I've seen a couple references to what the 14-pin cable that the XM receiver plugs into might be on other Honda/Acura vehicles as but I've yet to see anyone say "here are the pins for a 2005 Acura MDX non-navigation 14-pin connector," and that's what I'm looking for. I got one of those cheap $20 car Aux adapters from Amazon. It's called "Car Mp3 Player Digital Music AUX in Adapter iphone 5 6 Plus Charging for Honda CRV Accord Civic Element Odyssey Pilot S2000 Fit Acura MDX CSX RDX TSX IPod IPhone Capable Interface OEM Radio 2003-2011 Models."
Let me tell you, their reputation for being awful is very well deserved. First the lightning cable does nothing. I don't think it's even supposed to have the actual audio on it but if it's supposed to, it doesn't. However the lightning cable also doesn't even charge the phone. The battery charging light goes on but then you can watch the charge level steadily falling as the cable does nothing. I've got a charger that plugs into the lighter. Works swell. The 1/4 headphone-type plug is so noisy it's almost unusable. The engine RPMs in high-pitched noise totally pollutes the audio. I suspect the noise is probably the alternator spinning. I tried using a ground isolating audio transformer to clean it up but no dice. Anyway really all I need this box to do is trick the Acura's stereo into thinking it's playing the CD changer and that is the one thing this device actually does do. What I'm trying to do is remove the output of this box and splice in my own audio signal to the back of the radio. I've ordered bluetooth module from ebay and when it arrives from China, I'm going to cut the output of the box and splice in the output from the bluetooth module. I just need to know which wires are the audio L+ R+ and Ground. I could do it by trail and error but if someone had a pinout or could point me to one, that'd save me some time.
Thanks,
Adam
PS, if I get this to work I'll gladly share the details of what I did on here because getting an AUX input into an 11-year-old car shouldn't cost $150. The almost worthless box and the bluetooth module are about $30 bucks total.
Let me tell you, their reputation for being awful is very well deserved. First the lightning cable does nothing. I don't think it's even supposed to have the actual audio on it but if it's supposed to, it doesn't. However the lightning cable also doesn't even charge the phone. The battery charging light goes on but then you can watch the charge level steadily falling as the cable does nothing. I've got a charger that plugs into the lighter. Works swell. The 1/4 headphone-type plug is so noisy it's almost unusable. The engine RPMs in high-pitched noise totally pollutes the audio. I suspect the noise is probably the alternator spinning. I tried using a ground isolating audio transformer to clean it up but no dice. Anyway really all I need this box to do is trick the Acura's stereo into thinking it's playing the CD changer and that is the one thing this device actually does do. What I'm trying to do is remove the output of this box and splice in my own audio signal to the back of the radio. I've ordered bluetooth module from ebay and when it arrives from China, I'm going to cut the output of the box and splice in the output from the bluetooth module. I just need to know which wires are the audio L+ R+ and Ground. I could do it by trail and error but if someone had a pinout or could point me to one, that'd save me some time.
Thanks,
Adam
PS, if I get this to work I'll gladly share the details of what I did on here because getting an AUX input into an 11-year-old car shouldn't cost $150. The almost worthless box and the bluetooth module are about $30 bucks total.