mellow yellow Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I have a 2002 e46 saloon with widescreen nav, cassette deck behind the flip down screen, old school tv, 6 disc changer in the boot. I am currently using a cassette with 3.5mm jack to my phone to play music, but as you can imagine the quality is terrible. I have looked into an aux input before and contacted someone off here on ebay (name escapes me and messages have disappeared) and my car was built on the exact crossover date between the plug and play aux, so there was no way of telling if it was possible without taking the h/u out.... is it possible to use the Nav input or tv input for an aux in as i dont use these anyway? If not, please can someone guide me on the screen removal and where to look for the aux plug in. Sorry if this has been answered before, but its a minefield of info out there with all the different h/u's and years etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow yellow Posted March 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 i think it was fruity cables, i have messaged them on ebay for the guide. I think my car build date was 31/08/2002 and it needs to be 01/09/2002 onwards! but worth a check to see just in case. Knighty1806 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeBee Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Hi. I installed an aux cable from fruity cables last week. Mine is an 05 with a head unit that has the 'mode' button on it. I don't think it is as simple with the earlier units. You may have to unplug your boot changer and use that socket but I am by no means an expert. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Knighty1806 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow yellow Posted March 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I have the mode button on my unit, hopefully i will be in luck and the cable will be there too. Knighty1806 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow yellow Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 No cable behind the screen and what a hassle it was just to get to the blooming thing! Also my screen is now green when I have refitted it so not a good day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow yellow Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Sorted the screen, I didn't plug the white plug in the hu fully! The cassette adapter to 3.5mm Jack for my galaxy s6 only 0lays music to the right hand side though! ? blooming thing. Not sure how I'm going to get some decent tunes from my phone into my car now! What a pain these bm stereo systems are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellow yellow Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 The more I think about this the more confused I get. i have the widescreen nav with mode button, but I don't have the aux connection in the loom behind the screen. On later cars that do have the aux connection in the loom, where does the loom begin? Could I not get a loom from a letter model that includes the aux connection and run that from the brains in the boot? I think I have been unlucky that my car was built one day before the loom was changed but seems strange that it still has the widescreen nav with the mode option. Pix there anything else I can do other than rip everything out and go for an aftermarket single din. think I might end up flogging it and going back to a vw! I'm thinking a mk4 golf gt tdi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim-Ci Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 You might be able to use something like this: http://www.gearbest.com/car-audio/pp_261049.html?currency=GBP&gclid=CMeUteyw-MsCFUWfGwodgVEDNA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighty1806 Posted April 24, 2016 Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) Hi guys ive ordered an aux cable from fruity cables, i have a single play cd, plus a 6 disc changer. will I have to cut out the six disc changer☹️☹️ Rob Edited April 24, 2016 by Knighty1806 Wrong spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRyan Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Yeah I've got the same, a 2002 model with the Business CD unit - and a mode button. I unplugged the CD changer cable and put in the fruity car cables one, both ways round but still no sound - it just says 'No Cassette'! I've messaged them to see if anyone knows what to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDevil Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 7 hours ago, MRyan said: Yeah I've got the same, a 2002 model with the Business CD unit - and a mode button. I unplugged the CD changer cable and put in the fruity car cables one, both ways round but still no sound - it just says 'No Cassette'! I've messaged them to see if anyone knows what to do What year is your car? If under 2003 you will just need to unplug the disc changer lead from the headunit and put the six cable in and will play in cd not aux. On 24 April 2016 at 21:11, Knighty1806 said: Hi guys ive ordered an aux cable from fruity cables, i have a single play cd, plus a 6 disc changer. will I have to cut out the six disc changer☹️☹️ Rob Depending on your headunit it will either go in the cd changer slot and put it on cd to use the aux mode or if later unit put it on hole next to the cd changer which is for aux which will will then come up with aux and you can still use your cd changer . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRyan Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, RedDevil said: What year is your car? If under 2003 you will just need to unplug the disc changer lead from the headunit and put the six cable in and will play in cd not aux. Depending on your headunit it will either go in the cd changer slot and put it on cd to use the aux mode or if later unit put it on hole next to the cd changer which is for aux which will will then come up with aux and you can still use your cd changer . Ah really? Ive got the one with the Mode button for what its worth, maybe I should try the other slot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDevil Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 If you have mode and other slot you should try that too. Did you try it on cd mode ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRyan Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 I tried it a couple of times just cycling through, I've currently got a cd in the headunit itself so it just played the disk each time tbh! I'm not actually sure which way round to put the cable either so I've got four combinations to go through to be sure I've tried everything. With the CD changer unplugged completely its still just saying No Cassette, that's not going to be a stored error that I need to reset or anything is it? I've gone to the length of finding someone at work with a working CD changer to possibly swap temporarily with mine just so I can get around the 'No Cassette' message and try again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDevil Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Take cd out of headunit . Then reconnect cd changer up to check it works ? Then if I remember correctly it's top half of back depending if you have the small connector so doesn't cover all the terminals. If you do a search on here there is guide. Type in aux input it's approx 2 plus pages might take some time looking but should help you . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRyan Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 I shall be doing all this on tomorrow's lunch break in the office car park lol I'll be sure to report back on my findings! RedDevil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRyan Posted May 4, 2016 Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 Almost forgot to update this! In the end a colleague sorted me out with a working CD changer from his car - I plugged it in, loaded up a disk and confirmed my headunit recognized that there was a CD in there and playing. I then unplugged the CD changer again, plugged in the aux cable and voila - fixed. So it needed to at least have a disk registered on the CD changer to 'use' while using that Aux cable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knighty1806 Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 On 26 April 2016 at 20:08, MRyan said: Ah really? Ive got the one with the Mode button for what its worth, maybe I should try the other slot! Mine is a 2003 with mode button Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capri_rob Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 Ive swapped my cassette head unit for a 2004 dated Business CD unit with mode button today - hooked everything up fine but still no aux in ! Ive tried the aux cable in both the CD changer port and the port next to it, and tried it both ways up and i still cant get aux to come up in the display. cable defective perhaps ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontpannic Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 14 hours ago, capri_rob said: Ive swapped my cassette head unit for a 2004 dated Business CD unit with mode button today - hooked everything up fine but still no aux in ! Ive tried the aux cable in both the CD changer port and the port next to it, and tried it both ways up and i still cant get aux to come up in the display. cable defective perhaps ? Probably. With a 2004 unit with mode button you should have a second socket on the harness with nothing in it - as long as the connector for the aux is round the right way you should get the aux option appear. If it's round the wrong way you won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capri_rob Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 9 hours ago, dontpannic said: Probably. With a 2004 unit with mode button you should have a second socket on the harness with nothing in it - as long as the connector for the aux is round the right way you should get the aux option appear. If it's round the wrong way you won't. Tried it both ways round and in both sockets and no joy. cable was only a fiver off ebay so going to get the seller to exchange it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
