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Well I jsut picked up my car from gettin the AUX installed.. I went to radio shack and picked up a standard male to male headphone jack wire... and my MP3 player is a Rio Carbon...
Heres the problem... when I plug the wire FULLY into the AUX adapter and into my MP3 player, it sounds like its skiping and actully really doesn;t even play... BUT when I pull the jack out a little bit from both the AUX and the player you can hear it but quality isn't so great... What am I missing amd I not allowed to fully plug in the wire and just have it 1/2 way in??? Is my Mp3 player garbage?? Do I need a better quality wire??? I dunno I need some help guys cause I fell like I jsut wasted $150...
Heres the problem... when I plug the wire FULLY into the AUX adapter and into my MP3 player, it sounds like its skiping and actully really doesn;t even play... BUT when I pull the jack out a little bit from both the AUX and the player you can hear it but quality isn't so great... What am I missing amd I not allowed to fully plug in the wire and just have it 1/2 way in??? Is my Mp3 player garbage?? Do I need a better quality wire??? I dunno I need some help guys cause I fell like I jsut wasted $150...
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Originally Posted by Hamann5' date='Jul 2 2005, 08:38 AM
Well I jsut picked up my car from gettin the AUX installed.. I went to radio shack and picked up a standard male to male headphone jack wire... and my MP3 player is a Rio Carbon...
Heres the problem... when I plug the wire FULLY into the AUX adapter and into my MP3 player, it sounds like its skiping and actully really doesn;t even play... BUT when I pull the jack out a little bit from both the AUX and the player you can hear it but quality isn't so great... What am I missing amd I not allowed to fully plug in the wire and just have it 1/2 way in??? Is my Mp3 player garbage?? Do I need a better quality wire??? I dunno I need some help guys cause I fell like I jsut wasted $150...
Heres the problem... when I plug the wire FULLY into the AUX adapter and into my MP3 player, it sounds like its skiping and actully really doesn;t even play... BUT when I pull the jack out a little bit from both the AUX and the player you can hear it but quality isn't so great... What am I missing amd I not allowed to fully plug in the wire and just have it 1/2 way in??? Is my Mp3 player garbage?? Do I need a better quality wire??? I dunno I need some help guys cause I fell like I jsut wasted $150...
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Are you sure you bought a male to male jack stereo cable and not a mono one ?
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Originally Posted by ricky' date='Jul 2 2005, 12:31 AM
[quote name='Hamann5' date='Jul 2 2005, 08:38 AM']Well I jsut picked up my car from gettin the AUX installed.. I went to radio shack and picked up a standard male to male headphone jack wire... and my MP3 player is a Rio Carbon...
Heres the problem... when I plug the wire FULLY into the AUX adapter and into my MP3 player, it sounds like its skiping and actully really doesn;t even play... BUT when I pull the jack out a little bit from both the AUX and the player you can hear it but quality isn't so great... What am I missing amd I not allowed to fully plug in the wire and just have it 1/2 way in??? Is my Mp3 player garbage?? Do I need a better quality wire??? I dunno I need some help guys cause I fell like I jsut wasted $150...
Heres the problem... when I plug the wire FULLY into the AUX adapter and into my MP3 player, it sounds like its skiping and actully really doesn;t even play... BUT when I pull the jack out a little bit from both the AUX and the player you can hear it but quality isn't so great... What am I missing amd I not allowed to fully plug in the wire and just have it 1/2 way in??? Is my Mp3 player garbage?? Do I need a better quality wire??? I dunno I need some help guys cause I fell like I jsut wasted $150...
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Are you sure you bought a male to male jack stereo cable and not a mono one ?
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[/quote]Good point.
Here's the cable I'm using with my iPod--notice there are 3 conductors on the end of the plug (right, left, ground) separated by 2 black plastic rings:
http://www.monstercable.com/productPage.asp?pin=2719
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Hmm, I have a Sony mini-disk player (not exactly the same as an iPOD, I know) and it has an internal setting that swithche the output jack from a low level for headphones to a high level for use as a line output. I believe that it changes both the output voltage levels and the output impedance. Does the iPOD have such a control and might that be part of the problem?
Good luck, Jon.
Good luck, Jon.
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I'm also using the monster cable. Here's my complete set up for AUX
- Monster iSplitter plugged into aux
- XM Commander, connected through "audio out" witha Monster cable
- iPod plugged in via Monster iCarCharger (which has audio out) and
Monster male-to-male cable
Everything works great!
I've also heard that audio quality from the headphone jack is just average.
- Monster iSplitter plugged into aux
- XM Commander, connected through "audio out" witha Monster cable
- iPod plugged in via Monster iCarCharger (which has audio out) and
Monster male-to-male cable
Everything works great!
I've also heard that audio quality from the headphone jack is just average.
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Originally Posted by jacisner' date='Jul 2 2005, 09:38 AM
I'm also using the monster cable.? Here's my complete set up for AUX
- Monster iSplitter plugged into aux
- XM Commander, connected through "audio out" witha Monster cable
- iPod plugged in via Monster iCarCharger (which has audio out) and
? Monster male-to-male cable
Everything works great!
I've also heard that audio quality from the headphone jack is just average.
- Monster iSplitter plugged into aux
- XM Commander, connected through "audio out" witha Monster cable
- iPod plugged in via Monster iCarCharger (which has audio out) and
? Monster male-to-male cable
Everything works great!
I've also heard that audio quality from the headphone jack is just average.
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Originally Posted by jmdhuse' date='Jul 2 2005, 09:21 AM
Hmm, I have a Sony mini-disk player (not exactly the same as an iPOD, I know) and it has an internal setting that swithche the output jack from a low level for headphones to a high level for use as a line output.? I believe that it changes both the output voltage levels and the output impedance.? Does the iPOD have such a control and might that be part of the problem?
Good luck, Jon.
Good luck, Jon.
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I did a little digging on the Rio Carbon... it looks like to get a real "line out" signal you need to use the dock... apparently the headphone jack is really just for headphones...
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Originally Posted by ricky' date='Jul 2 2005, 03:31 AM
Are you sure you bought a male to male jack stereo? cable and not a mono one ?
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I got the mono cable sometime back, too. I took it back and compare with the other and found out that it's mono. It was a shame isn't it. Now we see that this forum is very helpful.
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