Does anyone know anything about this item 'plug and play' kit being sold on ebay? They have more than one for sale. I have sent them a message asking what brand the kit is.

I am interested but cautious given the seller says they will not post a photo of the actual cable! :nuts:

Why say that unless you have something to hide?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/mitsubishi-380-iphone-and-ipod-connectivity-/220954688766?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3371ecfcfe

If a buyer isn't prepared to make their sale as attractive to the seller as is possible, there is generally something dodgy involved. In this instance, I would suggest that maybe the item he is selling is so simple to produce that showing a photo of it would limit his potential for sales.

He has made it quite clear what radio it will suit, have to give him credit for that, his attitude towards the sale leaves something to be desired, how much do you fancy risking your $55?? :)

The seller says the cable is 'no brand' so that suggests a home made job

Or could it be that it's behind the unit therefore his not able to take a photo?

Or could it be that it's behind the unit therefore his not able to take a photo?

If he can sell the kit he has them outside the car

So what is the risk, he seems to have good feedback, you pay with PayPal and if the item is not as described then you get your money back, if it is and it works then all is good, win win

I have asked seller if car controls control iPhone. Will post answer here

Mad is correct, use Pitty Pal and if not up to the job as listed Pitty Pal will deduct funds from seller account to refund you.

I have asked seller if car controls control iPhone. Will post answer here

Response from seller claims that Car system will control phone with this cable - so I guess its worth a paypal punt

The fleabay sale ended -did anyone went ahead with the purchase?

I thought bugger it, if it is crap I will dispute it, if it is good win win lol

I will take a couple of pics when it arrives, if looks to be locally made I will see if I can work out how and let you all know, if there is a local option will be great for anyone with a 380 because IMO aside from the lack of input the 380 integrated head unit is quite good for a stock unit, add the rockford to that and it sounds as good as anything is needed for a car

The fleabay sale ended -did anyone went ahead with the purchase?

I ordered one

They are still there

See http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/mitsubishi-380-iphone-and-ipod-connectivity-/220958957764?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item33722e20c4

If it is ended click on "Sellers Other Items" link

to good to be true?

If it charges on 5V I want one!!!

I ordered one as well. Paypal just in case.

Soon find out.

i ordered one too. This guy is either making some money off us or has figured out a way that none of us have before hand. Time will tell. if it works im sure one of us can deconstruct it and find out how it works....

Mine arrived today - good service from seller

Out of pack pics below - looks professionally made with moulded plugs etc. 1.5 metres

Will install and test tomorrow and post results

PA - can some one tell me how to get images to display - i just get icon boxes below, so have posted links too

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/171/380iphone3s.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/831/380iphone2.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/840/380iphone1.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/27/380iphone1.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/717/380iphone2.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/339/380iphone3s.jpg/

Nice, can you test it with an Iphone 4 or 4S, or newer Ipod? The regular cable charges at 12V, which changed in 08/09 and all the newer iDevices charge at 5v, so my Iphone doesn't charge.

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg171/scaled.php?server=171&filename=380iphone3s.jpg&res=medium

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg831/scaled.php?server=831&filename=380iphone2.jpg&res=medium

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg840/scaled.php?server=840&filename=380iphone1.jpg&res=medium

Make sure you tell us how it works in regards to selecting your music!

Will test charging with Iphone 3 and Iphone 4

Will of course report if music control handed over to car system, as seller claims!

BTW photo backround is 10 mm squares

Try playing/charging with the phone plugged in when the car starts and plugging in after. See if it behaves different. Thanks.

Damn, mine has not arrived and I got the first one lol, will hope to see it today lol

Will test charging with Iphone 3 and Iphone 4

Will of course report if music control handed over to car system, as seller claims!

BTW photo backround is 10 mm squares


Installed just now - no response at all from iPhone4 - will email seller in case I missed something in how to select

I know my daughters outlander selects phone by 2 presses of CD button, but didn't work here :((

I should also mention I have Mitsu mod cable for bluetooth fittted so I can control phone vol in the radio

Will test iPhone 3 tonight when wife returns with her phone

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Damn, mine has not arrived and I got the first one lol, will hope to see it today lol

I am in Sydney so not far to come to me

Just tried iphone 4 and a few ipods, none will come up at all

Added to this, the cable angle going into the head unit hits the bloody main plug lol, will also contact the seller

Not good so far. I have the Bluetooth mod installed too but that shouldn't affect this as it only works when connected via bluetooth.

Contacted the seller and all I got was plug it in and it should work, looks like he may be getting a heap of negative feedback from people and cancelled cases lol

Another thing I noticed is the right angle the plug comes out on hits straight into the power plug on the back of the unit.....

BTW, does anyone have the part number for the blue tooth mod cable, I am installing my kit now as I have my head unit out and I dont think has the cable

:headbange thought it might be too good to be true. Why risk a perfect ebay feedback score on something so stupid

BTW, does anyone have the part number for the blue tooth mod cable, I am installing my kit now as I have my head unit out and I dont think has the cable

http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83834

MR936542 patch cable

Response form Seller to my query was"



You have to press the cd button to aux cd ch
- barbbs1978

A bit abrupt considering I asked him:

Dear barbbs1978,

Thanks for quick post etc - cable arrived yesterday

I fitted this morning but get no response at all from iPhone 4 - How do youselect the phone as opposed to CD or FM1, FM2 or AM?

How do you get it to charge the phone?

My daughter has newer Mitsubishi Outlander with phone connection and menuappears when CD button is pressed twice - but doesn't work with your cable

Yeah, pressing CD twice should make it look at the iPhone, which accesses playlists.

Mine hasn't arrived yet. Is there any point in taking out the head unit if no-one else can get it to work? I guess not.......................

Hopefully something simple that no one has tried yet.

Saw your feedback Mal - any response from the seller?

Patch cable will be here on Monday lol

I got a call from the seller of the cable, he recons he used gaffa tape to force the plug in, I tried on another 380 SX here and still no go, he has agreed to a refund but it did take feedback to get him to respond after the first message I left for him, hopefully all on AMC will see this thread and avoid this unit, was worth a try and at the end of the day has cost me $5 for the return postage.....

Response form Seller to my query was"



You have to press the cd button to aux cd ch
- barbbs1978

A bit abrupt considering I asked him:

Dear barbbs1978,

Thanks for quick post etc - cable arrived yesterday

I fitted this morning but get no response at all from iPhone 4 - How do youselect the phone as opposed to CD or FM1, FM2 or AM?

How do you get it to charge the phone?

My daughter has newer Mitsubishi Outlander with phone connection and menuappears when CD button is pressed twice - but doesn't work with your cable




Wonder if he outlandish unit will work in the 380....time to find out I think

Ok, Have ordered all 3 of the different outlander cables and they should be here on Monday, will try then all out and let you guys know if any of them work and if so the correct part number

I have the US cable but it doesn't charge the new 5v devices. Would love to know if any of the Outlander ones work on an IPhone 4 for charging.

Seller called me and mentioned gaffa tape and other people complaining also

Said his original came from US but was designed for Kenwood HU. Cables he sold here were sourced in Asia - maybe faulty.

Tried my cable on my spare head unit (from my original S1 VRX, removed for sat nav) still no joy :)

Can find simlar looking items on ebay if search Kenwood KCA-iP500

Genebaby,

I have been using one of these for years to charge my Ipod Nano 2g and lately wifes iphone 4 from my head unit.

cable into converter, converter into ipod, iphone.

Work fine.

Cheers

heres the link

http://www.amazon.com/iPhone-Charging-Adapter-Converter-Black/dp/B00495JZTY/ref=pd_cp_e_2

Hi Mike,

I have a couple of those now and after a few weeks of charging and playing it stopped, so I bought another and still no joy. Behaves strangely in my car but cable works well by itself, just does not charge.

The seller contacted me and has refunded the money before i even recieved the product. not sure if he has posted it yet thought. maybe he is legit and didnt know....

The seller contacted me and has refunded the money before i even recieved the product. not sure if he has posted it yet thought. maybe he is legit and didnt know....

I got the impression he was legit when he phoned me about the issue - claims his original cable was OK last year and the ones he sourced to sell seem to be duds.

There may be some hope then. Just wonder where he sourced these and why they don't work at all.

There may be some hope then. Just wonder where he sourced these and why they don't work at all.

He told me his original came from USA, but these from Asia

BTW has any one had any success in seeing a "AUX" or similar menu when double pressing the CD button?

I haven't, but don't know if this menu option is only activated when a valid 13 Pin DIN connection is present??

Also tested with iPhone 3 - still no joy :(

told me the supplier sent him the wrong cable

Got the 3 different outlandish cables today

One is plug into the MMCS port, tried and again does not work, mentions to hold cd button for 2 seconds, did this and no go

The other 2 have 3 pins that you pin into the factory plug, unfortunately one has no mention of Galant and is a different plug, the second one mentioned Galant so I got all excited until I noticed that the Galant head unit has a 20 pin plug where as ours has a 14 pin plug damn..... Both of these do mention that there will be wires in those pin locations already that need to be removed and insulated, only issue is I dont know which 3 these are due to ours having a differnt plug config by the looks of it.

Checking on fleabay in USA, the same cable is avail there, I am beginning to think that ours does not have the AUX feature in the head unit as some of the adverts indicate that you can still activate the AUX mode simply by pushing the CD button and they advise to check that this works before you purchase.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mitsubishi-Galant-2003-2007-Apple-Ipod-Aux-input-Cable-/220769828460?pt=Car_Audio_Video&vxp=mtr&hash=item3366e83e6c

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-2009-MITSUBISHI-GALANT-ECLIPSE-MP3-IPOD-ADAPTER-INTERFACE-CABLE-MZ360135EX-/390374357821?pt=Car_Audio_Video&vxp=mtr&hash=item5ae41ffb3d

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Factory-Radio-IPhone-IPod-Aux-Input-Adapter-Cable-Plug-/330582868632?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3AGalant&vxp=mtr&hash=item4cf8464298

Back to the drawing board now

Somewhere I have seen comment that ours shows up as CD1 or CD2 when a valid device is connected via the 13pin DIN plug

Manual says 2 sec pushed toggles between standard CD and MP3 when you use a CD with both formats on same disk

I have pinout diagrams and service manual for our 6 CD unit, but don't know which one is in US Galant

See http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43809 post 90

If any one knows can get a manual for about $10 on line, but need to know exact unit details

Pinout comparison may then allow us to plug to correct place??

Got the 3 different outlandish cables today

One is plug into the MMCS port, tried and again does not work, mentions to hold cd button for 2 seconds, did this and no go



By MMCS do you mean round 13 pin DIN?

BTW do you have any multi stacker CD units lying around that you could try to see if you get CD1 and CD2 response - given this thread seemed to start/include with mention of a Kenwoood cable perhaps one of that brand??

I can send you the complete pdf radio manual if useful to you - just pm me an email addy

The MMCS is the 13pin plug, the cables, well 2 of them, are designed to go into the main power / speaker plug, 3 pins get removed and replaced with these. This is how it is done on the Outlandish etc.

I have several of the 6 CD stackers here, none of them have responded at all to pushing and holding the cd button, I may be holding my mouth the wrong way lol

I have a couple of the books here supplied by Mits with these cars new, odd thing is on the front cover it shows our unit but inside I can not find a mention of the unit, has several others there but not the stacker unit lol

here mal
http://www.oemmitsubishiparts.com/partlocator/index.cfm?action=MorePartInfo&PartID=780809&siteid=214331&catalogid=5507
http://www.mitsubishiparts.net/cart/?pn=MZ607411EX

The MMCS is the 13pin plug, the cables, well 2 of them, are designed to go into the main power / speaker plug, 3 pins get removed and replaced with these. This is how it is done on the Outlandish etc.

I have several of the 6 CD stackers here, none of them have responded at all to pushing and holding the cd button, I may be holding my mouth the wrong way lol

I have a couple of the books here supplied by Mits with these cars new, odd thing is on the front cover it shows our unit but inside I can not find a mention of the unit, has several others there but not the stacker unit lol

Not very/clearly well written on my part - I meant do you have any after market additional stacker units to plug into the 380 stacker to see if then it recognises itself as CD1 and the add on stacker as CD2?

Looking at the pinouts for the 14 pin main plug I can't see which could be used for input; viz

1 RHF Speaker (+)
2 LHF Speaker (+)
3 Illumination (+)
4 Antenna (+)
5 LHR Speaker (+)
6 RHR Speaker (+)
7 RHF Speaker (-)
8 LHF Speaker (-)
9 Illumination (-)
10 Battery (+)
11 Accessory (+)
12 --
13 LHR Speaker (-)
14 RHR Speaker (-)

Do the Outlander Stackers have more than 14 pins? - if so maybe other inputs have been provided

The instructions for the 380 6 CD start on page 5-34 of the owners book with the comments re 2 sec push on top of 5-42 (to swap from CD digital audio to mp3 when both formats are recorded on same disk)

My owners book has picture of honey grill on fron cover - are we talking same book)

In relation to the book I was talking about a specific audio manual that came with some of the 380's etc, not the actual owners manual

Some have 14 pins, some 18 and some 20 by the looks of things, if I get a few minutes spare I will scan the instructions which come with each of the 3 different cables.