How To: Install a $3 AUX Input To Your Car 

You should have seen the look on my face after I got this to work. You sir are a lifesaver!! I am STOKED!!

It worked for my 2005 Cadillac Escalade. I don't use xm so I connected it directly to the cables and it worked perfectly. Thank you for the tutorial.

At 3:49 is would have been best to wire a switch that can toggle between XM and the AUX jack wiring so that you can keep both XM and AUX without bleeding. Also for anyone driving a yukon denali, you can get a compsite (red/white/yellow) wire to 3mm audio conversion cable and plug it into the TV in the back seat and set the TV to AUX and select RSE in the front by hitting the CD button twice. This way you can tap into the CAR AUX audio without any soldering or cutting.

great video! I followed this about 6 months ago and installed it to my 2003 Yukon. Works great!

I would like to know how many cars have been burned for not following instruction lol thanks man 👍

I just finished doing this on my "03 Yukon Denali with Bose Stereo. The feedback from XM radio advertisement was much more than I could deal with. I tried just unhooking the connection from the XM module, but then my stereo would not go to the XM station. So instead, I cut the brown & green wires going back to the XM module(pink highlighted area in this video), and works perfect. If the next owner wants to get XM, it won't be that hard to revert this system back. Thank you Andres!

Great video!I was able to find a 3.5MM jack with the wires installed, used 3M Scotch-lok connectors and then disconnected the XM due to bleed through. Real easy.I'd suggest removing the trim before drilling any holes so nothing gets accidentally damaged behind the dash.

Hi Andreś, thank you so much for this video. In the past, I used those FM frequency things to get music from my iPhone or iPod, but since changing vehicles, none would work properly. By using your video, I was able to successfully install the 3.5 mm AUX plug (costing me a whopping $1.21 CDN!) connected through vehicle audio system using the XFM1 channel. Amazon had a great cable for device to vehicle that is Apple certified for $ 18 CAD. I even tried the liquid electrical tape you suggested, that’s great stuff too). Works great and sounds perfect - vehicle has a Bose sound system. The only modification I made was to cut the green and brown striped lines leading to the original vehicle XFM plug, attaching my new plug lines to these (so XFM won’t work, unless reconnected) and run a dedicated ground line to vehicle metal. Great results! Thank you! DS, Surrey, BC, Canada

Worked great! Especially appreciated the schematic. Thanks!

I watched a handful of videos about this, but yours was the most descriptive and clear. Thank you! FYI, I had a lot of bleed so I just cut the XM wires. I don't use XM anyway. AND, I used hex nuts to connect the wires. The clam-like connected where the two wires lay next to each other and you use pliers to squeeze down the metal piece into them, thus creating a current. Also, a bit of a rig job, but the AUX input kept slipping in when I would put the 1/8" plug into it, so I pull out the little panel box and stuffed it with thick double-sided tape and now it stays in place when I plug in! Thanks again, Andres.

Awesome video, great instructions. Did mine and works perfectly

I like how nice it turned out

Phenomenal. Knew it was possible but needed the details. had to buy everything but the soldering iron, so it ran about $20 after buying the jack, the wire, the solder and the splices. 15 minutes later, works PERFECTLY. Tune to 0 on XM and you don't get bleed at any volume. Watched another guy's video first, but he spent most of the time with his hands in front of the wiring as he was splicing. Great of him to try, but wasn't much help. Diagrams, exact instructions and clear video. Really appreciate the effort.

Did this to my 03 GMC K2500. Works like a champ! The only things I did differently are I used those clamp down connectors to tap into the green/white and brown/white wires so I didn't have to risk dripping or melting something while soldering in my truck(today was the first time I ever used a solder gun). I also bolted the ground to the bare metal right behind the glove box. There is another vid on youtube that shows where to bolt the ground to.

Very well done video, thank you for taking the time to make it.

This worked like a charm! Thank you!

Worked great!! Thanks for the good video.

Andres, works like a charm. Just an FYI for everyone that follows, if all connections are soldered, the aux/phone signal will always fully override any XM bleed when active. Tried both just as a check. Thanks again.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS. You still rock, 6 years later. Don't listen to the haters. Rock on

That XM unit is your tuner right? Nice video and really good explanation but I want to suggest to the other guys that you can also install a single switch that cuts the aux ground or the tuner's ground in order to avoid that "radio on the back ground" which you were talking about. The ground radio cable to the middle of the switch and the tuner's ground and aux ground to the left and right pin of it ^^

Damn fine video young man, you should do this for a living :-)) Thx again.

Worked like a charm! 100% ++

How does this video have any dislikes? Excellent video sir!

Awesome! Well done!

Great video! I followed this and it worked perfectly. However, I recently switched batteries and now nothing works. Before I start tearin stuff apart do you have any suggestions??

Green wire is right speaker and brown wire is left speaker. Ground can be bolted to the metal frame behind the glove box instead. One less wire to splice :)

so, I'm assuming if I do not pay for the XM service but I do have the equipment, I can just disconnect that altogether and splice away for my aux hookup?

You are professional

Awesome video, helped big time. Did your truck come stuck with the lux Bose head unit or did you install that also? Was wondering if it’s possible to go from non lux Bose to the lux Bose head unit?

Awesome! Doing it tonight on my 03yukon. I had a question though. Can you explain a little bit more about connecting to the yellow and pink highlighting part please. Or maybe send me a close up picture so I know exactly where to connect it. Thank you bro!

Greetings! That is a well done video. My soldering iron is crap and I'd like to get a new one before doing any more projects such as this. What kind of soldering iron do you have? You did well with it. Thank you

thanks for the video, appreciate it, But what does 3-conductor mean on the items packaging and how is it different to 4 conductor or 2 conductor?

it worked for me but i hear a ticking from my right front speaker only any ideas I dont have the xm connected just wired up to radio

what wires did you use? any normal electrical wire

Highly recommend ground to metal not to wire as the wire will give you signal from xm either works don't get me wrong great video

You honestly just saved me 30$

Hey, awesome video, I used a cat5 cable and a 5 prong connector instead. I soldered and hooked everything up correctly but I'm not getting any sound other than a static coming from my right speaker. Does anyone know what the problem is?

This is great. I'm going to try on my 06 Denali. So this will work even with having xm radio subscription?

Great Video thanks. What is the type and size wire you are using?

I have done as instructed. when my phone is not plugged in there is some static and when i'm driving or the wipers turn on it makes a high frequency sound. is this a ground issue?

I think to fix the XM bleeding mentioned in the video, simply tune to channel 0 ( the XM radio code) there's and nod no sound on that channel. Just a guess but I think this fix just might help people with XM bleeding problems.

Thax for this video, what is the size of the drill bit that you used to make the hole?

Word of caution. Leave the black/white wire intact from the XM plug and use a clamp splicer on it. You can cut the two speaker wires if you don't want to use XM (this eliminates the XM bleed through). With my black/white ground wire cut, I had a terrible engine whine coming through that varied with RPM.

Wondering if this would work coming off the factory 6 disk changer by the cup holder?

Thank you...!!!

good job

I was wondering if I do not need the xm radio could I do the connection right behind the actual radio? Granted I trace all the wires correctly of course.

Hey there I have a question for you, I located my XM receiver on my 2007 Jeep liberty. It's in the right rear quarter panel are, there is 2 sets of wires, one matches the lug that goes into the back of the radio and one is larger like yours. The is a green and white wire and a brown and white wire on the larger plug. No green and white on the smaller plug. Need to know which one to tep into..thx

Perhaps a switch could be installed to split the XM and AUX wires. It could be brought out thru the same accesory panel.

I did things like this before two CD players in stereo systems I would use two way switch with 3 connections left right ground. I one time hook up my phone in wrong to an amplifier and the audio came back to my phone and shut my phone off it was ok i thought i fried my phone but I didn't so I don't like doing things like this unless I can shut off the other signal

please answer my question. the end product is exactly what I have shown in my car but when I plug in the aux cord there's a red light that comes on and I think there's a bulb that's blocking. what is that???

I did my 2007 Trailblazer with a bluetooth module. Green is Right channel and Brn is Left channel. Bought a cheap bluetooth module on Amazon. Found 12v with key as i don't want my bluetooth module on all the time.

I'm confused do you connect the xm harness plug to the both speaker wires? I'm confused because how do you connected two sides of the cable to both sources? I don't want to damage my radio.

Can i splice in just an 1/8" cable? That way I don't have to deal with a port wearing out?

nice video.. just wanna know if this also works in hyundai accent 2008? thanks

what gauge wire did you use? also does your cable have a 3.5mm at both ends to plug into the phone? thanks

any time you tap into a wire that's already carrying another signal (in this case, the xm audio signal) it's a good idea to install a 12v diode on each wire to prevent back flow of signal to prevent the possibility of blowing an audio board by accidentally having both sources on at once.

would t-taps work just as well?

If I decide i never will use xm radio, is it okay to completely sever the wires from stereo to xm radio, instead of splicing?

Does this still go through the amp? I didn't add the ground as I saw this afterwards is that why mine isn't amplified? Thanks

All the other hacks involve opening the unit to connect a bluetooth receiver which is just a little to much trouble. I hope this works for my 06' Suburban cuase otherwise I have to put in a new radio . I got spoiled by my last car , a 98' Expedition which had an aftermarket Sony Xplod with a 3.5 mm jack and I could listen to any song I wanted from my Samsung android anytime for free !

Just completed the install, but I do have a little XM radio faintly bleeding in. How do you totally remove the noise? I know you explained it in the video but I don’t totally understand. Thanks!

Just want to say, I followed this to a degree... Instead of putting a port in my tahoe, I ran a shielded cable as a temporary patch until I get my aftermarket radio installed. And it works great... until I start the motor. That's when I start getting a popping signal interference in the sound. So this isn't necessarily a perfect fix. Since the cable itself is shielded, I am guessing the signal bleed is at the splice.

I have a 2016 Honda Civic--it's got a usb plug input, but it does not have an aux input like my previous cars had. It has just a standard radio, no xm---can an aux input be installed easily on this car?

on the fist diagram your saying to use the bottom right ... but on the second one your saying the top one?? thank u

I did it and it work awesome. But I get engine buzzing feedback when the car is running. how do I fix that?

I did this in my 2003 Chevy Tahoe and for some reason I'm picking up alternator noise when I drive any idea how to fix this?

This work! Glad I can finally connect my phone, but it seems to have a large amount of alternator whine through the speakers now. Any thoughts on how I can fix? Thanks again for putting this up!

I did everything you said in the video but I am getting no sound from my left speaker. What could be causing this??? Please help

hello can I do the same for honda accord 7' generation? i have on the radio a botton CD/AUX

What wire is the subwoofer? The speakers are working fine and sound good. But I can't feel my subwoofer

So hey bro I have an exact 2004 Denali, I don't have a XM subscription, so it's no use, it wouldn't matter if I cut the XM cables and just replace them with the new aux Cables right? And one more thing, is it necessary to remove the whole dashboard trim? Thanks in advanced!

you can unplug the big brown wire with yellow plug (xm atenna) and you wont get any bleed through

did mine with a 3.5mm stereo jack and the sound sounds like i am far away.. any reason why it would sound that way

Do your steering wheel controls still function?

did you conect the red wire to the black strip wire?

If you cant solder the wires on would it be okay to just wrap them and cover with electrical tape?

does it only work with the xm models or also with the bose system

Would this work for a 2007 gmc envoy?

will it work on a 2005 chevy equinox?

Is there any way to do this if you don't have an xm module?

Which wires are xm to cut off to stop the bleed on background?PLZ HELP!!!!!

can i use 20 gauge solid hookup wire?

can this be done on a 2005 kia sportage ? its not xm .. but dont really have the funs for a 400$ stereo replacment

a aux cable was added two this 2011 hd how do u turn it on once u installl

and also if i dont have xm subsription will this work if i only want the aux

Just a FYI to keep the buzz to a minimum leave all the wires connected. And to get rid of the XM bleed through just go to channel zero.

hey man so what black wire is the ground the bottom or top

dos that works on Honda accord with xm

I just did this install on an 06 Silverado with the stock Bose system...I've checked all my connections twice and still am only getting audio through the driver's side front and rear speakers, nothing on the passenger side. XM plays through all 4 speakers but when I plug into the aux jux it goes to just the two driver's side. Anyone have this same problem? Also wondering if it could be the 1/8" to usb-c cable that plugs into my phone.

Will this work on a 2005 altima that has a sat button but no sat module?

can we do that without having s rsdio connection

Nice video. Can I do it on my 2000 mercedes benz w203 (radio 10)? can you help me with some indicator?

Hi i have the same set up but it's working on the xm

Does anyone know if this works for a 1999-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee?

mine has 4 signal pins on the jack i got 5 pins with the ground

would this work on a 1997 Toyota Vienta?

would this work on a 2003 suzuki ?

Dose it work on a Mercury Monterey 2004?

Any chance this will work on a 2020 Toyota Camry? Thanks