BAYSWINGIN

I'll take whatever step I have to take! Please help!

CJams

year TSX? Nav? XM?

MDMM

Take a look at this MP3 Player for Acura TSX OEM. If you really-really want it this much

CJams

Not worth it. You an get a dvd player that plays mp3s and every other format as well for almost half the price. There is still no adapter to get that OEM MP3 player to work along with XM without FM modulating it anyway. So you would run in to the same problem anyway.

I think that MP3 player is FM modulated anyway

Spoon

Nah, the attachment kit comes with a cable.

BAYSWINGIN

It's a 2004 TSX, no navi. And I meant I wanted to listen to my mp3 player, meaning tapping into the stereo. Please help. Thanks for those other replies guys!

CJams

2004 TSX can use a shond3 I think.

It's the i-VES that's FM modulated.

Tsx536

Just like Cjams mentioned, do a search in the forum on SNHOND3 or blitzsafe. It emulates a changer, providing you with RCA inputs that you can hook up to your mp3 player.

sigmachi96

There are many options Dension Ice-Link, PIE, SNHOND, Blitzsafe, ...

I have a 2004 TSX/Navi utilizing the Dension Ice-Link and it works great. I can control my iPod thru the steering wheel controls.

Be aware that there are different options to support Navi and XM introduced in 2005.

CJams

The only option I am aware of is the Blitzsafe iPod adapter for the 05w/XM. I still haven't heard of anything that will give us an rca type input yet.

KADAW

a mp3 player and a good pair of outside noise cancellations headphones

sigmachi96

http://www.discountcarstereo.com/detail.aspx?ID=856
http://www.discountcarstereo.com/detail.aspx?ID=857

I getting this for my 05 MDX Touring/Navi which has XM.

CJams

Tell me how it is when you get it. Very interested to see/hear how it works.

sigmachi96

Will do. Here is validation from PIE that this should work. I would assume that the TSX would be no different than the MDX.

http://www.pie.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=214

einsatz

TSX-specific thread: http://www.pie.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=224

CJams

2004TSX is a totally different monster than the 2005TSX w/XM

The issue is keeping the XM while adding an Aux in

CJams

It doesn't say that anyone has actually done it though.

Is yours on order?

sigmachi96

I ordered one yesterday and it should get here by Monday. I was told by PIE and DiscountStereo that this setup will work. Stay tuned.

einsatz

Since nobody has updated this... I followed the advice from the link I posted to the PIE boards and bought the PIE unit from eBay. The seller I bought from was Andrew from Anco Auto (anco_auto on eBay). The guy was responsive to questions and since I wanted to get both the adaptor and the HON03-F/MM cable, I arranged for a non-ebay transaction using paypal. He gave me a multi-item discount and combined shipping costs

This thing is plug & play - unplug the navi from the HU, plug into one side of the HON03-F/MM, then plug the adaptor to the other side and then put the connector into the HU. Simple & painless and it works great with 2 minor issues I don't care about:
1-) The navi voice doesn't work unless the HU is on (either the radio, the CD or the Aux must be on). I don't care because I turned the voice off 5 minutes after buying the TSX. If you really want it, you can turn the radio on and leave the volume at 0, since the navi has its own volume level set through the 'set up' menu. If you have the voice on, and you're playing something from radio, cd or aux, volume will go down and the voice will talk, so this behavior is unaffected by the aux input.
2-) When you switch to the aux input by hitting CD twice, if there's a soruce playing when you switch to the Aux, about 5 seconds after hitting the Aux button, the sound will cut off for about 2 seconds, then come back. After this, the sound is excellent.

I've got a Radio Shack RCA to mini plug cable going from the adaptor and into the CD tray by popping out the light on the CD tray and running the cable through there. The cable is super thick and well shielded with plenty of rubber insulation, so the heat & emi shouldn't be an issue. The only thing sticking out into the CD tray is the mini plug and less than a meter of cable so it's easy to shove the cable back in and close the door and nobody knows you've got an aux input.

I'd take pics but my digicam is busted Overall, I'm very happy. The only thing that didn't go as planned is that I've not been able to pull out the center console part to run a long RCA cable into the armrest. Hence the CD Tray hack.

sigmachi96

Here is where I posted my results...

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...=288960&page=8

BiG1CeS

THATS DOPE! IMA SERIOUSLY LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A 2004 TSX with NAV>