2003 Civic Si audio in/line in/iPod connector?

I have a 2003 Honda Civic Si. I like the car, but it has an AM/FM/CD
unit inside. I want to be able to listen to my iPod in the car. I
used to do this with my old car that had an AM/FM/Cassette unit
inside. I just inserted a special cassette-shaped adapter into the
head unit and plugged the other end into the iPod.

The new car has no cassette player, so that's out. Is there a line-in
somewhere under the dash or under a panel that I don't know about?

If not, does anyone make head units with line in jacks up front where
you can plug stuff in?

Thank you.

 

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Avoid FM modulation if at all possible. I too have a 7th gen Si and have
installed XM with a PIE aux adapter. As long as you dont have a CD changer,
this adapter transforms the changer interface into standard RCA ins. So
when I'm using my XM tuner, the stock stereo will display CD-C as if it
using the changer. No matter what people say, fm modulation sucks big time
compared to a direct connection.

http://www.logjamelectronics.com/piehonaux.html

 

Thanks Marco. Yeah I agree, the whole concept of those FM modulators
just sucks.

Did you install the PIE yourself or did you take it somewhere to be
installed? How easy was it? I see websites where people have
pictures of their installations, but none of them is doing it on a
2003 Civic Si. The Si has the gear shift sticking out of the dash so
I expect it to be a lot more difficult.

 

Try http://peripheralelectronics.com/ipod2car/index.shtml - their adaptor
charges your ipod too... it's the cleanest connection I've seen (just for
the ipod). I'd recommend that you pay the $ to have a professional
install it, if anything messes up, you don't invalidate your factory
warranty... esp since the SI's dash is tricky.

 

Try http://peripheralelectronics.com/ipod2car/index.shtml for an ipod
connector that also charges.