Hi all,

Wonder if any of you can offer any advice as Im through pulling out my hair (and I didnt have much to start with tbh!!)

Ive been trying to get my Zen MP3 player to work with the cars standard aux socket located in the arm rest.

I hit the 'CD' button on the steroe until it reads 'AUX IN; on the display but all I get is the sound of static. The player (a Creative Zen Vision W) is connected by a basic 3.5" jack lead.

If I play a song on the player and swith to AUX on the head unit I just get static. This static sound doesnt change, even if I unplug the end of the cable to the player and touch it. Its like ive selected an open input with no source if that makes sense.

As soon as I pull the cable from the player end - the player happily plays it out loud through its internal speaker. There are no selttings I can see on the player that needs to be changed.

If I go into the 'AUX' menu on the head unit I can select the three different AUX Level outputs and get the varying volume differences - still just playing out the low pitch static noise.

Im putting money on the aux socket or internal cabling on the car being faulty as the player works to external amps and speakers etc with no problem whatsoever!

... or am I missing a setting on the headunit?!

Ive just looked through the manual and the Stream MP3 audio booklet and couldnt find a thing to help me.

Advice welcome as always.

Lee

Are you 100% certain the jack lead is in perfect working order? Judging by your last post you have used said lead to connect to other devices but it doesn't hurt to ask these things.

You seem to have done everything right on the head unit.

If the connecting wire is good then it has to be the internal wiring. Might be worth popping the head unit out to check the 3 connecting wires where they connect via the quadlock connector. Stu's site has the correct wiring diagram, compare it to make sure it's been connected in the right order.

Is the MP3 unit original to the car? there are different connections depending on the model of head unit.

Are you 100% certain the jack lead is in perfect working order? Judging by your last post you have used said lead to connect to other devices but it doesn't hurt to ask these things.

You seem to have done everything right on the head unit.

If the connecting wire is good then it has to be the internal wiring. Might be worth popping the head unit out to check the 3 connecting wires where they connect via the quadlock connector. Stu's site has the correct wiring diagram, compare it to make sure it's been connected in the right order.

Is the MP3 unit original to the car? there are different connections depending on the model of head unit.

Thanks for the reply. I will have a look at Stus site and check the connectors on the rear - now thinking about it this could be worth doing as an audio place had the head unit out a few months back to fit the Parrot bluetooth kit. You might have hit upon the problem there!

Man Thanks,

Lee

ps - lead is 100% working but good idea, I never noted above that i'd tested it.

sounds like the wires are not connected to the back of the stereo correctly, pull out the stereo and check its all intact. can you try another mp3 player just in case there is a problem with that one?

i dont know if this thread i wrote will be of much help or not?

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/ice-security-insurance/installing-my-mp3-kit-today/90871/

The Aux on my '07 Octavia gave gave me fits, too. Mine is apparenty plugged into the Audio side of the AV input. :irked:

I have a Zen also and it plays fine through the audio side of the AV.

...this could be worth doing as an audio place had the head unit out a few months back to fit the Parrot bluetooth kit. You might have hit upon the problem there!

That'll definitely be it... My guess is the Parrt will be wrongly wired (mine was - and by a Skoda main dealer! - does your CD changer work as that is also a tell-tale sign?

I use a Creative Zen, I use Aux Level 3 & have to wind up the player to about 3/4 of the way (Volume-19) to get a decent amplitude.

I also got static noise, but only when Player is not switched on/connected - are you sure your using a Stereo jack? Sorry but you got to ask sometimes!

Wilko

I use a Creative Zen, I use Aux Level 3 & have to wind up the player to about 3/4 of the way (Volume-19) to get a decent amplitude.

I also got static noise, but only when Player is not switched on/connected - are you sure your using a Stereo jack? Sorry but you got to ask sometimes!

Wilko

Its always worth asking the simple questions but yes its a stereo jack Im using (I work in A/V so thank god I was right on that aspect!)

Ive yet to get to it to have a look as I been taken by the dreaded stomach bug thats been working through the family! Hopefully I'll be fit enough to get out there and have a proper look this coming weekend. Thanks for the advice.

If the guys have wired the BT kit wrong (or even cut something iirc) I hope its cheaply reversable!

Lee

So do I for your sake - sorting mine cost me £75 at a specialist car audio/phone place which I will be aiming to claim back from the dealer!

Its always worth asking the simple questions but yes its a stereo jack Im using (I work in A/V so thank god I was right on that aspect!)

Ive yet to get to it to have a look as I been taken by the dreaded stomach bug thats been working through the family! Hopefully I'll be fit enough to get out there and have a proper look this coming weekend. Thanks for the advice.

If the guys have wired the BT kit wrong (or even cut something iirc) I hope its cheaply reversable!

Lee

Oh sorry - If I'd known that I wouldn't have asked!

With regards to the volume levels needed to hear your music, if any of you have an A/V output socket on your MP3 player it is much better to connect to the car that way instead of via the headphone jack.

Take my iPod for example: If connected via the headphone jack the volume needs to me maxed out on my MFD2 to get decent volume but when connected via the A/V output lead the volume on the MFD2 only needs to be 30% for decent volume and about 60% for ear bleeding terrotory and the volume can still be zero on the iPod, the sound quality is vastly superior too.

With regards to the volume levels needed to hear your music, if any of you have an A/V output socket on your MP3 player it is much better to connect to the car that way instead of via the headphone jack.

Take my iPod for example: If connected via the headphone jack the volume needs to me maxed out on my MFD2 to get decent volume but when connected via the A/V output lead the volume on the MFD2 only needs to be 30% for decent volume and about 60% for ear bleeding terrotory and the volume can still be zero on the iPod, the sound quality is vastly superior too.

Hi,

may I humbly ask which model of iPod sports such A/V output?

KInd regards,

Stefano

You just use a suitable connector via the dock connector IIRC