I have to thank the board and its members for help with this one. As mentioned in another link I picked up the PIE Honda adapter. Which I must say works so much better than a RF adapter. But you have to wire it correctly, its not just plug and play. You HAVE to add a groud strap and attach it to the stereo (as posted in another thread)

I decided to go a bit further, I didn't want too much visible so I made up my own patch cable which utilized a 1/8" panel mount unput, split into the RCA patch cords (incase I use something later, I didn't ruin the PIE adapter) and added the ground strap. All in one nice piece.



Then I drilled a hole and mounted the jack to the front of the stereo surround. buried the wires inside and presto, stealth.



Next on the list is a panel mount FireWire port next to the input, hardwired to 12v supply to charge the iPod, and a 1/8" patch cable including the remote controls of the iPod so I can keep the main unit nice and safely tucked away.

 

That kinda sucks... now I have to figure out another way to link pics

 

email the pictures and I'll post them for you

 

Here, let me help you out.







How hard was to drill the hole there (see above pic)?

 

Cool! Thanks guys!

If you remove the stereo cover (just snaps in) its pretty easy to get a hole there.

 

i don't suppose there would be any way to use this with a CD changer as well... ? i suppose you'd have to fabricate some little board that switched between two complete sets of 14 pin inputs.

 

that's pretty smooth! good job!