Found on StumbleUpon...
OK, I know this is the Kizashi forum but I owned an SX4 before my SLS. I know that RonZuki did too and my still have one. I was wasting time on stumbleupon.com last night and there was an article of the best cheap electronic hacks. One was adding an external jack to a radio that that didn't have one for an MP3 player or phone. When I looked at the photo, I did a double take. Is that the radio in an SX4? So I did a little searching and indeed it was. Matter of fact, I think this exact photo may be from the SX4 forum! The silver trim pieces around the radio were notorious for breaking when you tried to remove them.
Neat.
My girlfriend bought a used 2007 Mazda3 last summer. It has a built-in aux input in the center armrest console that my '05 Mazda3 didn't. However, the vehicle doesn't have Bluetooth connectivity of any sort so I bought her a Bluetooth/FM adapter online. It's basically a device that connects your phone to the car's speakers by tying the Bluetooth of the phone to a FM radio frequency. You then can get calls through the car's speakers. It's powered by plugging into the cigarette lighter port, but features two USB ports for powering other devices. It also features a microphone for the user's voice back to the phone via Bluetooth. Given that it's a Bluetooth 4.0 device, it will also stream Bluetooth audio and basically allows wireless audio streaming for music. Given this feature, it even features a pause and skip button on the device.
It hasn't arrived yet so I can't comment on its actual usage, but this may be an option for those looking to upgrade the audio/phone connectivity of their older vehicles without Bluetooth.
This is the device (also where I bought it):
http://www.gearbest.com/fm-transmitters ... 84625.html
My girlfriend bought a used 2007 Mazda3 last summer. It has a built-in aux input in the center armrest console that my '05 Mazda3 didn't. However, the vehicle doesn't have Bluetooth connectivity of any sort so I bought her a Bluetooth/FM adapter online. It's basically a device that connects your phone to the car's speakers by tying the Bluetooth of the phone to a FM radio frequency. You then can get calls through the car's speakers. It's powered by plugging into the cigarette lighter port, but features two USB ports for powering other devices. It also features a microphone for the user's voice back to the phone via Bluetooth. Given that it's a Bluetooth 4.0 device, it will also stream Bluetooth audio and basically allows wireless audio streaming for music. Given this feature, it even features a pause and skip button on the device.
It hasn't arrived yet so I can't comment on its actual usage, but this may be an option for those looking to upgrade the audio/phone connectivity of their older vehicles without Bluetooth.
This is the device (also where I bought it):
http://www.gearbest.com/fm-transmitters ... 84625.html
2025 Mazda CX-50 Preferred Hybrid
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 6MT (Sold)
2011 Suzuki Kizashi Sport GTS 6MT (Sold)
I was thrilled when I replaced my AM radio with an under-dash Pioneer super tuner with cassette player. Then my next car had a in-dash! My dad got my mom an under-dash FM tuner. However it still played through the crummy mono dash speaker in our '73 Pinto.