Corolla T-spirit 2005 - Mp3/cd/aux

[hshah]

I have recently started driving my Mum's Corolla and I really hate just being able to play 1 CD or connect my MP3 player using a FM transmitter. What can I have fitted to the existing system, without replacing any of it to allow me to have a 3.5mm jack input to play my music? I rather not spend too much, and I don't know how to do it myself either :(

[Edessaios]

I have recently started driving my Mum's Corolla and I really hate just being able to play 1 CD or connect my MP3 player using a FM transmitter. What can I have fitted to the existing system, without replacing any of it to allow me to have a 3.5mm jack input to play my music? I rather not spend too much, and I don't know how to do it myself either :(

Hello,

Many members of ours Corollaclub in Greece have this product to their car. It's play MP3,WMA and more and it have slots for SD card, USB and 3.5mm jack.It's connected to the main unit of the car with no any modification.

[hshah]

I have recently started driving my Mum's Corolla and I really hate just being able to play 1 CD or connect my MP3 player using a FM transmitter. What can I have fitted to the existing system, without replacing any of it to allow me to have a 3.5mm jack input to play my music? I rather not spend too much, and I don't know how to do it myself either :(

Hello,

Many members of ours Corollaclub in Greece have this product to their car. It's play MP3,WMA and more and it have slots for SD card, USB and 3.5mm jack.It's connected to the main unit of the car with no any modification.

Where would you buy it from in the UK? How much does it roughly cost? Where do all the parts fit in the car? :)

[hshah]

I just found this, and it seems to be exactly what I want:

http://www.xcarlink.co.uk/product.php?prod...t=11&page=1

Still, where do the parts fit in the car and also how do I get it fitted?

[hshah]

Also, how can I check what model the existing radio is and what type of CD Changer Port it has?

[hshah]

Anyone?

[ctsnay]

i been lookin at these for a while

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MP3-Xcarlink-for-TOY...%3A1|240%3A1318

this one on eBay is about £60 from china also there are pics to choose the correct one

i seem to remember that the E12 one is toyota type 11-2, i could be wrong thou

[ballist1x]

Anyone?

if i had cash tp spend on this and it does look sweet, id open the 'Rolla up first and double check my own connection just to make sure i got the right one!

[hshah]

i been lookin at these for a while

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MP3-Xcarlink-for-TOY...%3A1|240%3A1318

this one on ebay is about £60 from china also there are pics to choose the correct one

i seem to remember that the E12 one is toyota type 11-2, i could be wrong thou

That is the same make I linked to in my first post... I rather order it from the UK... don't really trust eBay products from China, lol!

[ctsnay]

i know for pre-facelift cd changer plug is one row of 7 pins on the bottom and one row of 5 pins above not sure if if facelift is same or different thou

just incase ppl want to know :)

[ballist1x]

CTS, so like Type 1 or Type 2?

http://www.xcarlink.co.uk/skin1/images/Toyota-connector.jpg

thanks

[ctsnay]

CTS, so like Type 1 or Type 2?

http://www.xcarlink.co.uk/skin1/images/Toyota-connector.jpg

thanks

i was told type 2

check the topic cd changer plug by me some info on there

[Norfolk n Chance]

I'd say Type 1, looking at the connector on the back of my Toyota CD Changer that i still haven't fitted yet

[ctsnay]

i was just going on what i had been told

[Norfolk n Chance]

Nope... i'm wrong.... Type 2

Here's a pic from my subwoofer which plugs into the CD changer connector.

I'll double check the CD changer tonight

[ctsnay]

Nope... i'm wrong.... Type 2

Here's a pic from my subwoofer which plugs into the CD changer connector.

I'll double chech the CD changer tonight

wooooo i win :P

[hshah]

My Corolla is a 2005 model, so I am assuming it will have Type 1?

[Norfolk n Chance]

My Corolla is a 2005 model, so I am assuming it will have Type 1?

You'd think that... but mine's a 2004

[hshah]

My Corolla is a 2005 model, so I am assuming it will have Type 1?

You'd think that... but mine's a 2004

I am not comfortable with opening the innards of my Mum's car :(

[man-bing]

I am not comfortable with opening the innards of my Mum's car :(

Then best to just stick with what you got then, part of finding a solution is to take it apart.

If the H/U looks like this:

Then the back will look like this:

[ballist1x]

my question is, where do you MOUNT the Xcarlink, and like where does the cable run to ensure it mounts and fits snugly? or does it just dangle down from yr HU in an untidy manner?

[hshah]

I am not comfortable with opening the innards of my Mum's car :(

Then best to just stick with what you got then, part of finding a solution is to take it apart.

If the H/U looks like this:

Then the back will look like this:

That is exactly what the H/U looks like... so I guess its Type 2 then! Well, the Seek Track buttons are ^ and v (not sideways like in your photo), but does that make much of a difference?

Although I don't feel comfortable taking it apart, I have a mate who lives in Leicester (I'm in London) who will do it for me. So I was hoping to buy the XCarLink device, drive up to see him and get it fitted at the same time. Obviously, if I get the wrong fitting that it would screw up the plans, which is why I was a bit hesitant.

[hshah]

my question is, where do you MOUNT the Xcarlink, and like where does the cable run to ensure it mounts and fits snugly? or does it just dangle down from yr HU in an untidy manner?

I have seen photos of it being fitted in the top of the glove box and the cabling goes from the back.

For the Line In part, I was wondering if I could put an extension cable through the back and coming out of the ash tray part? We don't use the ash tray, so it would be handy having a 3.5mm jack plug hidden in there for use with my iPod Shuffe and Nokia N95 :)