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Wow, this was a piece of cake. I'll be doing my wife's tonight. Jazzy, your enginerd status is the stuff of legend, and line-level iPod input in this stereo sounds FANTASTIC.
The one issue I had was with the RCA-to-Minijack adapter, it wouldn't plug in completely to the extension cable, and then wouldn't unplug. I got it resolved with audio stuff I had laying around the house, and voila!
I can't thank you enough, Jazzy! I'm kind of sad Subaru is including Aux-in in '07, because this was a fun adventure, and I learned to not be afraid to pull my center console apart.
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Got my Aux-in mods today, and read the instructions. Hopefully, this noob can do it! I've modded Xboxes in the past, and this doesn't look too different, I guess. I'm just nervous because I have to do 2 of them tomorrow, and my wife would be PISSED if I broke both our stereos.
To the people that have done this: is there anything else I should know before getting started? Jazzy's instructions seem pretty straightforward, but anyone have tips to not screw this up?
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My Internet friend Leg GT Chris (AWDPirates.net in the house!) told my wife about this, and I didn't believe it was possible. I am buying a Leg GT wagon, (that will make 2 LGTs in the garage YAY!) and I was getting ready to drop a couple of grand getting an Alpine system jammed into the cubby, just to get CD quality iPod sound.
I'm definitely going to try this first! Thanks!
One question: do I have to wire anything to power the GLI?
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Update for Mac users: Running Virtual PC with the Keyspan USB to Serial adapter. It's working, but it's a pain in the ass. I have to uninstall the serial port and reboot the virtual PC each time I close Map Manager & restart. Plus, Cobb came out with a bunch of new maps (yaaay!) and I have AccessPORTs for both our WRX and Leg GT. However, I felt really lame showing up and having to have Justin and his crew load maps for me, so I guess this is better.
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I use a Mac and am therefore unable to load new maps to the AP. LUCKILY, I live 10 minutes from Cobb, and they are rad about helping with stuff like this. You only need a Wintel machine (I don't trust emulators like Wine or Virtual PC to manage serial DB-9 connections this critical) to load new maps to the AP.
The AP comes loaded with all the latest maps from their website. I went from feeling like a retard about AccessPORT to being a ninja at it in the 25 minutes it took me to flash the ECU.
Without access to a Windoze machine with a serial port, I'd recommend sending the AP in to Cobb to load new maps if anything awesome or critical is updated. However, you would likely only want/need to do this every year or 2, as the maps included are more than sufficient for most.
If you're taking your Leg GT past stage 2, Cobb can do a custom AP tune and create maps, but it ain't cheap.
Plug n Play Aux-in mod for 2005 6cd radios
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Behind the ashtray in the 5MT, next to the shifter in 5EAT. The install was so easy, I had my wife actually perform the install in her car (her first mod ever!), and she was able to get it done pretty quickly with the instructions and a little coaching.
The first install took 2 hours, the 2nd took 1 hour. Honestly, the hardest part of the entire install was figuring out how to safely disconnect the radio harnesses. On a scale of 1-10, (1 being a decal, an uppipe being a 7 or 8)I'd rate it a 3.