Abdul Guefor
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Now that I'm getting into this new-fangled MP3 thing, I've been thinking of ways of getting an iPod [or similar device] non-permanently plugged into my 993 [fitted with CDR-21 head unit and 6 CD changer unit].
Powering the player isn't an issue - but getting the audio into the head unit is: everyone tells me the CDR-21 doesn't have auxiliary line-in inputs to connect another sound source [unlike the CDR-22s in the 996 which has an aux in]. The only other option seems to be an iTrip-type low power FM transmitter - but friends and web reviews suggest they don't work very well unless you have a good FM aerial [and 993's seem under-endowed in that area]. Incidentally, iTrip's also seem to be illegal in UK at the moment. The other option, of course, is to swap the head unit but I'd rather keep the original one if I can.
So if someone out there has successfully installed an MP3 player in a 993, how did you do it? If you have an iTrip, how well does it work in a 993?
Migration info. Legacy thread was 14523
Powering the player isn't an issue - but getting the audio into the head unit is: everyone tells me the CDR-21 doesn't have auxiliary line-in inputs to connect another sound source [unlike the CDR-22s in the 996 which has an aux in]. The only other option seems to be an iTrip-type low power FM transmitter - but friends and web reviews suggest they don't work very well unless you have a good FM aerial [and 993's seem under-endowed in that area]. Incidentally, iTrip's also seem to be illegal in UK at the moment. The other option, of course, is to swap the head unit but I'd rather keep the original one if I can.
So if someone out there has successfully installed an MP3 player in a 993, how did you do it? If you have an iTrip, how well does it work in a 993?
Migration info. Legacy thread was 14523
