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What cable for in console aux jack

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by FJRCRAZED, May 31, 2006.

  1. FJRCRAZED

    FJRCRAZED New Member

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    I've been having issues with my Sirius Radio. I have it plugged into the small green aux jack in the console. I thought it was the normal 1/8 jack. However I don't get Stereo. When I push it in the sound only comes out of the left side. If I pull it out just a hair I get sound in all the speaker. Does this sound like a jack problem or cable??? I also get a lot of "noise" which I don't get in the Tundra
     
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    If the cable connector has one ring around the jack, it is mono, two is stereo. You may need a ground loop isolator to eliminate the noise. Check out Crutchfield.com or Radio Shack.
     
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  3. FJRCRAZED

    FJRCRAZED New Member

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    I just checked, it has One Green Ring. Not Stereo??? What car manufacture in their right mind would install any type of MONO jack. Everything today is STEREO
     
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    No, you're seeing that the plug is mono. Not the jack in the car, which you can't see.

    You need a stereo 1/8" cable.
     
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  5. FJRCRAZED

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    It IS a stereo cable. Works in Stereo in my other cars, just not the Prius
     
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    Not if it only has tip and sleeve conductors. If there is one insulating ring, it is definitely NOT stereo. What you're hearing in your other cars is probably just a copy of one channel in both speakers.
     
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    Is this groundhog day?
     
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    Yep, sounds like you have a mono cable. Try listening to something that has stereo separation, like some Hendrix or Pink Floyd. =)

    Just to clarify:

    Mono cable:
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    Stereo cable:
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    To do stereo, the cable need 3 conductors (and thus 2 insulating rings separating them) whereas a mono cable only needs two conductors.
     
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    Well, turns out I DID have stereo cables, went to Radio Shack and got another pair, same dam thing MONO. I spent 30 min pulling the console apart and I found the freaking problem. The wires coming from the other side of the jack were pinched, smash together is a better term. So back to RS found another jack and now I have STEREO. And you guys thought I had the wrong plug, give me a break B)
     
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