Thread: Pioneer MP3 player input

Hi all,

Just finished a test of something I've been meaning to do for about 5 years.

I hooked up my ipod to my head unit via the CD stacker connector.

On Pioneer P series units you can select auxillary which will turn on the CD stacker input (IP-BUS) without having to detect a stacker.

This means you can pick out the left input, right input and earth pins and connect them via a 3.5mm plug (or whatever) into your device.

All the info required is here including some nice home made ideas for plugs.
Gutterslide.com - Pioneer IP-BUS Hack

I cheated however as I have a spare parts stacker that I just removed the socket from. No good if you don't also have a cable though.
I soldered a 3.5mm plug with wires to it that I obtained by cutting up some old headphones. The tracks on the circuit board were labelled for L and R which was nice of them.

It works well.
In the future I'll mount it all nice in a jiffy box including 5v power to charge the ipod using the standard ipod connector for both power and output.

If you're not keen on the home made version you can buy them. Never seen them for sale but then I've never looked either. They're listed in the stereo user manual though.

Beats the hell out of using an FM transmitter.

Now get to it all you Pioneer owners!

Just looked them up on Ebay. Delivered they were $38 for the powered ipod connector and $33 for the 3.5mm plug connector.

A good price no doubt but I could never bring myself to buy something that I can make myself from parts on hand.
Plus mine is made from all quality Pioneer and Apple parts so at least the connections shouldn't fail in use like the cheap Chinese ones tend to do with a bit of flexing.

Maybe I'm just a tightarse. No I am definitely a tightarse