[NewCents]

I have a 2001 Grand Cherokee and just found a converter I can use (CHRY98-AUX) which plugs into the 8-pin CD changer DIN connector on the back of the factory radio. I can then plug my mp3 player into this. The problem is for the tiny CHRY-98 it's 69.95!!! unfreaking believable. I am not about to pay this much for a tiny converter which probably cost chrysler 50 cents to make. Does ANYONE have any other solution to my problem??? This is completey ridiculous, I could probably buy a cheap head unit with an aux input on the front which I could then plug my mp3 player into for this price.

disgruntled chris

[NewCents]

I realize I could buy a cassette tape converter as well which has the input cable that comes out of the cassette tape and you plug this into the mp3 player. The quality of the sound this produces is way too poor so this isn't an option. Is there any way I could buy the 5-meter DIN cable that usually runs from the stock radio to the stock 10 disc changer and splice into this cable so that I could hook it up to my mp3 player? Or possibly splice into the harness that plugs into the back of the factory stereo?

Surely with all the jeep owners out there this problem has been tackled before...

[djorkboy]

why would the cassette tape input be poor quality? the inherant bad quality of cassette tapes is in the tape itself, not the connectors it uses.

[edit] oh, you mean one of those dodgy cassete things with cables hanging off it, sorry.
I don't know what their quality is like but I just don't want cables running all over my cabin (nuff cables already with GPS, Cellphone, UHF and Fridge all going ) so I wouldn't use one of those, they just look skank.

I just use a $50 FM modulator mounted under the dash with an RCA to Minijack cable running up under the centre console to where I keep my minidisc player.

[Flyer]

Originally Posted by NewCents

Does ANYONE have any other solution to my problem???

I found an FM transmitter very similar to this one, but for only $20 at Target. I was very surprised with the quality of the sound. (I'm playing the MP3's through my iPaq)

This one runs on 2 AAA and tunes to 4 frequencies. There are better ones that will tune any frequency and some that have AC/DC option.

[shookwell]

The cables are alot better sounding though, I just installed them in a buddy's acura, sounds much better than the cassette adapter or FM modulator.

[NewCents]

Originally Posted by shookwell

The cables are alot better sounding though, I just installed them in a buddy's acura, sounds much better than the cassette adapter or FM modulator.

I agree. I'd like to be able to hook directly up to the factory head unit without using FM modulator or cassette tape. But how do I do this without spending $70 for the converter? Surely there's a way.

[greasefingers]

I live exactly between Phili & NY city. There are strong radio signals from both cities. My friend has the FM wireless transmitter for his iPod, and it blows. He has to switch to different frequencies all the time. Just something to think about.

[djorkboy]

My FM modulator is not one of these dodgy battery powered things, it is hard wired into the aerial cable and has sound quality comparable to connecting the antenna of your car to the transmitter of the radio station (if that were possible).