Thanks man you saved my day. I’ve searched for weeks and couldn’t find anything useful but now it works absolutely amazing. I myself put a Bluetooth to aux adapter in it and it works flawlessly.
I did this today in my Focus MK1 (2004), had a CD6000 original radio. The soldering was difficult, because the pins weren't at the described positions, very small and close together. But I found them on my platina on the opposite site of the flat cable. Soldered it as described below: Mass-wire to AGND Red wire to ROUT White wire to LOUT. Drilled a hole into the back side of the radio, fixed cable with zip-ties and Lead it out on an unvisible spot. Empty CD-track was build with freeware "GoldWave", burned it to CD and thats it. Works like charm. Kudos to One Auto for that brilliant hack!
Great video !!! After 15 years with CD and Radio only, now i have the music i want from multiple devices and talk and listen to my mobile. Very good explanation of the steps. I am amateur but i did it pretty easy!. Thank you again !!!
I've been looking for how to do this for my mark 1 for three years! Thanks for taking the time to do this, I'll be breaking out the soldering iron soon. Genuinely grateful and will be chuffed to bits to finally get my phone linked in.
I just did this on my Puma... I wanted to keep the dash and stereo original and it works perfectly... Sounds just like the CD playing Thanks for sharing 👍
THANK YOU for this tutorial! It turned out i have a 6000 CD with cd changer from ford focus from 2005. Bought some gear, learned how to solder and now I am driving around listening to sweet sweet music in my car! THANKS!
Muchas gracias por tu ayuda. Compré 1 metro de cable más el conector hembra, en total 0,85 € de material. Las soldaduras me las han hecho en una tienda de informática y le di 2 € para que se tomará un café. Lo he montado y funciona correctamente. Tenía dudas ya que mi placa era diferente a la del vídeo, pero tenía las mismas conexiones (LOUT, ROUT, GND1), pero me animé a hacerlo. Funciona perfectamente. El CD de silencio lo hice con Audiocity, es fácil. Mil gracias, por fin tengo música en mi coche.
Cool! Just followed the steps and made it yesterday (2003 Ford Focus). Coat hanger can be used as a tool to dismount the unit. Silent CD image easily found in the internet. Had to borrow a screw driver from a friend. No glitches or noises. Works well so far.
I just did this to my Focus MK1 2004. I love you man! It works great, maybe audio quality isn't the best but now I'm able to play music from my iPhone. Thanks for this tutorial! :)
I wanted this for a looooooong time,but they've said it wasn't possible to connect my phone,because there is no input or bluetooth. Now i'm veeeeeerrrrryyyyy happy. Let's rock that thing.
I did an Aux hack on my radio too and I really recommend to add a female jack, and just plug a stereo cable into it. The reason is if you pull to hard on the stereo cable, you will just unplug it. It will be quick and easy to plug it back. If you pull hard and you have soldered the cable directly to the radio PCB, there is a chance you have to resolder a wire/ all the wires. It will take you more time to fix that !!
In addition to this video: You can change songs using standard Ford's multimedia joystick. 1) Take 3.5 mm TRRS wire. It has 4 poles - L+R, mic and ground. 2) Connect left and right channels as it was shown in the video. 3) Locate "Analogue remote" wires. They are located in the central connector of your head unit. You can locate them by just using pinout schema or by measuring resistance and pressing buttons on the joystick. 4) Remove or cut these wires from the connector. WARNING! It will not control head unit any more. But honestly, do you need it? Connect mic and ground poles on your 3.5mm to them in any available way. Soldering is the best, but you have to power the tool in your car somehow, so I just used insulation tape. Now you have teach your phone where is right buttons. I have Xiaomi and I did it via standard headphones settings. Track+ and Track- buttons are working as they should and Volume- is working as pause button. Unfortunately, I don't know how can you map more buttons, but if it's possible - let me know.
hi man! greetings from pisa, italy I followed your precious step-by-step instructions and after solderin' the CD board my mp3 began pumpin' music into my Mondeo MK3... good job man, good job...
Thanks very much. I found the soldering a bit fiddly - those points to attach to are tiny - but it worked. I can now play BBC Sounds, Spotify etc, anything on my phone through the Audio and it sounds pretty good. Fantastic!
You save my life :D It works so great even with standard CD. Not to loud but still better than only radio. I will record the Silent CD and be in heaven.
You're a man of many talents Rob. I converted my car to have an Aux input by getting one of those kits which plugs into the plug designated for the CD changer.
I looked for these kits as well, but I've only found ones of 60 quid or higher. Where did you find it? If I looked for a CD changer plug to 3.5mm cable I only found ones for the Mk2 Focus
Hi , just did this on my 2001 Mondeo. Work perfectly. Thanks for great video. FYI I bought a cheap $4 adapter on eBay that is meant to be used for the CD6000 that have AUX button. Then could just cut open the big plug that should go into the radio and ended up with nice wires "pre-terminated" connector pins, nice and easy to solder to the circuit board in your hack.
Excellent video friend and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us, but I would like to ask a question. This circuit, which you showed, would support an audio input signal of 25 watts, emitted by an amplified board with a USB port, thus distributing the sound to all the speakers through the device's audio outputs?
Great vid mate! There must be a transistor that switches the different signal paths to the op amp. You can bypass it and fix the output of the cd signal path, thus you will not need to put the silent cd on. You will be pretty much connecting the output of your phone right into the input of the power amp stage of the radio unit. But schematics are required.
Hi Rob, How do I find Right, Left and Ground from the 3.5mm cable? I did cut the lead from one end of the cable and I see 1 red, 1 white and 1 yellow. I have no clue which one is which. Please help.
Thank You Rob, managed to sort my aux input out and it works a treat!! i drilled a hole where it says "compact disk digital audio" and glued a female aux connector onto the unit itself so it looks neat.
This is a great idea, and it does work. Thanks for posting this. My attempt at this has some electrical gremlins however. I tried this with my wife's 2001 Ford Focus wagon. It works only when the car is off. As soon as the engine is running, the left channel cuts in and out even at a standstill. Then while driving the left channel either cuts out completely or seems to flutter in time with the engine. The oddest part of this is that when she presses the brake pedal both channels play. Maybe a slight change in voltage from the brake light switch activating solves the problem? Since I can't pull over to listen to tunes all the time, I am going to try grounding somewhere else on the radio and see if this helps. First, however, I am going to take the wire completely back off and see if the problem isn't a short in the cable I am using.
Aww man, you have made my year!! Been looking for an auxiliary cable which I could plug in for my Mondeo MK3 but they're so hard to find. Gonna use the hack today!
There you go Rob; now you can listen to music from your phone. When you were soldering the PC board, I noticed that there were solder openings for both channels along with a solder opening for the ground. Only one of those openings, I think it was for the left channel that coincided with the solder pads you soldered to. Being me, I would have placed the wires into those exposed holes and then it probably wouldn't work :) Nice work Rob!
Una pregunta, si pones el CD en pausa funciona el cable que se instalo, es decir poner un disco normal con musica pero pausado, se escucha la musica del celular? A question, if you put the CD on pause, the cable that was installed works, that is, put a normal disk with music but paused, do you listen to the music of the cell phone?
Really useful video! Just tried this on my MK1 before taking the opportunity to burn the CD and I see why it's needed! Otherwise works like a charm. Thanks!
When you don't use the CD and the phone goes silent (for example for a second as you change from one track to the next), you get a loud blast of whatever CD you have in the player which is jarring at best.
I have a problem. Beneath the white connectionbar i don't see LOUT,ROUT and GND at the same place you're showing it. There's nothing there. I'm confused now. There are no solderingpoints whatsoever. Can you help me out here? Thanks !!!
I never make public comments. but to you sir, I tip my hat. Thank you. Thanks to this inexpensive hack, I can enjoy all music in my focus MK1. I soldered the ground above, to UGND, since on my CD player L/R GND were too close to each other. Guess any ground works :).
Hello great video, some how I shorted the whole radio and it doesn't turn on, do you have a diagram of it ? to check the fuses and so on , thanks in advance.
Just got a focus today and glad I came across this! For the aux cable cutting back did you slice around the fat bit and just pull the jack itself off the wire? I don't want to wreck the aux getting it down to its wiring 😂
¡Hola! Muchas gracias por la idea y el tutorial. Le instalé el cable aux al CD4600, de mi Escort Zetec, que es muy similar al del video, pero sin rds. Por dentro tiene las mismas conexiones pero en otras posiciones y más juntos entre si, por eso las soldaduras deben hacerse con más cuidado; aun asi se puede y quedó perfecto ¡Gracias por la explicación! Saludos desde Argentina
I had one of these and was able to get an adapter to connect to the cd changer connector on the back of the unit straight to a lightning iPhone connector. No need to take the unit apart.
Satori oh mate I sold the car long ago and can’t remember. I went to an independent car stereo shop and they ordered the part and I fitted it. From what I can see eBay has a few options.
Very helpful video, I've done it just like this and it works. Though for some reason I need to turn volume up to maximum and even like this its not loud enough. And idk why but there is some interference between songs as well. Fairly interesting, havent figured out why it is like this. Any tips maybe?
Hello, thanks for your hack video. Very helpfull. Unfortunetly i have constat noise and could not find any solution. I tried fix it so many times, that i burned out copper contacts on board but i used other grounds. I tried another cable, another device and nothing helped me so far. Do you have any idea or this is expected behaviour on this hack? Thank you.
Igor Korček Jr. There is always a faint background noise with quiet/vocal only audio tracks. It doesn't bother me. Put on some pumping tunes and it up :)
Hi. Purchased auto Ford focus MK1, the radio has no aux input, rummaged the entire Internet. All show how they work, but not who shows how to do it. Thanks to your video now know how to do. I'll take care of it tomorrow. Thanks.
Hi I want to do the same in my Mk1 99' Ford, but the question I have is: Does this hack works with a Tape Player? I do own a tape with aux already but, probably would be more useful if i put a female jack somewhere in my car and that's it, just connect a cable and play what I want... So what do you think?
Hi Rob, left channel works perfectly, but right is almost unable to hear. I can hear it only when I select the balance only on the right side. What could be wrong? Apllied to all you advices. Cheers.
hello, i did this hack and its awsome, but i have a strange problem. if i plug the charger on my phone wile the phone is on the aux line, i have big problem with static noise. i almost cannot hear the songs. any suggestions? chers
I did it, but the volume i some low. Anyway my stereo cd scheme is different, lout rout and gnd1 there are, but are in a different place than yours. The volume problem can be for the quality of cable? I used an old cable used for another thing like that
Would it be economically feasible to just install aftermarket stereo and Bluetooth it? Plus you'll get a USB output for the thumb drive stick for loads of music?
would this work if the base unit is the tape player one, not the cd? Would the output and ground ports on the PCB be similar? Found your response below, thanks. Great video!
Heyy! I just did the this but I have a problem with the write. I made a female 3.5 input. And when I put in a 3.5 stereo write the sound comes only from from Left side. When I put 3.5 with additional microphone write the sound comes out fine. What could be the reason for this? Tnx ((:
I’ll do this to my mondeo mk3 2001, the problem is why only speakers 🔊 on the left side is working fine, and the right side is very low volume? Help please, Thanks. 🙏🏽
Is it still working? I think you will damage one of your devices output. The chip behind the headphone jack on your phone or the chip of the CD Player because you are connecting 2 output sources on same wire. The weaker source will give up after a time i think... maybe im wrong if there are some protection already on your phone or cd player.
Nope still going strong. The first one I did is six months in, used every single day and still ok. At the end of the day it's an old knacker and it don't really matter 😊
so, one question, what happens if i dont know which one is the R cable and which is the L? If i solder it the wrong way will i get it all messed up? thanks for the video
@@OneAuto fair enough! thanks for the reply and tutorial. Same radio in the mk1 KAs so my mum can have some music. Bought a Bluetooth receiver to 3.5mm off amazon, so can send the music to the device, which will pass it down the aux cable, should be pretty good! thanks again
That’s because it is blank.... you have to “record” silence onto it using a silent audio file. Google it to find one to download and burn it onto the cd
Thanks! This looks great. I'd previously used one of the devices that plugs in where the CD changer would. It worked great, but I it was silently gradually draining the battery if the car was left unused for a long time. I think it must do with current to kid the unit it's a CD changer. Weirdly the company that made it seemed to not to know. With your hack, does that mean the CD isn't usable for normal CDs any more?
Non si è bruciato ancora lo stadio del preamplificatore? Non facevi prima a collegare alla presa verde posta nella parte posteriore, all'esterno? Oppure cambiare l'autoradio?
And now you should buy small cheap USB Bluetooth audio reciever dongle with jack output and you have BT radio from that OEM thing .. Anyway trying to figure how to do this on the tape version RDS 5000 EON and use it with my litle bluetooth dongle ,i dont want to buy new radio, because then i loose original remote controls or have to buy very expensive adapters for it ..
Thanks man you saved my day. I’ve searched for weeks and couldn’t find anything useful but now it works absolutely amazing. I myself put a Bluetooth to aux adapter in it and it works flawlessly.
I did this today in my Focus MK1 (2004), had a CD6000 original radio.
The soldering was difficult, because the pins weren't at the described positions, very small and close together.
But I found them on my platina on the opposite site of the flat cable.
Soldered it as described below:
Mass-wire to AGND
Red wire to ROUT
White wire to LOUT.
Drilled a hole into the back side of the radio, fixed cable with zip-ties and
Lead it out on an unvisible spot.
Empty CD-track was build with freeware "GoldWave", burned it to CD and thats it.
Works like charm. Kudos to One Auto for that brilliant hack!
Great video !!! After 15 years with CD and Radio only, now i have the music i want from multiple devices and talk and listen to my mobile. Very good explanation of the steps. I am amateur but i did it pretty easy!. Thank you again !!!
That is farkin' brilliant man. I've been a ham op for 20 years and I never would have thought to do that. Bravo out of box thinker
Man, that's the hack! For months I've been wrapping my head around how to source audio from a phone to 6000CD and there we go! Thanks!
But can't change it for a new one with usb?
I've been looking for how to do this for my mark 1 for three years! Thanks for taking the time to do this, I'll be breaking out the soldering iron soon.
Genuinely grateful and will be chuffed to bits to finally get my phone linked in.
This hack works an absolute treat, did it today on my 2001 ford ka during my lunch break at work.... Legend!
Awesome 👏
Hi man, i have ford ka 2008 with cd 6000 rds eon without cd charger and aux button. Will it works for me?
I just did this on my Puma... I wanted to keep the dash and stereo original and it works perfectly... Sounds just like the CD playing
Thanks for sharing 👍
THANK YOU for this tutorial! It turned out i have a 6000 CD with cd changer from ford focus from 2005. Bought some gear, learned how to solder and now I am driving around listening to sweet sweet music in my car! THANKS!
Awesome!! Well done 👍
Muchas gracias por tu ayuda.
Compré 1 metro de cable más el conector hembra, en total 0,85 € de material.
Las soldaduras me las han hecho en una tienda de informática y le di 2 € para que se tomará un café.
Lo he montado y funciona correctamente.
Tenía dudas ya que mi placa era diferente a la del vídeo, pero tenía las mismas conexiones (LOUT, ROUT, GND1), pero me animé a hacerlo.
Funciona perfectamente.
El CD de silencio lo hice con Audiocity, es fácil.
Mil gracias, por fin tengo música en mi coche.
Cool! Just followed the steps and made it yesterday (2003 Ford Focus). Coat hanger can be used as a tool to dismount the unit. Silent CD image easily found in the internet. Had to borrow a screw driver from a friend. No glitches or noises. Works well so far.
I just did this to my Focus MK1 2004. I love you man! It works great, maybe audio quality isn't the best but now I'm able to play music from my iPhone.
Thanks for this tutorial! :)
Great news 👍
I wanted this for a looooooong time,but they've said it wasn't possible to connect my phone,because there is no input or bluetooth. Now i'm veeeeeerrrrryyyyy happy. Let's rock that thing.
I did an Aux hack on my radio too and I really recommend to add a female jack, and just plug a stereo cable into it.
The reason is if you pull to hard on the stereo cable, you will just unplug it. It will be quick and easy to plug it back.
If you pull hard and you have soldered the cable directly to the radio PCB, there is a chance you have to resolder a wire/ all the wires. It will take you more time to fix that !!
Not to mention lifted soldering pads/ripped traces from the PCB
you are a genius doing this tomrrow. Just done it, it works was fiddly but managed it thanks soo much saved me a few penny's
In addition to this video:
You can change songs using standard Ford's multimedia joystick.
1) Take 3.5 mm TRRS wire. It has 4 poles - L+R, mic and ground.
2) Connect left and right channels as it was shown in the video.
3) Locate "Analogue remote" wires. They are located in the central connector of your head unit. You can locate them by just using pinout schema or by measuring resistance and pressing buttons on the joystick.
4) Remove or cut these wires from the connector.
WARNING! It will not control head unit any more. But honestly, do you need it?
Connect mic and ground poles on your 3.5mm to them in any available way. Soldering is the best, but you have to power the tool in your car somehow, so I just used insulation tape.
Now you have teach your phone where is right buttons.
I have Xiaomi and I did it via standard headphones settings.
Track+ and Track- buttons are working as they should and Volume- is working as pause button.
Unfortunately, I don't know how can you map more buttons, but if it's possible - let me know.
hi man! greetings from pisa, italy
I followed your precious step-by-step instructions and after solderin' the CD board my mp3 began pumpin' music into my Mondeo MK3...
good job man, good job...
Thanks very much. I found the soldering a bit fiddly - those points to attach to are tiny - but it worked. I can now play BBC Sounds, Spotify etc, anything on my phone through the Audio and it sounds pretty good. Fantastic!
You save my life :D
It works so great even with standard CD. Not to loud but still better than only radio.
I will record the Silent CD and be in heaven.
You're a man of many talents Rob. I converted my car to have an Aux input by getting one of those kits which plugs into the plug designated for the CD changer.
See ya next week!
I looked for these kits as well, but I've only found ones of 60 quid or higher. Where did you find it? If I looked for a CD changer plug to 3.5mm cable I only found ones for the Mk2 Focus
Hi , just did this on my 2001 Mondeo. Work perfectly. Thanks for great video.
FYI I bought a cheap $4 adapter on eBay that is meant to be used for the CD6000 that have AUX button. Then could just cut open the big plug that should go into the radio and ended up with nice wires "pre-terminated" connector pins, nice and easy to solder to the circuit board in your hack.
Excellent video friend and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us, but I would like to ask a question. This circuit, which you showed, would support an audio input signal of 25 watts, emitted by an amplified board with a USB port, thus distributing the sound to all the speakers through the device's audio outputs?
Thank you. As I said in the video, I’m not an electrical engineer. I just soldered the wires in and it worked. 😂
I know what I'm doing to my 2004 focus the weekend now! Cheers
Thanks mate!!! Works very well!! Now I can hear spotify in my car! Cheers from Portugal!!!
Yes ! Did it on my stereo, works perfect....Nice work man !
Thnx for the detailed how- to! This works like a charm on my old crappy ford radio. One hell of an upgrade for only 3 bucks and 30 minutes of labour😁
Great vid mate!
There must be a transistor that switches the different signal paths to the op amp. You can bypass it and fix the output of the cd signal path, thus you will not need to put the silent cd on. You will be pretty much connecting the output of your phone right into the input of the power amp stage of the radio unit. But schematics are required.
Well you musicians know all that stuff 😂
chungaleta1234 been wondering how to do this for a few years
but the phones pre amp wouldn't be powerful enough, im assuming the method he used the cd unit boosts the signal to the amplifier.
Hi Rob,
How do I find Right, Left and Ground from the 3.5mm cable? I did cut the lead from one end of the cable and I see 1 red, 1 white and 1 yellow. I have no clue which one is which. Please help.
dhilip jack White is left , Red is right and yellow will be the ground
Thank You Rob, managed to sort my aux input out and it works a treat!!
i drilled a hole where it says "compact disk digital audio" and glued a female aux connector onto the unit itself so it looks neat.
Crypto Junkie Awesome nice job 👍
Gran solución para modernizar tú radio de coche sin cambiar la estética...
Funciona perfectamente!
Muchas gracias !!
you saved my life man thank's a lot now I don't need to used fm transmitter
Спасибо огромное, мужик! Столько лет прошло, а видео до сих пор актуально!!!!👍👍👍
This is a great idea, and it does work. Thanks for posting this. My attempt at this has some electrical gremlins however. I tried this with my wife's 2001 Ford Focus wagon. It works only when the car is off. As soon as the engine is running, the left channel cuts in and out even at a standstill. Then while driving the left channel either cuts out completely or seems to flutter in time with the engine. The oddest part of this is that when she presses the brake pedal both channels play. Maybe a slight change in voltage from the brake light switch activating solves the problem? Since I can't pull over to listen to tunes all the time, I am going to try grounding somewhere else on the radio and see if this helps. First, however, I am going to take the wire completely back off and see if the problem isn't a short in the cable I am using.
Aww man, you have made my year!! Been looking for an auxiliary cable which I could plug in for my Mondeo MK3 but they're so hard to find. Gonna use the hack today!
I have one ghia x model got one in the glove box
Worked well, thank you. Greets from Poland :)
Thanks it works great!! Do you know if it's possible to wire in left and right outputs for a subwoofer?
There you go Rob; now you can listen to music from your phone. When you were soldering the PC board, I noticed that there were solder openings for both channels along with a solder opening for the ground. Only one of those openings, I think it was for the left channel that coincided with the solder pads you soldered to. Being me, I would have placed the wires into those exposed holes and then it probably wouldn't work :) Nice work Rob!
That's too observant of you Terry. I didn't even notice that :) Have a good weekend mate 🍻
Una pregunta, si pones el CD en pausa funciona el cable que se instalo, es decir poner un disco normal con musica pero pausado, se escucha la musica del celular?
A question, if you put the CD on pause, the cable that was installed works, that is, put a normal disk with music but paused, do you listen to the music of the cell phone?
Really useful video! Just tried this on my MK1 before taking the opportunity to burn the CD and I see why it's needed! Otherwise works like a charm. Thanks!
What changed when you used the cd?
When you don't use the CD and the phone goes silent (for example for a second as you change from one track to the next), you get a loud blast of whatever CD you have in the player which is jarring at best.
Hey great video! Do you know if it would be too difficult to put the aux cable in the glove compartment instead of the ashtray?
Yes would be easy to do
Saludos desde México este el CD debe ser con música o sin música espero y m ayude en mi pregunta
Great video. in my 1999 focus the stereo chip is diferent, i cannot find the lout and rout, can this two have different names?
I have a problem. Beneath the white connectionbar i don't see LOUT,ROUT and GND at the same place you're showing it. There's nothing there. I'm confused now. There are no solderingpoints whatsoever. Can you help me out here? Thanks !!!
Thank you! Just performed this little number after watching your video. Connected to Agnd instead. Worked great!
Good video but could you add a Bluetooth module instead of a aux ?
Yes you could. I bought one but the phone signal noises kept interfering through the speakers so I went for the cable install
@@OneAuto ahh thanks for the reply
I never make public comments. but to you sir, I tip my hat. Thank you. Thanks to this inexpensive hack, I can enjoy all music in my focus MK1. I soldered the ground above, to UGND, since on my CD player L/R GND were too close to each other. Guess any ground works :).
Muntean Christof Great news! Thanks for your comment 😊
Can you help me? My board is different and i cannot find the L/R out, i can send you a pic if you can have a look, pleaaase! Thank you
Hello great video, some how I shorted the whole radio and it doesn't turn on, do you have a diagram of it ? to check the fuses and so on , thanks in advance.
Just done it today in my Focus MK1, works perfect. thx mate.
Jake Nailik have it work perfect just like in Cd please?
neat trick, got to have decent tunes when you're stuck on the M1
Just got a focus today and glad I came across this!
For the aux cable cutting back did you slice around the fat bit and just pull the jack itself off the wire? I don't want to wreck the aux getting it down to its wiring 😂
I chopped of the plug and sliced the wire
what cable should i use?
¡Hola! Muchas gracias por la idea y el tutorial. Le instalé el cable aux al CD4600, de mi Escort Zetec, que es muy similar al del video, pero sin rds. Por dentro tiene las mismas conexiones pero en otras posiciones y más juntos entre si, por eso las soldaduras deben hacerse con más cuidado; aun asi se puede y quedó perfecto ¡Gracias por la explicación! Saludos desde Argentina
Me puedes ajudar? Mi focus tambem tiene las posiciones diferentes. Achas q puede te enviar una foto? Saludos de portugal
Hello
Would you mind explaining that of the silent cd?
I don't know English and I haven't understood it.
Thank you
Will this work if the CD player on my stereo is connected but not functioning? I get "CD error"
Probably not
Great video Rob but i don't understand what kind of cd you put on the radio
You have to download a silent audio track. Then burn multiple tracks of it to a cd using something like windows media player
does it stop for a bit every 5 minutes?
does yr radio still do it?
I had one of these and was able to get an adapter to connect to the cd changer connector on the back of the unit straight to a lightning iPhone connector. No need to take the unit apart.
What kind of adapter worked for you? I only found some kind of CD-Changer-Emulator (e.g. "Yatour").
Satori oh mate I sold the car long ago and can’t remember. I went to an independent car stereo shop and they ordered the part and I fitted it. From what I can see eBay has a few options.
Very helpful video, I've done it just like this and it works. Though for some reason I need to turn volume up to maximum and even like this its not loud enough. And idk why but there is some interference between songs as well. Fairly interesting, havent figured out why it is like this. Any tips maybe?
Make sure your phone volume is turned up
Hello, thanks for your hack video. Very helpfull. Unfortunetly i have constat noise and could not find any solution. I tried fix it so many times, that i burned out copper contacts on board but i used other grounds. I tried another cable, another device and nothing helped me so far. Do you have any idea or this is expected behaviour on this hack? Thank you.
Igor Korček Jr. There is always a faint background noise with quiet/vocal only audio tracks. It doesn't bother me. Put on some pumping tunes and it up :)
Could you do this using a bluetooth device using the same connection points that you used?
Hi. Purchased auto Ford focus MK1, the radio has no aux input, rummaged the entire Internet. All show how they work, but not who shows how to do it. Thanks to your video now know how to do. I'll take care of it tomorrow. Thanks.
just done this to mine and it works a treat just guna find some were to put the aux to now
Thanks Rob - did today, and works perfectly.
You are literly a genius!!
Thank you!!
Hi I want to do the same in my Mk1 99' Ford, but the question I have is: Does this hack works with a Tape Player? I do own a tape with aux already but, probably would be more useful if i put a female jack somewhere in my car and that's it, just connect a cable and play what I want... So what do you think?
Sorry I’ve never done a tape player version.
hi, one question regarding cd radio-lg lac3710r Can an aux be made and what cd should be put blank or?
K programa se le mete al CD para k no se escuche o algún audio saludos espero y m ayudes con mi pregunta saludos desde mexico
Hi Rob, left channel works perfectly, but right is almost unable to hear. I can hear it only when I select the balance only on the right side. What could be wrong? Apllied to all you advices. Cheers.
Probably a wire connection
Check you have got L-chan on point of 3.5 plug, R-chan on the middle section, and ground base part of 3.5 mm plug
Thank you guys. Gonna check it today.
Great video once again and congrats on the 1k subs
Thank you Mr Cornwall 👍
Love this, but is the 6cd changer head unit possible?
Anything is possible as they say... But you're asking the wrong man. Sorry chap don't know.
hello, i did this hack and its awsome, but i have a strange problem. if i plug the charger on my phone wile the phone is on the aux line, i have big problem with static noise. i almost cannot hear the songs. any suggestions? chers
You listen really good music :) I like the quality of this video
Thank you so mutch man for this video. It worked like a charm .
When i re connected the player needed a code. Remember when you take it out to write down the serial number
I did it, but the volume i some low.
Anyway my stereo cd scheme is different, lout rout and gnd1 there are, but are in a different place than yours.
The volume problem can be for the quality of cable?
I used an old cable used for another thing like that
Following this post for answers lol
Maharba Super:
Wich post?
how different? mine too. i got this open but i cannot see lout and rout anywhere... my model is from 1999
Olavo Ferreira.
bho... try to see better, or send me a picture of your stereo from outside, and the inside.
lds91071@hotmail.it
@@priss091 thank you!! I just send a email now with some pics (olavo.f@hotmail.com)
Would it be economically feasible to just install aftermarket stereo and Bluetooth it? Plus you'll get a USB output for the thumb drive stick for loads of music?
Of course, if you want all those features. If you don't, solder a cable in for under £2
Thanks a lot man! I owe you one! It is absolutely working! You saved me some money. Love this video!
Cool 😎
@@OneAuto works this also whit en emptey cd
No because it won’t play an empty cd
would this work if the base unit is the tape player one, not the cd? Would the output and ground ports on the PCB be similar?
Found your response below, thanks. Great video!
I think so. I think someone in these comments did it. Thanks
How did you burned a silent cd???? Please respons.
Great work. Please teal me, work only on cd player? I have Stereo cassette player.
Yes I believe it does work on cassette player, although I have never done it
Heyy! I just did the this but I have a problem with the write.
I made a female 3.5 input. And when I put in a 3.5 stereo write the sound comes only from from Left side. When I put 3.5 with additional microphone write the sound comes out fine. What could be the reason for this? Tnx ((:
I have the cassette player version.....how it can be done for that!?
I’ll do this to my mondeo mk3 2001, the problem is why only speakers 🔊 on the left side is working fine, and the right side is very low volume? Help please, Thanks. 🙏🏽
Is it still working? I think you will damage one of your devices output. The chip behind the headphone jack on your phone or the chip of the CD Player because you are connecting 2 output sources on same wire. The weaker source will give up after a time i think... maybe im wrong if there are some protection already on your phone or cd player.
Nope still going strong. The first one I did is six months in, used every single day and still ok. At the end of the day it's an old knacker and it don't really matter 😊
Are all the songs by the same artist? I didn’t quite catch the name but like it
Ahh silly me. Forgot to read the description 😴
Hello! If i got an aux with out ground will it still word ? And something more about the CD its empty or is burn with silence ?
I’m no electrical engineer so can’t answer about the cable. As for the cd burn a silent cd with a silent audio file. Find one on Google
Buenas tardes muy buen tutorial . Quería saber para poner el CD en silencio y descargar el archivo , hay algún link para hacerlo ?Gracias
Hi thanks. I can’t remember the link. Google silent audio file and you’ll find one to download
my solution to this was to buy a new car! haha! nice video Rob and I will have to see if I can do this to my truck.
Haha thanks Mike! Yes get that soldering iron warmed up 🍻
so, one question, what happens if i dont know which one is the R cable and which is the L? If i solder it the wrong way will i get it all messed up? thanks for the video
Jose Ramon No it won’t hurt just the left and right channels will be opposed, you probably won’t even notice
My works transit is about to get some seriously good beats playing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I have a Ford Focus like yours but it has the tape player, can you fix an auxiliary cable the same way?
Never done one but there will be somewhere to connect to inside
hi,
could you not select CD source and pause or even have the "no CD" up? would it still work then?
No it doesn’t work.. I tried that. Thanks for watching 👍
@@OneAuto fair enough! thanks for the reply and tutorial.
Same radio in the mk1 KAs so my mum can have some music. Bought a Bluetooth receiver to 3.5mm off amazon, so can send the music to the device, which will pass it down the aux cable, should be pretty good! thanks again
nice video, i have other printed circuit board
, but i found lout, rout and gnd in the same places, and it works briliant, thank you
I have a 2005 chevy trailblazer and it has a CD/aux button do you think i still need a blank CD?
Jorge De Alba Sorry I have no idea.
hello! i have a problem with my Ford ka 6000cd radio i did the same as you but as soon as i put the blank audio cd it ejects it by its self right away
That’s because it is blank.... you have to “record” silence onto it using a silent audio file. Google it to find one to download and burn it onto the cd
@@OneAuto yes i have burned out a blank audio file on repeat and tested it... everything is fine there i thiink i made a mistake somewhere else
Thanks! This looks great. I'd previously used one of the devices that plugs in where the CD changer would. It worked great, but I it was silently gradually draining the battery if the car was left unused for a long time. I think it must do with current to kid the unit it's a CD changer. Weirdly the company that made it seemed to not to know.
With your hack, does that mean the CD isn't usable for normal CDs any more?
Mark Armstrong The CD player works as normal
Hey man, how can I add aux to my radio blaukpunkt 5000 rds with cassette? I soldier aux in audio pins but it doesn’t work. Could you help me?
another 'labelled' mboard! Mine has no markings, neither does the cd board. Any ideas,please?
please make a video equal to the "ford focus MK1 AUX CABLE HACK", but with stereo cassette
www.google.ge/amp/s/m.aliexpress.com/item/32780363523.html
@@MrMleri No longer exists, what did this link too? I have a MK1 with a tape deck I want to hack an Aux/Bluetooth into. Thanks
Non si è bruciato ancora lo stadio del preamplificatore? Non facevi prima a collegare alla presa verde posta nella parte posteriore, all'esterno? Oppure cambiare l'autoradio?
Nothing blown, still working today. Thanks for watching
And now you should buy small cheap USB Bluetooth audio reciever dongle with jack output and you have BT radio from that OEM thing ..
Anyway trying to figure how to do this on the tape version RDS 5000 EON and use it with my litle bluetooth dongle ,i dont want to buy new radio, because then i loose original remote controls or have to buy very expensive adapters for it ..