Help me identify this cable.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:17 pm
Before I begin, let me explain: I actually have a Toyota Matrix. But everything I can find tells me that my audio stuff is GM, and as a result, no one on the Toyota forums has a clue. So I was hoping I could find some help here.I'm a complete beginner, so I may be showing my incompetence here. But I need a little help identifying the cable pictured below.Right now, I have a CD changer in my car that is located under the passenger seat. I've done some experimentation, and I'm about 99% sure that the cable pictured below is the audio cable.Rather than taking off my head unit and doing all the wiring back there, I'd really just like to use the cable that currently goes to the CD changer and plug something into it that will hook up to my iPod instead. If that can be done with only one cable, great. If I need to buy a couple of cables to accomplish the task, that's okay, too.I'm probably not as much of an audiophile as many people here. I know that the FM transmitters sound crappy, and I don't have a tape deck in my car, or I would probably just use one of those. So if using another cable will degrade my sound quality a bit, versus going straight from the back of the head unit, I'm probably not all that concerned. As long as it sounds at least as good as one of those tape deck converters, I'm fine.Anyone know what this is? I drive a 2003 Toyota Matrix XRS with a nav system and the CD changer is manufactured by Pioneer, if that helps. Everything is OEM. According to this post, It looks like the audio system I have is type A4. The CD changer is a Pioneer 86270 01010, but I haven't had any luck Googling that.