Every time I buy an AUX cable to connect my mp3 player to within 3-6 months it breaks and I have to hold the mp3 player in a certain way for the signal to get through. This happened to me 4 times already.

How do you guys deal with this?

 

get a deck that you can connect a usb drive into.....

 

I can recommend Belkin or Monster Cable, both have held up forever... The newer Belkin cables are made a little more cheaply so buy one on eBay or something.

 

Monster cable - have had it for four years, still works like a champ

 

the one i have is a monster and that one is thick as hell and double barreled but the connection is still bad. what gives. I can't replace my headunit. love it too much.

 

The problem you describe is unusual. There is certainly something past the cable's integrity that is going on here.

Do you think it might be the connector piece that is failing?

--Spike

 

but everytime i get a new cable it works fine. then it deteriorates. The wire has to move around alot and I think that's how it deteriorates. I have an Alpine CDA 9855 from 2004

 

try the radio shack gold series cables

 

most likely a problem with your ipod. The wifey's does the same ****. The jack on the bottom of her ipod is somewhat loose.

 

 

I use different mp3 players and they all work great in the beginning and then it deteriorates with all of them.

If it were the mp3 players, then the problem should occur with headphones correct? The headphones work perfect

So I think I'm just too rough on my cables because this was happening to me in my older car. I was thinking maybe attaching two shorter cables so I don't have remove the center console every 4 months.

 

connector piece from the cable? or head unit?

 

From your problem description, it sounds as though the wire is getting twisted excessively in one direction (and then twisted the other direction) until it finally fails… something like how you break a coat hanger.

I think you have answered your own question and hopefully have discovered the solution. If I understand this correctly, you have a cable coming from the rear of your H/U, and this is the cable to which you attach the MP3 player. After a time (about 3-6 months in your case), the MP3 player has problems that you fix by replacing the cable that connects the H/U to the MP3 player. Is that correct?

If I have this right, your suggestion to fix this will probably work. Run an AUX line from the H/U and fix the end-connector somewhere in a convenient location providing easy access. You can purchase a mounting plate or make your own to do this. Then use an independent cable to connect the MPS player to the fixed connector that is wired to your H/U. That way the problem is repaired with a simple cable-swap.

Additional Notes:

• The fixed mounting plate might be a female/female connector depending upon the wiring you use from the H/U and the wire you purchase to go from the fixed mount to the MP3 player.
  
  
• Place the fixed connection mounting plate wherever it is most convenient. For example, that might be on the forward part of the dash or maybe in the center console behind the shifter near where Nissan places the seat heater buttons.

Please let us know if your idea fixes this. That helps us to learn.

--Spike

 

Thank you Spike. I will test it out and post something in this forum as I have always received a wealth of information from here. I haven't really done any projects on my z but I'm a creative guy and will come up with something.

Thank you all your replies!