What have you done with your mp3 Aux in plug?

Hi y'all! I'm about to get an ipod adapter for my stockie. I'm curious if anyone has done anything with the annoying aux mp3 adapter in their taco? Just looking for possible ideas

 

plugged in my iPod?

 

^^I just bought a USA Spec too. I'm looking for ideas of what others may have done, if anything, with the now obsolete plug. I may just remove it and put a blank there.

 

I hooked my XM radio to it

Mike

 

I plug my Motorola Droid into it... listen to podcast, music... sometimes the synthetic voice directions... plus it doubles as a hands free speaker phone... all w/o paying an extra penny.

Like the ad says, Droid does....

 

I have an adapter for my win mo phone so I can do the same.

 

Nothing since it sucked (not loud at all). tried the ipod adapter and that was too quiet as well. So, I threw in my aftermarket HU from my gen 1 tacoma and that made everything much better.

 

??? why would you do such a thing? does it really bug you that bad?

 

I might wire that plug up to my after market stereo as an aux, that way I can plug in a laptop, or anything that is not an ipod (it's already an ipod stereo).

 

Well, let's see.........the cell phone plugs in-16GB of tunes, several MP3 playas with various amounts of MP3s, ipod shuttle only has 3.5mm, & God knows what all else. Just think of all that is out there that has a 3.5mm headphone jack, all of it will play thru the stereo. If the cable is annoying and seldom used then stick it in the glovebox. My 3.5mm and ipod cables live in the glovebox due to seldom use. The USB port on the dash gets most of the use since the flash drive has no charging requirements. BTW, if your ipod plays low thru ipod cable then use the headphone jack on it with the 3.5mm aux cable. Lose control or charging but will sound good.


oops, OP referencing the oem mp3 thing?

 

hopefully they dump in in 2011 and replace it with a usb port.

 

It's too small to do anything disgusting with, so I plugged in a Zune. Works fine.

 

does anyone else have a problem with the sound level when you plug in an ipod/iphone for music through the aux jack? mine is so damn quiet i cant hear it on the highway, even at max volume with the stock stereo

 

I was searching online to replace it with a usb port since my alpine has a usb aux. other than that it is useless with my headunit

 

You need to make sure the volume on your MP3 is turned all the way up to get the most sound from the stereo...but even after doing that, my Zune HD sounds way too quiet. I always keep the stock stereo maxed out, and it's not loud even when I leave all the windows up. When I put the windows down, I can barely hear it at all.

New Pioneer double DIN on the way though.

 

Yes. I plug my iPod Touch into the Aux port via a cable from the headphone jack - and yes I crank the iPod volume wide open. The sound level is nowhere near as loud as the CD/radio. I listen to a lot of podcasts on my 100-mile round-trip commute - and if they're recorded at a lower-than-normal sound level, I can't even listen to them at highway speeds. It's VERY annoying. Songs recorded at the proper level are OK, but nowhere near "loud". Sometime you just want to CRANK a song... you can't do it with the aux. port.

According to "billyjoe" on here, the problem is the inline filter that Toyota installed between the aux port and the radio. He says that replacing it with THIS one will cure the problem. I haven't done it yet, but it's on my list.

It was discussed near the end of THIS THREAD.

 

I use it everyday for my Ipod. The sound level is awesome with my aux port. No issues at all here.