Ipod Connector For 99 Es300 Base (Pioneer?) Radio

WheezerMF · November 14, 2012

Is there any way to hard-wire my iPod into the stock radio? I don't really want to use a cassette adapter, or an FM modulator.

1990LS400 · November 14, 2012

There are instructions on the ClubLexus audio forum on how to do it by hacking into the CD changer cable but the following California company has gotten great reviews for their aux-in install and they give you several options on how it will be done: http://factoryradios.../page.html?id=1

lexis lexus · November 15, 2012

I worked on this for quite a while.

I felt using a cassette adapter was the simplist and probably the best solution, but adapter won't stay in the deck, the machine senses it's not a real tape and kicks it out.

FM modulators suck, the wireless ones suck more than the wired in ones.

I took apart the head to see if there was a place I could tap in a line, but had no luck just poking around, and had no schematics of the head to work w/. I've seen OEM heads on ebay w/ the adapter in them, put in by the seller, but not sure how he does it.

I finally tapped into the right and left front feeds into the amp under the passenger seat and ran that to a phono connector (radio shack) placed in the console, switching off the inputs from the radio and substituting inputs from the jack, only when the ipod is plugged in. Looks almost professional, just have to shut out the rear speakers, and the only volume control is in your external player.

Good luck.

LL