2004 Ford Stereo
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2004 Ford Stereo
Hello Everyone,
I found an old F-150 radio at the thrift and picked it up to work on it as a project. I currently use it to play music instead of a normal stereo (this was significantly cheaper than buying an actual stereo unit, and personally I think its cool). It plays cassettes and CD's great, but I am interested in connecting my phone to use as an AUX device so I can play other music without purchasing large amounts of CD's. I know that there used to be PIE adapters that would plug into the rear 16pin harness, but they are no longer available for sale. I have some Arduinos lying around from other electronics projects and was wondering if anyone knows how the PIE adapters work from the inside. My goal is to replicate a pie adapter using some sort of micro controller so that I can connect my phone to the stereo. Any ideas are helpful.
Link to Adapter- https://www.crutchfield.ca/S-eMFdDEa...-For-Ford.html
Link to harness - http://www.metraonline.com/files/pro...T71-5520-1.pdf
I found an old F-150 radio at the thrift and picked it up to work on it as a project. I currently use it to play music instead of a normal stereo (this was significantly cheaper than buying an actual stereo unit, and personally I think its cool). It plays cassettes and CD's great, but I am interested in connecting my phone to use as an AUX device so I can play other music without purchasing large amounts of CD's. I know that there used to be PIE adapters that would plug into the rear 16pin harness, but they are no longer available for sale. I have some Arduinos lying around from other electronics projects and was wondering if anyone knows how the PIE adapters work from the inside. My goal is to replicate a pie adapter using some sort of micro controller so that I can connect my phone to the stereo. Any ideas are helpful.
Link to Adapter- https://www.crutchfield.ca/S-eMFdDEa...-For-Ford.html
Link to harness - http://www.metraonline.com/files/pro...T71-5520-1.pdf
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Hello Everyone,
I found an old F-150 radio at the thrift and picked it up to work on it as a project. I currently use it to play music instead of a normal stereo (this was significantly cheaper than buying an actual stereo unit, and personally I think its cool). It plays cassettes and CD's great, but I am interested in connecting my phone to use as an AUX device so I can play other music without purchasing large amounts of CD's. I know that there used to be PIE adapters that would plug into the rear 16pin harness, but they are no longer available for sale. I have some Arduinos lying around from other electronics projects and was wondering if anyone knows how the PIE adapters work from the inside. My goal is to replicate a pie adapter using some sort of micro controller so that I can connect my phone to the stereo. Any ideas are helpful.
Link to Adapter- https://www.crutchfield.ca/S-eMFdDEa...-For-Ford.html
Link to harness - http://www.metraonline.com/files/pro...T71-5520-1.pdf
I found an old F-150 radio at the thrift and picked it up to work on it as a project. I currently use it to play music instead of a normal stereo (this was significantly cheaper than buying an actual stereo unit, and personally I think its cool). It plays cassettes and CD's great, but I am interested in connecting my phone to use as an AUX device so I can play other music without purchasing large amounts of CD's. I know that there used to be PIE adapters that would plug into the rear 16pin harness, but they are no longer available for sale. I have some Arduinos lying around from other electronics projects and was wondering if anyone knows how the PIE adapters work from the inside. My goal is to replicate a pie adapter using some sort of micro controller so that I can connect my phone to the stereo. Any ideas are helpful.
Link to Adapter- https://www.crutchfield.ca/S-eMFdDEa...-For-Ford.html
Link to harness - http://www.metraonline.com/files/pro...T71-5520-1.pdf
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Sorry I should clarify that I don't actually own a truck or anything like that. I am using the unit as an external stereo. Part of the purpose of doing the project is to learn how it works rather than just having a high quality stereo.
