G'day folks, Can any one advise me where I can get a 1970's car radio upgraded to accept an auxillary plug for an mp3 player in the Adelaide area.
Thanks.

Hi there I used to be a car stereo installer for nearly 7 yrs and if it is a classic car and you want to keep it original for the price it will cost to modify the existing unit you can hook up another cd player hidden in glovebox or under the dash or a cheaper way if you only have 2 speakers go to jaycar and buy a basic 2 channel amp (small) and run your ipod into rca in on the amp and conect to existing speakers then you get to keep the original unit and still have ipod and if you do sell the car later on you just take it out and you havnt lost any value by modifying the unit hope this helps

This job, if humanly possible would best be done by a mate who knows his way around a vintage car radio. The trick is finding the input to the amplifier circuit but you also need to find a way to isolate the tuned circuit or settle for keeping the radio positioned on a quiet part of the dial.

I doubt there is anyone that is able (or willing) to do this in a commercial arrangement - most TV technicians prefer to stick to replacing boards these days than digging into the finer parts of a circuit and that is really all most are trained to do these days due to the complexity of modern circuitry.

Here's an alternative: the RediRad. It's not cheap but you don't have to hack anything to install it:

http://www.rediscoveradio.com/

Hi there,

I can help with this, have done a couple before.

Regards,
Peter