NEED HELP WITH AUX INPUT INSTALL, Anyone know how to wire up an aux input into car Options

[coneyre]

Hey all, can anyone help me with this.

Im basiclly looking to wire up an aux input into my centre console (for ipod use) I was thinking im sure there's a way of just going from an aux input directly to the speakers. My head units fecked but iv a new one on order but it doesnt have an aux input.

Can anyone help,

Cheers

[Sinyk]

I have an Eclipse head unit that's about 8 years old now and it also had the AUX input in the back. I bought one of those aux-in to i-pod cables off of ebay to give it a shot and sure enough it didn't work. The problem is, my head unit has to be told a device is connected to the auxiliary (just like the remote line on an amp that turns it on) and will only activate that connection when it does. So since my ipod could do no such thing, I couldn't get the auxiliary input to work. So before you buy a cable, make sure your head unit either has the ability to select auxiliary input in one of it's menus or that your unit doesn't have to detect a specific device connected to it.