Will the factory CD player play MP3s? Thanks.

 

no

 

Not directly - but if you add a 10-disc Neochanger, that will process MP3 and send the audio up to the OEM head unit - so in this manner you can play MP3 through the OEM head unit.

-JD

 

YES

go to www.pie.net and find the HON98-AUX wiring harness that will hook into the cd changer port of the factory headunit and give you an RCA jack to plug in your MP3 player's line out jack.

They also sell a harness that will give your Ipod left control panel functionality.

 

thanks for the ideas oatnet and thetz99 ... good stuff on the changer and ipod. Does the Honda accessory changer do mp3 and read the titles and stuff?

 

No, it does not - the factory accessory changer is so much in the dark ages I am suprised it doesn't read cassettes, and impressed that it actually reads CDs. In addition, there is absolutely NO way to show the titles on a factory head unit. You are limited to disk 1-6 and track 1-99 - the display had ZERO text capabilities.

As for Ipod, forget the Factory HU and CA jacks - Get an Alpine HU and the Alpine Ipod interface (due out within 2 weeks) and plug directly into that. It will control/power the Ipod, show titles, and sound a heck of a lot better than the factory unit.

-JD