Mitsubishi 360 AM radio running my iPod!

Here's my old Mitsubishi 360 Van AM radio (which I believe is an aftermarket item from about 1969, hard to tell for sure) hooked up in bench test mode and playing songs off of my iPod. I ran the right and left channel of the iPod through 1k ohm resistors and then spliced them together. I then soldered that to the input terminal on the potentiometer. I also rigged up a cigarette lighter to USB adapter so that my iPod can charge while in the car. Who would have thought, a 43 year old car with iPod connectivity!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• iPod
• 1967
• Mitsubishi
• 360
• Mitsubishi 360
• 三菱３６０
• 三菱
• radio
• AM
• stereo to mono
• mono
• classic
• retro

[bigdickbuster]

Good job mate!

I mean about the radio and the car!

[elbarto138]

this is great but could you do a "how to"...cheers

[Retro10s]

Great use of an old radio there...

I'm curious, I see you've turned the stereo signal from the iPod into a balanced mono input.... and hardwired your iPod directly to the volume Pot... does this conversion make use of the Radio's amplifier? or are you having to crank the volume up a lot on the iPod? have you cut the feed from the Radio receiver?

I'd love to chat about this, so please do get back to me if you can ;)