I want to connect my Galaxy S2 to the Marea's OEM head unit via the CD changer aux port.

I could just make and fit a 3.5 jack to blue mini-iso, but have also been offered an Alfa ipod cable as per the photo. If I bought a mini-din to 3.5mm jack cable, would this work?

Ideas and opinions please?

I would be tempted to see if you can get usb into it.
http://www.mymemory.co.uk/PC---Mac-...ype-A-Adapter-for-Logitech-and-Microsoft-Mice

That's for mice and keyboards. 6 pin mini din. The iPod cable thing is 8 pin.

I'm not sure what outputs you can get on USB from the S2.

other options:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Becker-AU...el_Stecker&hash=item19c8fd6d3a#ht_2712wt_1140

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aux-Line-...81?pt=Kabel_Stecker&hash=item19be07c0ed#rpdId

Or...

attach one of these on the end of the cable?

http://www.carputer-shop.co.uk/ipod-female-end-to-3-5-mm-male-aux-extension-cable-p-19

Hellcat said:

I want to connect my Galaxy S2 to the Marea's OEM head unit via the CD changer aux port.

I could just make and fit a 3.5 jack to blue mini-iso, but have also been offered an Alfa ipod cable as per the photo. If I bought a mini-din to 3.5mm jack cable, would this work?

Ideas and opinions please?

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Well.. this don't work.

Plugged it in and the radio kept coming on then going off like it was in a boot cycle. Seems something doesn't agree with the cd-changer emulator.

Looks like I'll be doing this then...

http://homepage.eircom.net/~digitalreilly/bravo/AD182_aux_input.html

Bit from here and maplin.

http://www.nexxia.co.uk/products.asp?section=Car Stereo Fitting Kits&category=Mini ISO Connectors

So I have the cable and 3.5mm jack - still waiting on delivery of my blue plug pins.

I've got 4 core cable with a screen (this one) but wondering what is the best way to use it. Perhaps there is a better cable to use?

I was thinking use red & white for signal and yellow & white combined as ground... and somehow ground the shield to the head unit? This should provide better screening than using red & white for signal and the shield as audio ground.

Suggestions please?

Replaced the cable with twin individual screened stuff.

Just waiting on my pins for the blue mini-iso plug now.

Wire made.

The head unit end is fine. Made it with 100ohm resistors between the signals and ground as I'm using a headphone socket, and 100ohm between the CD changer signal bus and ground. Works perfectly except the cable being twin shielded doesn't really fit the 3.5mm jack.

Version 2 will fit the cable to 2x phono sockets which I will install somewhere reasonably hidden. Then I can fit a pre-manufactured 3.5mm jack to dual phono lead whenever I want to use the aux input. Just need to find somewhere I can drill through, and still get behind to fit the cables.