mitchbek Legacy Donating Member 80 Member For: 18y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: East Gippsland Posted 22/05/10 03:24 AM Posted 22/05/10 03:24 AM (edited) Hey Guy'sI have picked up a 1998 Fairlane by Tickford , My question the audio is pretty dam good standard and I want to know if you can separate the tape deck and what seems to be the AMP/EQ unit I would like to keep that in as the car has a 9 speaker system that bans pretty hard, but does not play MP3 or MP4 or DVD just CD stacker and tape.........Anyone??? Edited 22/05/10 03:24 AM by mitchbek
arm79 Legacy Donating Member 214 Member For: 17y 6m 21d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/05/10 05:34 AM Posted 22/05/10 05:34 AM Nope. The 2 units are best friends and wont work without each other.
bjc Legacy Donating Member 2,823 Member For: 23y 13d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 22/05/10 05:44 AM Posted 22/05/10 05:44 AM Prob better of just buying one of those FM signal to AUX convertor and using an external MP3 player.You just select the tuned radio frequency then and play away. Sound quality isn't the loudest though but still good enough for most.Think Jaycar would sell them
arm79 Legacy Donating Member 214 Member For: 17y 6m 21d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 22/05/10 05:54 AM Posted 22/05/10 05:54 AM Or you can buy DNA Audio IPod cable AIL003 and a couple of female RCA plugs.Then use http://www.fordmods.com/documents.php?d=75 to build a AUX input into the factory head unit.My change to this was to put 2 relays on the L and R channels to switch off input from the CD to AUX so you didnt have to worry about the blank CD thig.Worked like a charm for 2 years for me, and cost about $40. Better sound quality than the B-Series AUX input stuff too.
mitchbek Legacy Donating Member 80 Member For: 18y 4m 11d Gender: Male Location: East Gippsland Posted 23/05/10 04:18 AM Author Posted 23/05/10 04:18 AM Thanks guys I will give it a try and put the 3.5ml jack in thanks for the tips....
smicky Go Pies!!! Legacy Donating Member 2,852 Member For: 18y 7m Gender: Male Location: Vic Somewhere - Sometimes NSW Posted 23/05/10 01:53 PM Posted 23/05/10 01:53 PM (edited) If its a ZL or NL or whatever the series Fairlanes are around the EF series... Nope No Way!Oh wait u said "Tickford" so its a i6 and called a Concord? (Same as my old mans.... And his 72yo)... heheheheAnyways, its a double din system... lose the lot and replace it or keep it.. that's about it.. Edited 23/05/10 01:54 PM by smicky
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