creative zen into a sony head unit
 

Hi

Have looked around the net with no luck as yet, so giving you a try! I have
a Creative Zen MP3 player, and a Sony CDX-F5500 CD head unit. The head unit
has BUS phono inputs, and I have plugged my zen into this using a phono to
jack lead. There is no way of selecting this input on the CD unit. I
presume this is because you need to connect something into the BUS control
socket to get an option. I am not bothered about having the details up on
the Sony screen, and wondered if there was any way to get this playing
through the head unit? Fine if it will control the MP3 player, but is there
a 'lead' that I can make or buy that will fool the CD player into thinking
there is a control unit there, and allow sound to be input through the
phonos?
Any help gratefully accepted!
Cheers
Craig

creative zen into a sony head unit
 

Craig T wrote:
Hi

Have looked around the net with no luck as yet, so giving you a try! I
have a Creative Zen MP3 player, and a Sony CDX-F5500 CD head unit. The
head unit has BUS phono inputs, and I have plugged my zen into
this using a phono to jack lead. There is no way of selecting this
input on the CD unit. I presume this is because you need to connect
something into the BUS control socket to get an option. I am not
bothered about having the details up on the Sony screen, and wondered
if there was any way to get this playing through the head unit? Fine
if it will control the MP3 player, but is there a 'lead' that I can
make or buy that will fool the CD player into thinking there is a
control unit there, and allow sound to be input through the phonos?
Any help gratefully accepted!

Sony did an Add on that lets you connect more than one cd changer to your HU
which also had an aux input that you could select manually.

That would do the job although you might find it easier and cheaper to buy a
higher model sony HU with an aux in as standard and flog your old one


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