307.How can ve covert the cd player to an mp3 player?

What should i do covert the cd player into an mp3 player?
Should i completely change the default cd player and buy a new one or
can i make it by changing and/or modifying a part of it?

Thanks a lot .

 

Have a look at this:

www.dension.com (HDD MP3 player)

According to their native web page (http://www.dension.hu/), using the
APGS010 cable, the factory radio of the 307 will drive their MP3 palyer as a
CD changer.

--szapcsi--

PS.: I'm not affiliated with them in any way, but their products look cool.

 

I've bought a Clarion DB348 which is a fairly simple fronloading
cdplayer which happens to play mp3 cds as well. I'm fairly pleased
with the unit although juding the sound quality is still impossible
since I haven't replaced the speakers yet.

I paid 159 euro for the player.

Jeroen

 

does remote control behind steering wheel works?
does it show on upper display?

thnx.

bRkiX

 

dunno, don't have one of those.

 

Hi guys,

Here's what I did: I kept my default cd-radio (which has 2 good things:
remote control on the steering wheel, and visual info output on the trip
computer dash), and near it (in the spare slot, I think it's for the
cd-changer) I mounted my kenwood 919 mp3 player. So, I use the default
cd-radio for radio broadcasts mostly, and my kenwood for listening to the
mp3s only.

You will ask: ok, ok, but how about the speakers? ;-)

The answer is very simple: I mounted a small knob on the dash, which is
switching a couple of multi-contact relays (giving them power 12V or not),
which in their turn are mechanically switching the wires from the car
speakers: either to the cd-radio, or to the mp3 player. Thus, at a given
moment in time I can listen to one device (but that's ok!)

This seemed the perfect low cost solution (all relays cost ten bucks or
so!), although I had to spend a couple of hours wiring the relays properly
(but that's really a very easy thing to do for anyone who knows how to use
the soldering iron). Considering that there are 4 speakers (FR, FL, RR, RL),
each having 2 wires, you'll need the relays with 4x2=8 groups of contacts
(each group has 3 contacts: central goes to the speaker, second - to the
cd-radio, and third - to the mp3). I used two 12V relays, but if you can't
find similar, you can use 4 ones etc. I isolated the whole thing with
adhesive band and put it behind the mp3 player.

A final remark: I really tried the "fancy" logic at first, i.e. there was an
idea to connect the car's factory cd-radio to the line-in (AUX-IN) socket to
my mp3 player etc, but this idea failed because you need a analog/digital
audio converter, because aux-in at kenwood needs a digital feed. Of course
such an adapter costs far more than the ten bucks for the relays...

Octavian @307SW