Ford Focus MK1 Aux Cable Hack
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2017
- This 2003 Ford Focus Audio system of mine needed an update so I thought I'd give something a try... an Aux Cable install.
It worked so here's how I did it.
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Great video !!! After 15 years with CD and Radio only, now i have the music i want from multiple devices and talk and listen to my mobile. Very good explanation of the steps. I am amateur but i did it pretty easy!. Thank you again !!!
Man, that's the hack! For months I've been wrapping my head around how to source audio from a phone to 6000CD and there we go! Thanks!
But can't change it for a new one with usb?
That is farkin' brilliant man. I've been a ham op for 20 years and I never would have thought to do that. Bravo out of box thinker
I've been looking for how to do this for my mark 1 for three years! Thanks for taking the time to do this, I'll be breaking out the soldering iron soon.
Genuinely grateful and will be chuffed to bits to finally get my phone linked in.
I just did this on my Puma... I wanted to keep the dash and stereo original and it works perfectly... Sounds just like the CD playing
Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks mate!!! Works very well!! Now I can hear spotify in my car! Cheers from Portugal!!!
Cool! Just followed the steps and made it yesterday (2003 Ford Focus). Coat hanger can be used as a tool to dismount the unit. Silent CD image easily found in the internet. Had to borrow a screw driver from a friend. No glitches or noises. Works well so far.
Thnx for the detailed how- to! This works like a charm on my old crappy ford radio. One hell of an upgrade for only 3 bucks and 30 minutes of labour😁
THANK YOU for this tutorial! It turned out i have a 6000 CD with cd changer from ford focus from 2005. Bought some gear, learned how to solder and now I am driving around listening to sweet sweet music in my car! THANKS!
Awesome!! Well done 👍
I know what I'm doing to my 2004 focus the weekend now! Cheers
Hi , just did this on my 2001 Mondeo. Work perfectly. Thanks for great video.
FYI I bought a cheap $4 adapter on eBay that is meant to be used for the CD6000 that have AUX button. Then could just cut open the big plug that should go into the radio and ended up with nice wires "pre-terminated" connector pins, nice and easy to solder to the circuit board in your hack.
I did this today in my Focus MK1 (2004), had a CD6000 original radio.
The soldering was difficult, because the pins weren't at the described positions, very small and close together.
But I found them on my platina on the opposite site of the flat cable.
Soldered it as described below:
Mass-wire to AGND
Red wire to ROUT
White wire to LOUT.
Drilled a hole into the back side of the radio, fixed cable with zip-ties and
Lead it out on an unvisible spot.
Empty CD-track was build with freeware "GoldWave", burned it to CD and thats it.
Works like charm. Kudos to One Auto for that brilliant hack!
Thank you! Just performed this little number after watching your video. Connected to Agnd instead. Worked great!
Thanks very much. I found the soldering a bit fiddly - those points to attach to are tiny - but it worked. I can now play BBC Sounds, Spotify etc, anything on my phone through the Audio and it sounds pretty good. Fantastic!
Muchas gracias por tu ayuda.
Compré 1 metro de cable más el conector hembra, en total 0,85 € de material.
Las soldaduras me las han hecho en una tienda de informática y le di 2 € para que se tomará un café.
Lo he montado y funciona correctamente.
Tenía dudas ya que mi placa era diferente a la del vídeo, pero tenía las mismas conexiones (LOUT, ROUT, GND1), pero me animé a hacerlo.
Funciona perfectamente.
El CD de silencio lo hice con Audiocity, es fácil.
Mil gracias, por fin tengo música en mi coche.
hi man! greetings from pisa, italy
I followed your precious step-by-step instructions and after solderin' the CD board my mp3 began pumpin' music into my Mondeo MK3...
good job man, good job...
Gran solución para modernizar tú radio de coche sin cambiar la estética...
Funciona perfectamente!
Muchas gracias !!
Worked well, thank you. Greets from Poland :)
Great video Rob always enjoy watching them!
Thanks 👍
You save my life :D
It works so great even with standard CD. Not to loud but still better than only radio.
I will record the Silent CD and be in heaven.
Thanks man you saved my day. I’ve searched for weeks and couldn’t find anything useful but now it works absolutely amazing. I myself put a Bluetooth to aux adapter in it and it works flawlessly.
Thanks Rob - did today, and works perfectly.
Thank You Rob, managed to sort my aux input out and it works a treat!!
i drilled a hole where it says "compact disk digital audio" and glued a female aux connector onto the unit itself so it looks neat.
Crypto Junkie Awesome nice job 👍
This hack works an absolute treat, did it today on my 2001 ford ka during my lunch break at work.... Legend!
Awesome 👏
Hi man, i have ford ka 2008 with cd 6000 rds eon without cd charger and aux button. Will it works for me?
You're a man of many talents Rob. I converted my car to have an Aux input by getting one of those kits which plugs into the plug designated for the CD changer.
See ya next week!
I looked for these kits as well, but I've only found ones of 60 quid or higher. Where did you find it? If I looked for a CD changer plug to 3.5mm cable I only found ones for the Mk2 Focus
I just did this to my Focus MK1 2004. I love you man! It works great, maybe audio quality isn't the best but now I'm able to play music from my iPhone.
Thanks for this tutorial! :)
Great news 👍
you are a genius doing this tomrrow. Just done it, it works was fiddly but managed it thanks soo much saved me a few penny's
You are literly a genius!!
Thank you!!
Yes ! Did it on my stereo, works perfect....Nice work man !
I wanted this for a looooooong time,but they've said it wasn't possible to connect my phone,because there is no input or bluetooth. Now i'm veeeeeerrrrryyyyy happy. Let's rock that thing.
I did an Aux hack on my radio too and I really recommend to add a female jack, and just plug a stereo cable into it.
The reason is if you pull to hard on the stereo cable, you will just unplug it. It will be quick and easy to plug it back.
If you pull hard and you have soldered the cable directly to the radio PCB, there is a chance you have to resolder a wire/ all the wires. It will take you more time to fix that !!
Not to mention lifted soldering pads/ripped traces from the PCB
Just done it today in my Focus MK1, works perfect. thx mate.
Jake Nailik have it work perfect just like in Cd please?
Great Video Rob keep them coming
Cheers Paul
Спасибо огромное, мужик! Столько лет прошло, а видео до сих пор актуально!!!!👍👍👍
Great video! I cant wait to give this a try.
Pretty neat ideea, congratiulations!
Greetings from Portugal.Worked on my ford galaxy 2001 radio. Great.
Very nice clean upgrade Rob , terrific video as always. Checking out Joakim music now
Cheers Keith. Love a bit of Joakim. He's one of those nice guys like yourself. 👍
New Level Auto Charlie started dancing as soon as the tunes dropped 😎
Haha he's the man!
you saved my life man thank's a lot now I don't need to used fm transmitter
Aww man, you have made my year!! Been looking for an auxiliary cable which I could plug in for my Mondeo MK3 but they're so hard to find. Gonna use the hack today!
I have one ghia x model got one in the glove box
Bravo !!! Great solution, I have now the music I want!! Many thanks, great !!!
Thank you so mutch man for this video. It worked like a charm .
When i re connected the player needed a code. Remember when you take it out to write down the serial number
I like that. Nice idea and I bet plenty will give it a go too. Cheers buddy.
I'm sure they will. Cheers Steve 🍻
my solution to this was to buy a new car! haha! nice video Rob and I will have to see if I can do this to my truck.
Haha thanks Mike! Yes get that soldering iron warmed up 🍻
In addition to this video:
You can change songs using standard Ford's multimedia joystick.
1) Take 3.5 mm TRRS wire. It has 4 poles - L+R, mic and ground.
2) Connect left and right channels as it was shown in the video.
3) Locate "Analogue remote" wires. They are located in the central connector of your head unit. You can locate them by just using pinout schema or by measuring resistance and pressing buttons on the joystick.
4) Remove or cut these wires from the connector.
WARNING! It will not control head unit any more. But honestly, do you need it?
Connect mic and ground poles on your 3.5mm to them in any available way. Soldering is the best, but you have to power the tool in your car somehow, so I just used insulation tape.
Now you have teach your phone where is right buttons.
I have Xiaomi and I did it via standard headphones settings.
Track+ and Track- buttons are working as they should and Volume- is working as pause button.
Unfortunately, I don't know how can you map more buttons, but if it's possible - let me know.
Great video once again and congrats on the 1k subs
Thank you Mr Cornwall 👍
just done this to mine and it works a treat just guna find some were to put the aux to now
yeeaaa, just done it today in my Galaxy, works perfect. thx :)
nice video, i have other printed circuit board
, but i found lout, rout and gnd in the same places, and it works briliant, thank you
Applied. Works fine. Thnx 👍
Really useful video! Just tried this on my MK1 before taking the opportunity to burn the CD and I see why it's needed! Otherwise works like a charm. Thanks!
What changed when you used the cd?
When you don't use the CD and the phone goes silent (for example for a second as you change from one track to the next), you get a loud blast of whatever CD you have in the player which is jarring at best.
Mondeo MK3 radio working thanks mate :p
Thanks a lot man! I owe you one! It is absolutely working! You saved me some money. Love this video!
Cool 😎
@@OneAuto works this also whit en emptey cd
No because it won’t play an empty cd
Thank you my friend it's working great..
Nice vid Rob,done the same mod to my Honda Goldwing......
Nice.. Upgrading the bike audio.
Great vid mate!
There must be a transistor that switches the different signal paths to the op amp. You can bypass it and fix the output of the cd signal path, thus you will not need to put the silent cd on. You will be pretty much connecting the output of your phone right into the input of the power amp stage of the radio unit. But schematics are required.
Well you musicians know all that stuff 😂
chungaleta1234 been wondering how to do this for a few years
but the phones pre amp wouldn't be powerful enough, im assuming the method he used the cd unit boosts the signal to the amplifier.
Obrigado! Fabuloso! Seu vídeo chegou ao Brasil!!!
Thank you so much! It worked! Unbelievable!!!
THnx from Belarus! Great job!
I'm, impressed!
Super pomysł i wykonanie
There you go Rob; now you can listen to music from your phone. When you were soldering the PC board, I noticed that there were solder openings for both channels along with a solder opening for the ground. Only one of those openings, I think it was for the left channel that coincided with the solder pads you soldered to. Being me, I would have placed the wires into those exposed holes and then it probably wouldn't work :) Nice work Rob!
That's too observant of you Terry. I didn't even notice that :) Have a good weekend mate 🍻
вот это да! надо попробовать. спасибо за гайд
Thank you! You've really helped me!
In addition to this video:
You can change songs using standard Ford's multimedia joystick.
1) Take 3.5 mm TRRS wire. It has 4 poles - L+R, mic and ground.
2) Connect left and right channels as it was shown in the video.
3) Locate "Analogue remote" wires. They are located in the central connector of your head unit. You can locate them by just using pinout schema or by measuring resistance and pressing buttons on the joystick.
4) Remove or cut these wires from the connector.
WARNING! It will not control head unit any more. But honestly, do you need it?
Connect mic and ground poles on your 3.5mm to them in any available way. Soldering is the best, but you have to power the tool in your car somehow, so I just used insulation tape.
Now you have teach your phone where is right buttons.
I have Xiaomi and I did it via standard headphones settings.
Track+ and Track- buttons are working as they should and Volume- is working as pause button.
Unfortunately, I don't know how can you map more buttons, but if it's possible - let me know.
Thank You! Done it! Although there is a little background noise but im going to see after i try a silent cd.
My works transit is about to get some seriously good beats playing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
¡Hola! Muchas gracias por la idea y el tutorial. Le instalé el cable aux al CD4600, de mi Escort Zetec, que es muy similar al del video, pero sin rds. Por dentro tiene las mismas conexiones pero en otras posiciones y más juntos entre si, por eso las soldaduras deben hacerse con más cuidado; aun asi se puede y quedó perfecto ¡Gracias por la explicación! Saludos desde Argentina
Me puedes ajudar? Mi focus tambem tiene las posiciones diferentes. Achas q puede te enviar una foto? Saludos de portugal
Very nice job
Even i have problems with balance thank you very match from thessaloniki Greece
very useful man, thanks. on my model I used a professional audio cable, a bit thicker than yours and I manage to use this hack w/ a normal audio CD.
10x again m8
How you manage it to works w/t audio cd?
I will do it soon i got a focus mk1 too snd that same stereo
neat trick, got to have decent tunes when you're stuck on the M1
Muchas gracias.. justo lo que necesitaba..
I have Focus MK1 too.I hope more videos about this car.
good to know rob cheers
Cheers Andrew 👍
So good ,
So useful 👌
Great video!
Thanks a lot...
BR
Excellent sir
I really did not believe it would work. i'll really try it!
Haha of course it works, and is still working 👍
Very nice ! cool... Thanks.
You listen really good music :) I like the quality of this video
thank you very much for your video as it is very well explained and I have managed to do it and it is perfect.
Excellent, well done 👍
Could you send me a copy of the silent cd by email? because I do not clarify much and I do not find anything or do not make fun on the internet to be able to do well.
regards
Thanks man, this video helped my a lot :)
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😎 You're welcome 👍
Amazing !
Thanks it works great!! Do you know if it's possible to wire in left and right outputs for a subwoofer?
Great vid mate
Cheers
Jamie
Cheers Jamie 👍
This is a great idea, and it does work. Thanks for posting this. My attempt at this has some electrical gremlins however. I tried this with my wife's 2001 Ford Focus wagon. It works only when the car is off. As soon as the engine is running, the left channel cuts in and out even at a standstill. Then while driving the left channel either cuts out completely or seems to flutter in time with the engine. The oddest part of this is that when she presses the brake pedal both channels play. Maybe a slight change in voltage from the brake light switch activating solves the problem? Since I can't pull over to listen to tunes all the time, I am going to try grounding somewhere else on the radio and see if this helps. First, however, I am going to take the wire completely back off and see if the problem isn't a short in the cable I am using.
brilliant!
EPIC DUDE
Excellent
Hi. Purchased auto Ford focus MK1, the radio has no aux input, rummaged the entire Internet. All show how they work, but not who shows how to do it. Thanks to your video now know how to do. I'll take care of it tomorrow. Thanks.
Brilliant video Rob and nice hack. I am sure you would know how to hack the new iPhone, too; - just open it and do the same as you have done in your video :D
Thanks, yeh I'm sure there's a way 👍
Cool trick Rob
Thanks 👍
Thanks, good Jobs!
thank you
Thanks. It works great. (y)
nice video rob cheers
Thanks stuart 👍
Thanks alot !!
Ty very much i have do this all this day and it finaly works :)
muito bom mesmo me ajudou demais inscrito do Brasil