Hi I was curious to see if anyone had managed to tie-in an auxiliary connection to the stock Discovery I radio by soldering connections to the main board for the tape input (mine is a 1997). I've seen other posts where others have done this via the CD input for the changer, however to my knowledge there is no AUX or CD input on my head unit.

A colleague managed to do this very successfully for a similar vintage Mercedes unit, where the 3 connections were soldered to specific points on the board (left, right, ground), and all he has to do is insert a random tape to activate the tape input, and rather than playing the tape, it takes the signal from the Aux device (IPOD via the 3.5mm plug). There happened to be tons of blogs with pictures and step-by-steps for this model Benz.

I would love to be able to do the same for my rover (no desire to ditch OEM head unit), however I am not an electrical engineer, and I'm not sure this job qualifies for the trial-and-error approach.

Any guidance would be much appreciated.

 

There is a online shop that will do this for you, you buy one of their stereo's adn send them yours back.
Or you can just buy a aftermarket headunit and be done with it.

 

Thanks for the advice Spike, I saw that company but was hoping to do it myself. I mean if they are doing it, then its possible, and likely fairly easy (that is once the trail has been blazed).

 

I understand, I dont know how to do it but I'm sure it can be done, like you said, they can do it so why cant you?
You just need to know where to connect to.

 

BOOM!

 

Or how about this......

 

i know theres walkthroughs online to do this as ive seen folks with older 70s/early 80s vws doing this to some of the "period correct" tape decks. it was a decent amount of work and required taking the deck apart almost entirely.

probably more trouble than its worth for a discovery though, just get the tape adapter or a new deck.

 

Little Baxter....I tried to find what you are seeking but failed. Went with intercepting the CD audio. It works flawlessly and sounds awesome.

 

Thanks for all the feedback guys. I'm on the fence about just cracking it open and having a shot at it--not sure about pulling the trigger. If I do I will probably end up just burning holes in the circuit board, but if I get it going I will document and post. Thanks

 

10 bucks at your local wally-world and 10 seconds worth of work. Hell, it probably takes more time cutting it out of the bubble-pack.

Done.