Hey everyone...I've heard many people rave about their ipod2car (neo2car, aux2car, etc...) so I decided I wanted one too.
I found one on eBay that came out to be about $95 w/ shipping and included the one cable, but not the second, but found it on Crutchfield for $9.99 w/ free shipping. So all in all, $105 for something that is usually $150-$200 depending on where you get it and they may or may not include cables which could add $25 to the cost. I think it's a good deal.
Anyways I decided to take pictures as I installed mine last night seeing as nobody else really did. It's not too hard and if you can get to your stereo you won't really need to look at this.
What you need:
1 - ipod2car adapter (or some variation of it)
1 - PXHTY1 adapter
1 - PXHTY2 adapter (needed to between PXHTY1 and HU)
1 - Phillips screwdriver
1 - 11mm socket driver
2 - 1" double sided adhesive squares (or some sort of double sided adhesives, not thin double sided tape!)
Let's get started. First thing is first. You need to unscrew the shift knob on your car, MT or AT. Set this aside and then gently pull middle section of the center console back towards the rear of the car. It's only held in place by some retension clips so it should come out w/ little problems. NOTE!!! Make sure you disconnect the cigarette lighter. Then just place this in the backseat out of the way.
Next we have to remove the dash area that surrounds the stereo and houses the climate controls. Sadly I forgot to take a picture here. But it works the same way as the center console portion. I stuck my fingernails behind the silver trim near the vents and again gently pulled forward and it just slid right off. NOTE!!! There is a connector powering the climate control area, you need to unplug this. Next, just set the climate controls in the backseat with the middle console section.
Now we get to remove the stereo from the car. This is where the Phillips screwdriver and 11mm Socket driver come into play. All you have to do is remove the two (2) screws as well as the two (2) bolts and the receiver will come right out. I didn't disconnect the power, antenna, or factory harness when doing this as I didn't think it was neccessary. It may be easier if you don't want to torque your HU around while it's still plugged in.
So now you have the HU out it's time to hook up the ipod2car adapter. You need to plug harness PXHTY1 into the ipod2car adapter and then plug the PXHTY2 harness into the PXHTY1 harness. Also don't forget to plug in the ipod patch cable to the ipod2car adapter.
Set the dipswitches on the ipod2car adapter. I used the following as the ones indicated in the directions do not work:
OFF: 3 5 7
ON: 1 2 4 6 8
Turn the HU around and you'll see exactly where the smaller (see image above) of the two plugs hook up to the HU.
Finally it's time to mount the ipod2car adapter. Again I didn't do a good job of illustrating this part. What I did was take two (2) one inch (1") max adhesive squares and place them on the back of the ipod2car adapter. Next I placed the adapter behind the stereo on the drivers side of the white plastic there. You can feel free to place yours elsewhere. I may in the future but I just wanted to get this done for right now. You can see below on the image where I put it based on the red arrows.
Also, you need to run the iPod patch cable somewhere. For the time being I ran mine back under stereo and out on the drivers side on the middle console section. Lots of room down where it and the carpet meet.
Lastly, put everything back together and enjoy!
The only glitch I found is that the time on the HU doesn't work. Which if you're going to have a glitch, this one isn't all that bad. It goes back and forth between 1'00 and 2'00...See the pictures below.
Hope this can help...
Yes...it is Sweet.
iPod2Car Install
However, do you know if this works with the 6-disc CD changer head unit? If so I will be on this ASAP. Thanks for your help, Stefan
