Fitted my Ipod for £5 W203 C-Class

[Coggers]

I'm a big fan of listening to music in cars and have always fitted i-pods to my cars. However, when purchasing a Mercedes this set me a new challenge.

Originally I was looking at paying £200-£300 just to connect to my car!! So I decided to take a different approach.

After finding the Aux input in the glove box in the form of a 3.5mm jack socket I ordered a lead for around £5. This allowed me to play music through my stereo, but meant that if the worse should happen and the music suddenly jumped to Girls Aloud, Madonna or something equally as torturous I would be unable to change the track without reaching across the car.

This video showed me how to remove the ash tray:
BENZWERKS c-class radio removal - YouTube

Using this video, and a lot of fiddling about pushing the cable through the glove box compartment and behind panels, I managed to run the cable from my glove box to the ash tray.

Woohoo, I can now safely change tracks whilst driving. :bannana: As you can see in the photo, the lead also came with a USB connector for charging, so I bought a cigarette light-to-USB connector and added that.

So as you can see, it doesn't have to cost a fortune to connect to a Merc.



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[Mobb]

Nice one

 

[brucemillar]

I hope this does not mean you intend flicking your cannabis butt ends out the window.

 

[Shude]

This allowed me to play music through my stereo, but meant that if the worse should happen and the music suddenly jumped to Girls Aloud, Madonna or something equally as torturous I would be unable to change the track without reaching across the car.

I'd consider removing the tracks from the ipod, just to be safe!

 

[brucemillar]

>>if the worse should happen and the music suddenly jumped to<<

This sometimes happens when I am playing my 78's on my boot mounted gramaphone. I found that taping a brick on the top of the stylus helped.

 

[Coggers]

I'd consider removing the tracks from the ipod, just to be safe!

If I've got friends in the car, I just usually come up with the usual response of 'It's my girlfriends music on there!'

 

[trainer]

Thanks for the post. I was thinking of doing exactly the same thing so you have saved me some research

 

[dokalj]

Very good post, I have always wondered how to get around the the fact the aux is in the glovebox and your in the driver's seat.

Thanks

dokalj

 

[jamesmatthews]

Do all w203 c class's have the aux lead in the glove box or was it an optional extra? I looked in mine and couldn't find one and was just wondering if it was hidden away some where ... I have a cd changer so could it be behind that?
Thanks, james

 

[npuk]

No they didnt but you can add it assuming you have a facelift model. See: Aux input retrofit on A,B,C,CLK,ML,GL,R

If you have a pre-facelift only Comand has an aux input.

 

[holbay]

I hope this does not mean you intend flicking your cannabis butt ends out the window.

Never in the ashtray.. Always the door compartment it is so big you never miss..George..

 

[Coggers]

Do all w203 c class's have the aux lead in the glove box or was it an optional extra? I looked in mine and couldn't find one and was just wondering if it was hidden away some where ... I have a cd changer so could it be behind that?
Thanks, james

I'll post a picture of where my jack plug is located in the glove compartment tomorrow. I meant to do it on the original post, but as its Xmas I had a beer in my hand and got side tracked.

 

[Coggers]

Finally got round to getting the image uploaded. For all those still looking for their jack socket. If you've got it fitted, then it should be here. I just need to get round to tidying up that pesky cable plugged into it now.