3 player without an adapter - LS1TECH

I just found a clean way to install the headphone jack into the face plate of the radio. This procedure was awesome, Jason Novak on LS1Tech rocks.

Click to read more...

 

[Gone_2022]

That is excellent and looks factory clean. Would love this in my TA as I hate having to make CD's for the damn thing every time I want a new playlist lol

#1st world probs

 

[Carls2001ws6]

Who makes CDs anymore? I had to look all over my garage just to find an old CD just to make this work.....lol

The only thing that sucks is when you unplug the headphone cable the CD playing in the background starts playing. I guess I could correct this by just burning a CD with one 60 min blank track or something.

 

[Gone_2022]

I make CD's lol because my trans am does not have this aux input as I am on stock head unit as well. My cruze and the wifes suv both have bluetooth but if I want non radio tunes I gotta burn a disc

 

[Carls2001ws6]

not gonna lie, if you can't use a soldering iron and don't have patience, i wouldn't attempt this. I did take me about 3-4 hours start to finish, including a run to the Radio Shack. I have a background doing stuff like this and I thought it was challenging.

You'll need:
Soldering Iron
22 gauge wire
solder
flux
a headphone connector

torx screwdriver
wire cutter
wire stripper
shrink tubing
drill bits
drill
needle nose pliers
small file
regular screwdriver
1/4 inch sockets and wrench

and a few hours without any interruptions.

Cost me $3.50

 

[syP]

nice.. i did the same exact thing on my 1997 SHO Taurus, but with the tape player.. always had to have some BS tape in there.. worked just as good

 

[Carls2001ws6]

please see my other thread

http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/member-rides/155307-f-body-8-sub-modifications.html

 

[IDAFC21]

Awesome!