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[wreckman 42]

I have the same question as Crusty. Went to the shack and all the they had was the bare plug with no wires. Did you buy a complete cord and cut it?

[Crusty]

I have the same question as Crusty. Went to the shack and all the they had was the bare plug with no wires. Did you buy a complete cord and cut it?

I did go get one and cut it, and the colors matched up.

[wreckman 42]

Did you get it at Radio Shack? It would make life easy if the colors match up. Can you tell me what one you bought.

[bissjim]

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103868

They used to carry 6' version of this cable but I can no longer find them. Check your local Wal-Mart I found them there also.

Don't worry about the colors mathing up. You will have 2 wires with insulation and 1 bare wire. The insulated wires are the + and the bare wire is the -.

[otteaga]

If you use a 3 wire combantion and a fitting from The Shaft just solder them the same as the board.  ground is pretty easy to figure and once you solder the left and right it would only mean left and right are reversed no big deal right?

[wreckman 42]

Just finished the mod tonight. Perfect instructions. I had to take the radio back out and cut deeper on the solder trace. These old eyes don't see as that well. Lucky I just hooked it up temp so I just had to upplug it.  I used a meter to hook up my wires correct left and right. Thanks for the very helpful info.

[AbnMP13]

That's it.......Thanks again to Paul at Hawg-Wired for helping me figure this one out and to Terry for the used of the radio.

What wire did you use to connect to the radio?  Does it matter?

[Crusty]

What wire did you use to connect to the radio?  Does it matter?

Welcome!

Any mini-plug will work.

Just finished the mod tonight. Perfect instructions. I had to take the radio back out and cut deeper on the solder trace. These old eyes don't see as that well. Lucky I just hooked it up temp so I just had to upplug it.  I used a meter to hook up my wires correct left and right. Thanks for the very helpful info.

The shop where I had mine done obviously had the same problem... but didn't ops check it, because mine doesn't work, so I had to make a dummy plug. Just a cut off wire now; will make it something cooler when I get time.

[AbnMP13]

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103868

They used to carry 6' version of this cable but I can no longer find them. Check your local Wal-Mart I found them there also.

Don't worry about the colors mathing up. You will have 2 wires with insulation and 1 bare wire. The insulated wires are the + and the bare wire is the -.

More great info; once my GPS comes in I'll have all supplies on hand! 

[onthefence]

Now is the tricky part.....There is a solder trace on the PC board that needs to be cut in in order to have the radio stop at the aux position with nothing plugged into the front panel. Here is a close up of the trace that has been cut. To cut the trace use a x-acto knife with a new sharp blade. gently scratch across the trace to remove it.

Is this solder trace in the circuit that flips the radio to aux when something is plugged into the aux jack?  If so, how does this work?  I noted that the radio will flip even if the other end of the cord is not connected to anything.

I am trying to find a circuit that will flip the radio to aux only when the GPS has an audio output. 

[Bungy]

I'm not an electronics expert, but having done this mod I  would say the circuit you cut somehow "senses" when there it something plugged in to the front port . By cutting it you short circuit it's function as it will also work if you insert a "dummy plug" into the port. 

[hd-dude]

I'm not an electronics expert, but having done this mod I  would say the circuit you cut somehow "senses" when there it something plugged in to the front port . By cutting it you short circuit it's function as it will also work if you insert a "dummy plug" into the port. 

  Correct, when a jack is plugged into the port it opens a circuit that allows the mode select to stop at the aux position.

[smiley1049]

Does anybody know on the 11 SESG what you have to do to to get the aux jack to work to the rear of the radio as it already has the ipod.

[bissjim]

Does anybody know on the 11 SESG what you have to do to to get the aux jack to work to the rear of the radio as it already has the ipod.

You do not have the jack on the back of your radio. If you want one you need to do the Mod. If you wanted to listen to MP3 files or made a phone call via the GPS then you need to run a cable from the GPS to the Auxiliary input on the front of the radio. To make or take a phone call you will also need a helmet microphone interface such as the HD Bomm or equivalent, the Cell Set. Doing the Mod allows you to plug into the jack on the back of the radio so that you do not have to plug into the front Aux input port. The Mod just cleans up the looks you really do not need it if you plug into the front Aux port on the face of the radio.

[taximan62]

This will allow you to connect more than 1 device to the Aux at one time.  I have one and it work great!!!

http://www.mixitproducts.com/