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MP3 Car connections

by packerfan630 Jul 12, 2007 3:39PM PDT

OK so i have a MP3 player. I have a car aux jack to plug it into. But when i play my Music from the MP3 player through the car it sounds horrible. I can hear the background music great and the vocals sound like the singer is a mile down a tunnel. What can i do to fix this?

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Signal Out Of Phase?
by sunwatcher Jul 13, 2007 11:08AM PDT

When the music sounds fine but the vocals sound drowned out, that usually indicates a speaker is wired incorrectly (positive and negative leads reversed). But if your car's radio or CD player sounds fine, then it could be your MP3 player's connection. Could you give a little more info about it? Sounds like the aux jack or cable could be the problem.

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by packerfan630 Jul 15, 2007 11:49PM PDT

Yeah the stereo sounds fine and the cd player as well. what info do you need? It takes the same kind of cord i would use for headphones. I tried in my in-laws car with the same results.

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Problem With Connector?
by sunwatcher Jul 16, 2007 10:05AM PDT

It sounds like this might be a problem with your cable. Did you purchase this cable ready-made, or did you have to put one together yourself? Are you using a line-out jack from the MP3 player, or the headphone jack? How is it connected to the car radio's aux input (e.g., 3.5mm input, RCA jacks)? Have you tried a different MP3 player with the same cable? What MP3 player do you have?

I know that's a lot of questions, just trying to get as much info as possible. Maybe you could try a different cable too.

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