I was told that I cannot run two headunits at the same time.....of course I HATE being told no when it comes to that dang car so I REALLY need ya'lls help in proving the person who told me wrong



I have a pioneer DEH3400 cd player and want to reinstall the stock am/fm cassette player in the car


how do I do that??

I found one thread (2 headunit thread )that said it could be done but no instructions, I pm'd the dude who knew how 2 weeks ago and never got a response


help please!!!

 

there is ways for everything...now tell me exactly what u want to accomplish??? do u want both deck playing the same time using the same speakers and stuff??? or do u want the ability to switch back and forth to wateva?? list wat kinds of function u want both to serve and i could prob walk u thru ghetto rigging stuff...

 

I want to be able to switch back and forth between the two and have both fully functioning whenever I am using either the stock or the pioneer


I'm all a-twitter

educate me o great one lol

 

is that all u have is a head unit to speakers??? or is an amp involved???

 

It will require some creative wire splicing if not amped but is definetly doable...just install the stock one and splice the Pioneer into the stock wiring...grantred if you plan to amp out the CD, then the wires AT THE SPEAKERS will have to be connected to the stock harness for the stock deck to play unamped and the leads connected to the speaker outputs on the amp for the CD

 

There will be two extremely different sound systems, and it will sound strange. One system will have to be shut off while the other is playing, or you my screw up the speakers, as well as the electrical system. However, I see your problem. The DEH-3400 is an AM/FM/CD player, you need a Pioneer CDS-P4000. It is a in-dash CD (alone) player.

CDS-P4000
Single CD Player
MSRP: $250

From www.pioneerelectronics.com :

CD is the best thing to happen to cars since steering wheels. Add this component CD player onto a Pioneer system with either IP-Bus control or a Visual Audio master unit, and you are in the driver's seat, musically speaking. A multi-color LED display lights the way. And, it also plays CD-R's and CD-RW's.

DIN Fixed Component CD Player with Multicolor LED Display
13-Band Spectrum Analyzer Add-on for use with IP-Bus Headunits and Visual Audio Master units.




This is probally is what you are looking for, or switch to a FM Modulated 6/10/20 CD changer.....

 

i'm trying to AVOID buying a new radio....hence the idea of rigging the stock tape deck (which would then allow me to listen to my mp3 player through the tape deck) the cd player doesn't have any aux inputs on it

 

hey ms thicknes...hey i'll try to catch u online...wats ur aim sn???i'll walk u thru ghetto rigging it...

 

4 standard automotive relays, one for each speaker output, and a switch to change between the units.. you'll have to pick one to plug the antenna into for the tuner, unless you get an antenna splitter..

really not all that difficult, but kinda ghetto.

 

what type of "switch" to go between the units?? is there a technical name for the switch....cause you know radio shack has a lot of switches

 

If you're only looking to play your mp3 player, why don't you just buy an add on auxiliary input and use the headphone mini plug to RCA Cable to connect it. Aux input is far more versatile and probably will be more reliable than that tape deck.

 

I would of tried it but I never knew that I could buy an additional aux input

now since you brought it up.....where the heck do I buy one???

 

Ebay has them for roughly $29.00 + shipping. Here are the links

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3293

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=14933

Buy it now
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=14933

You may also wanna contact Don "pearl96max" He seems to be the "Man" on this board for exceptional customer service, good prices and a wide variety of products.

 

edit....I of course bought the ONE DANG RADIO that hasn't got crap on it so the adapter won't work cause I don't have any friggin outputs no aux no cd nada nada nada (probably the main reason why it was priced so low when i bought it )

oh voy

I guess I should just buy a real radio and give the one I have to my mom
dangnabbit

 

yeah...just to save some headaches...if u decide to buy another deck...get the jvc kd sh-99 or the equivalent...

 

you can also use niles flashers that will send the signal through IR to another unit hidden or placed somewhere else.