Comments on: How To: Fix a noisy car stereo iPod/iPhone connection with this Magic Box

By: TTboyz

TTboyz — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:38:59 +0000

Wow sounds like an expensive Aux in port..lol..and ur right thouse FM transmitter things are terrible..im sure that was the cause of the ariel malfunction in iphone..anyway thats another story…
A aftermarket OEM stereo was the way to go for me..not only does it have ipod compatibility, its has built in satnav, usb and sd reader, dvd player…a variety of musical possibilities…well thats my two cents worth….great post

By: joey

joey — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:01:29 +0000

@Doc, I’m 6’3″ and 275 and i think i fit into the yaris fine. I just took it on a 2500 mile round trip last week and the only pain i had was from my ankle being stuck in traffic and not being able to use cruise control

By: imajoebob

imajoebob — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:50:33 +0000

HA! What’s old is new again? This is technology popular back in the EARLY 1970s. During the CB craze engine whine was a big problem for a lot of cars. You stuck one of these noise filters between the antenna and the radio, exactly like you’re doing here.

Maybe you should add a copy of “Convoy” to your play list?

By: Killer's Dad

Killer's Dad — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:45:11 +0000

My 2001 Nissan Maxima has a different problem. I play my iPhone through a cassette converter with no alt.whine. But when I charge my iPhone I hear alt.whine through my Sirius Satellite Radio that transmits to any FM station I assign. I notice the whine starts about 30 seconds after I change the broadcast channel. So I will try the Magic Box on the Sirius output.

By: Vas the Man

Vas the Man — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:14:10 +0000

@Doc: 2007 model year – it’s not feeling so new any more.

@Colin: yes, I’ve driven a Camry, and it’s an old man’s car – the Auris/Corolla Hatch is a lot more fun to drive (6-speed manual gearbox with the stick on the console, fun to get it sideways, better power/mass ratio, wrap-around front seats and reclined rear seats). The longest trips I take in it are about 100km – any further and I’ll hire a van or fly. Also, Doc said one of his primary reasons for getting a Camry over a Corolla was the stereo’s line in, so your arguments are irrelevant, anyway.

By: Brian M

Brian M — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:36:49 +0000

No whine in the Camry Hybrid ’08… probably because of the very different drive system. I tend to notice high pitch sounds very easily, so something like this would have annoyed me.
It is good to know there are devices like this out there that can potentially solve the issue.

By: Coco

Coco — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:51:29 +0000

Yeah your Toyota Camry has an input jack, but can you even hear the iPhone over the terrified screaming?

By: Vince

Vince — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:56:07 +0000

I get that sound in my car too. Here I always thought it was because it was a 91 Dodge with a tape adapter causing the sound. Do they make one of these for a cassette adapter?

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:06:52 +0000

I’ve got ya all beat….I still use my 1990, $4.00 car cassette tape desk adapter….put a little spit on the tape head and it’s good to go!

Yes, I am a cheap bastard and it will be a cold day in hell before I spend hundreds/thousands of dollars on a car stereo (plus I’m married and my wife would castrate me if I even mentioned it).

By: Dr. Macenstein

Dr. Macenstein — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:02:04 +0000

@go figure,

WHY YOU!!!!

No, seriously, the sound would fluctuate for no reason. Sitting idle it would sometimes go nuts, sometimes barely hear it. Some drives you would barely hear it, and other times it was super annoying. I could put the car in neutral and floor the accelerator with no change in the sound. Highway driving wasn’t as bad, mainly because the wind noise blocked out everything, including the music.

- The Doc