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Can't seem to get my mp3 player/aux input to sound good...
Well, I got my MCS today (yay!) and also tried out my mp3 player with the aux input. Trouble is, I tried many configurations with the EQ, volume normalizing, and Aux Input volume, but all my songs sound like crap. It's not the quality of the mp3 because I'm **** retentive about that. When played through the car speakers from the mp3 player, it seems to have all the mids scooped and I can't hear certain parts of songs. It's not just certain songs, too...it's all songs. I tried fiddling with the wire and if I put it half in/out, the quality gets slightly better but it can't be like that all the time.
Anyone have similar problems? Do you think it's my male/male cable that's the problem or my mp3 player itself? BTW, I have an iAudio X5.
Anyone have similar problems? Do you think it's my male/male cable that's the problem or my mp3 player itself? BTW, I have an iAudio X5.
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Well, I don't have an iPod. It's this...http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/x5/
Not that it should matter... But yes, headphones work fine.
I'll try my friends player tomorrow. If it still sounds like crap, I'll buy a different cable. If that fails, then I shall call up my dealer.
Not that it should matter... But yes, headphones work fine.
I'll try my friends player tomorrow. If it still sounds like crap, I'll buy a different cable. If that fails, then I shall call up my dealer.
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Deffinately could be that. I seriously doubt that your mp3 player is bad if it works with your headset; just wouldn't make sense. All it is doing is sending signal through a wire.
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I just tried it with my PSP. The sound was "fine", although too quiet even with the PSP's volume turned up all the way. With that said, I turned up the AUX Input to 5 and I heard too much noise/static. I think I'm just going to get a new cable because it really doesn't make sense how headphones will work fine but through a car speaker it sounds like ****.
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I just tried it with my PSP. The sound was "fine", although too quiet even with the PSP's volume turned up all the way. With that said, I turned up the AUX Input to 5 and I heard too much noise/static. I think I'm just going to get a new cable because it really doesn't make sense how headphones will work fine but through a car speaker it sounds like ****.
If the cable doesn't work out, have the dealership take a look.
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One key factor - using a headphone jack as line-out is going to lower the quality, because it's amplified. If you take the built-in amplifier on the device, and you add the amplifier of the car stereo, you get double amplification... not good!
If possible, try to find a way to get an unamplified line-out from the device. In the case of an iPod, for example, that means using an adapter that plugs into the docking port on the bottom... not using the headphone jack.
If possible, try to find a way to get an unamplified line-out from the device. In the case of an iPod, for example, that means using an adapter that plugs into the docking port on the bottom... not using the headphone jack.
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You're sending a high-level signal through a wire that is amplified again. Get a connection that takes the signal through a low level port (dock connector) or better yet - the DICE kit will be the best solution.
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RetractCable - iPod Dock to 1/8 Stereo Audio Mini Jack
http://www.europeanautosource.com/pr...roducts_id=257
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