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Hey guys, about a week ago I posted asking about installing the P.I.E. HON98-AUX in a 2004 Civic.
Fast forward to now, I just finished installing it! For the record, my Civic is a 2004 LX 4-door, and it does have to correct port. Onto the install!
For the disassembly of the car, I followed Honda's instructions on how to replace the head unit. It's fairly clear, it just doesn't tell you that you do need to use quite a bit of force in taking these pieces off.
First, I took a normal RCA(M) to 3.5mm(M) cable, cut off the 3.5mm side, and soldered it to a panel-mount 3.5mm(F) jack. The RCA cable had 4 wires inside: left, right, and one ground for each. The grounds were just soldered together to the ground tab on the jack, and left and right to the tabs respectively.
Here's the ring around the shifter (there was a name for it, but I've forgotten) taken off. This just took a little bit of prying.
Next, the bezel came off. This takes a little bit of wiggling and prying, but eventually it does come off.
Next was this piece. This one took me the longest to take off. The tabs at the bottom are very, very tight, and I thought I was going to break it at some points, but they did eventually come off.
There's a picture of a tab and of the center console with the piece removed. When I reassembled the console, the auxiliary converter box and cables just shoved right in there in front of that metal bar you see behind the cup holders. It was pretty tight in there, so I didn't tape it down. I'll let you know if there's any rattling or anything.
Next was the "easy" part: reaching up in the hole and plugging in the converter box. It's tighter than I thought it was up there, and my hand and wrist came out scratched and bruised. It took me a good 10 minutes to actually plug it in. Once that was done, the rest was cake.
There's the box plugged in, coming out from my dash.
These are some pictures of the panel-mount jack mounted in my panel. I used a drill to drill a 1/4" hold (as dictated by the jack), sanded it down a little in the back to get it flat, and screwed the jack on. I know the back is kind of hard to see, but you can see that I put some tape over the soldering. There's not that much to see, the panel-mount is a pretty simple deal.
Everything snaps back together in a matter of seconds. Really.
Close-up of the jack. I know there are some scratches around the panel there, but it's not very noticeable.
I didn't have my iPod on hand, so I used my phone instead to test. That's a normal 3.5mm(M) to 3.5mm(M) cable that plugs into the jack I just installed and an adapter for my phone. Pressing the CD/TAPE button toggles between CD and CD-C, where CD-C is the auxiliary input.
The entire process took me about an hour and forty-five minutes, mostly taking the panels off and plugging the thing in. The drilling and mounting didn't take much time, and like I mentioned before, the panels snap back in very easily.
Overall, it was pretty fun, and I'm really glad it worked out well, and am pleased with how it turned out.
Let me know if you have any questions!
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how much did you pay for that aux port? why didnt you just get a aftermarket deck? they have a ipod hookup on most new decks. but i guess you wanted to keep the factory deck, but great install though.
Very nice. Clean install. I have a very similar adapter from USA Spec, but I have the ipod cable hooked up to it, coming out of the side opening on the passenger's side. The only problem with that sometimes is when I disconnect the iPod, the cable just hangs on the floor...but I'm happy with it. Props to you.
EDIT: I forgot to mention your cupholder is filthy. lol.
how much did you pay for that aux port? why didnt you just get a aftermarket deck?
I paid $49.95 for the converter and about $3 for the cable/jack, so price-wise, I think it was cheaper to go with this. I also kind of like the stock look, as well as the fact that installing an aftermarket deck would be more work.
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Originally Posted by jameslinkinpark
EDIT: I forgot to mention your cupholder is filthy. lol.
Yeah, I know the cupholder is filthy (it's not my fault! My brother also drove this car). I've tried and tried to clean it out, to no avail. it's melted wax stuck down there; if you have any suggestions, please do tell!
now i'm just confused about what kind of adapter/wiring/harness i need to connect to my ipod headphone jack. do i seriously need to buy the '14 pin behind the radio' adapter for $120? one is $120 another is $66, i can't tell what the difference is & can't imagine there's a $60 difference between the two. any wires come with your converter? i took a picture of the back of my stereo. anything look right? do i plug an adapter into the existing port on the left or can i use the already existing wires on the right?
and what were you guys talking about 3 wires instead of 2?
the other picture - i was trying to figure out what this little black box is that says 'honda abs' on it. it doesn't identify itself otherwise. the wire on its left is for the cigarette lighter (they are taped to eachother). any idea what this is?
