My car stereo only works in aux

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Dec 19, 2012 - 25 posts - ‎18 authors I own a Hyundai Sonata 2012 which has a USB port that worked perfectly for listening to music on my iPhone. ... and it SUCKS. i want to be able to charge my phone via USB while I listen to music. .... I even bought an ALPINE stereo head unit and tried that, as they supposedly work with NOKIA phones, but.

It could be on mute or Sounds like the speakers are bad .

you said CAN , i bet you meant CAN'T or CAN NOT. right?
the AUX port is just a line input, analog audio input,
it dont know MP3 .
it only amplies the analog audio found there.
you connect any device, to AUX. push play on the device.
then put car radio in to AUX input mode and play. the audio.
that is all there is to it.
the external device does all the heavy lifting, reading a file, and decoding it (mp3 decode) and then sends raw analog audio out.

the cable is sold and radioshack, or walfart or many other stores,
Target, most MP3 players, come with this cable,
they use mini phone plugs, stereo, type,. (3 contacts)

If you are trying to play music through a USB cable located in the arm rest the type of phone depends on if it will play or not. Some android phones will not ply through the usb cable, or you may have to download an app to assist you. Also you can buy an aux cable to go from the headphone jack to the headphone jack on the bottom right of the stereo.

I purchaced a CONNEXIA 3.5 stereo plug with 2RCA plugs from JB HIFI product No. X05139 for #9.95. Plug in to RCA sockets in glove box then find AUX[ hold disc button for more than 2 sec]. Works great , perfect sound.

Thanks for the help ...so your saying that if I for example buy a ...pioneer stereo that is the right size then it should have no problem hooking into the car with out any fancy wire work ....I'm for iliac with normal installation ( done it before ) but I'm just a little intimidated by some of the sites saying that you can't install a after market radio into a saab because it won't exempt it and all that stuff . But any right size stereo should work your telling me ?

Hi, if it has a plug for the ipod. Yes, You may need to buy an adapter to fit the plug on your radio.

No im afraid it wont. You will find most factory stereo's will not play Mp3's im afraid. Unless you pay for a better factory stereo when the car is new.

if it is the sony unit then there may be a jack in the bach of the set for an i pod or mp3 player

please let me know if this helps
cheers
big mike :)

I had this same problem with my wife's 2000 TL. Even when new it would play packaged CD's okay but not ones that were burned. Eventually, it would not even play the packaged ones. I took it to an auto stereo place and they said the laser is the problem. I had the unit serviced and it worked great for a while but now again will not play burned CD's very well.