mp3 connectivity for my standard polo cd player

SID · Post by **SID** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:57 am

i have a 05 plate polo and the Standard deck looks really nice but i want to connect my mp3 player to it as the deck only plays normall cd's what shall i do any ideas where i can get cheap connectivity for mp3 players or a standard mp3 deck for polo
thanks

KennyPOLO_Gti · Post by **KennyPOLO_Gti** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 12:42 pm

Buy a Griffins iTrip. You can get them off e bay. Make sure its the genuine Griffin one tho

SID · Post by **SID** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 1:27 am

hmmm never thought of that
thanks mate ill try that

KennyPOLO_Gti · Post by **KennyPOLO_Gti** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:37 am

no worries m8

nickp34 · Post by **nickp34** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:09 pm

The sound quality with fm transmitters is poor.

Have a look at the MP3 Xcarlink. See my post below about it. You can put songs on a memory card / usb pen drive and play them via the standard headunit. It aslo lets you connect a mp3 player but you wont be able to control it via the headunit so it is better to just put them on a pen drive.

http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... 5cc82aaf3c

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MP3-Xcarlink-N3-f ... 286.c0.m14

If you must use your current mp3 player the below option is cheaper. It will let you add a line in to the standard head unit.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aux-In-Adapter-fo ... 286.c0.m14

SID · Post by **SID** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:16 pm

thats sounds like a good idea the Xcarlink thing sounds really good but cnt afford it at momnet where would the unit acctually sit?? and do i need to have a CD changer??
the AUX adaptor sounds good kinda cheeap too
thanks

nickp34 · Post by **nickp34** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:03 pm

I put the Xcarlink in the glovebox. See the pictures in my thread. No you dont need a cd changer.

Overseer · Post by **Overseer** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:59 pm

I'm baffled to see how you can keep your CD changer. I'm looking at the pics and it looks like your unplugging the CD changer and plugging this in ???

Can you shed any light on this?

nickp34 · Post by **nickp34** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:29 pm

You remove the cd changer plug and plug the Xcarlink in to the cd changer port on the back of the stereo. In the Xcarlink wiring loom there is a socket for the cd changer that you plug your original cd changer into.

As shown here:
http://www.xcarlink.co.uk/pages.php?pageid=2

3 models of Xcarlink available for the Polo:
http://www.xcarlink.co.uk/bmy_search.ph ... model=Polo