Hello I have searched and to be fair didnt find a concrete answer. Im looking at purchasing a 05 Canadian RL and im wondering how to stream music etc,, I saw Navtool has a kit for apple car play but doesn't mention music from my readings. i had a bov1000 on my 09 bmw but I heard the 05 rl doesn't have a aux or usb jack to do this. woulds love the easiest and cheapest way to play music on the RL from my iPhone 12. Any insight always appreciated guys.

 

I bought a 2005 Acura RL myself about eight years ago. I used to use an FM modulator to get my music from my phone in my previous car, but I was dissatisfied with the sound quality and with often having to flip to look for a better, unused FM station.

What I finally chose was to install a 3.5 mm aux in port hardwired into the car stereo. This is the same method that I used to play my Walkman way back in the day in my first car when I was in college.

This was harder to do than in my 1973 Plymouth. Therefore, I asked a stereo shop to install such a system, which they had suggested as a quick and inexpensive workaround to a digital sysyem, putting the aux in port into the center console.

 

Hey, I had same issue.

Best way is to buy USA SPEC BT45-HON3 unit. It works flawlessly.

In the American RL is you can plug it into XM unit in the trunk. I tore my trunk apart to realize this was not included in our Canadian RL. I then installed it into the back of the headunit in the CD port. So when I get in the car if the head unit is set to CD it will connect to bluetooth.