I ve been a happy campers with CDs for many years, but now it just don t make it anymore. I wanted to use the AUX 3.5 mm plug but it only accepts like old Ipod and Ipod 2nd edition. Is there any way to make it work with my Android phone... I am in Canada so no USB plug anywhere. Thanks

 

Not unless you buy a Bluetooth to aux adapter from somewhere, probably Amazon.

 

Any wired solution? I see the radio recognizes old Ipod. Could some Ipod emulator or something like it work? I never get good sound quality with Bluetooth and would prefer something with a wire, if it's possible...

 

you can get a usb plug that plugs into your phone
I use this with my Fit. .

 

Does it work better than a 3.5 mm male to male plug? I bought a 3.5 mm male to male plug and it wouldn't play. It would play in Android and show as headset but nothing would play on the car itself. How does it work with the USB to 3.5 mm plug? Do you have an Android phone? What year is your Fit? I think from 2015 on they work with Android but mine is a 2011.

 

I have a pixel 6A which runs android., and 2012 Fit sport, US market. I forget if there was settings or anything I had to change. Hope someone else can help!

 

And how does it work, when you plug it in the AUX 3.5 mm plug? Do you choose the song from the Honda Fit or from the phone?

In my manual it says the radio only recognizes Ipod, Ipod 2 and a couple of others. I thought Android was not recognized before 2015. Is your radio the original one?

I might give it a try, since it's not expensive, but still curious. :/

 

The AUX 3.5 mm plug will only play what is output from the device it is connected to. There is no phone integration or anything. So you could plug anything from an old MP3 player, a phone, an old portable CD player or even an old cassette walkman.

If you want phone integration, you'll have to replace the head unit of the Fit with an aftermarket that has phone integration. Shouldn't be that expensive (~200-250$ with a dashkit and plugs so you don't have to cut/solder wires in the dash. Look at crutchfield, they supply instructions to do the work if you buy from them.

 

It doesn't work for me. I plugged my Android with 3.5 mm male to male into the AUX and played the songs from the Android phone. In Android is showed as if it was playing into headsets, but in the car nothing was playing, nothing was happening at all. So basically the music was playing as if using headsets but wasn't "capted" by the radio or wasn't amplified or I don't know...

I don't need integration. Would be happy to simply press the play button once on my phone and it would play in the car... That's what is not working unfortunately!

Maybe what you are talking about (the AUX letting play any device with music output) is only since 2015? It doesn't work in my 2011...

 

The owner manual states that when you connect something to the AUX 3.5mm jack, the radio should automatically switch to the AUX mode and play what is input...

Are your volume on the phone high enough? Could you try to play music with another device? If it works with something else, the problem is your phone, not the car radio.

 

I don't know... I tried to upload images but each time they are stuck at 90%.

In the manual on the radio it says "All models except Canadian DX, DX-A", etc. My model is a canadian one, so maybe that's why it doesn't work?

Page 129 of the manual : https://carmanuals2.com/honda/fit-20...s-manual-80165

I don't find anything about the car radio switching to AUX whatever the input. It states, page 191 :

And at page 130 they state that So basically, it says that it can only recognize Ipod and they give the list of compatible Ipod.

What year is your Fit and do you have the navigation panel model or not?

It doesn't work for me it seems, unless I have an old Ipod, which I don't...

 

the Aux 3.5 jack does not care or know what kind of device is plugged in. So Ipod or not. try another device that have a headphone jack into the Fit.

 

just gonna echo what the rest have said. USB-C to 3.5mm female adapter. then 3.5 to 3.5 male male to plug into your stereo. Hit the aux button, and press play on your spotify, pandora, youtube, whatever. 2012 base USDM, but it really REALLY shouldnt matter. that set-up works if your or any stereo has an aux jack.

If your phone still has a headphone jack, hook it up with just the aux cable and try turning volume up to max on your phone (with the music playing), then the stereo, to desired volume. If that dont work, run the adapter and try that way.

If you need a pic, I'll try n remember to get one for yuh 😋 today is effin crazy.

 

Thanks I'll try again with my older phone, but so far with Samsung s10+ it didn't work. It seems the car radio doesn't recognize anything going through the AUX. You seem really confident it should work; is your Fit also a 2011? I read they changed the way it works in 2015 to includ Android support, so if your Fit is 2015+ maybe that's why it works. But I'll try anyway with my old Samsung s5 and tell you if it works later.

Thanks for the help!

 

Mine's a 2012. No worries though, this isnt a software matter. Android or apple, new or old, it doesnt use any of that to play the music. consider this the same as plugging in headphones. The headphones don't need to be "compatible" beyond being wired. You dont need bluetooth, or anything at all. The only way this method could fail is user error or broken devices/broken wiring, and I mean completely broken. Its perfectly fine that you phone shows the music as playing through headphones. You likely just needed to turn the volume up 😛
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WOW IT WORKS! Thanks man, very much appreciated!

Sound quality is not as good as on a CD, but maybe it is because it is a cheap wire?

Anyway it works, wow, 13 years after buying that car I get to use the AUX at last...

Thanks again! I can't believe I wasn't able to use that thing before.

If the sound quality good for you?

 

Woo!!! Glad to hear it!
Was the trick volume or the adapter?
As for sound quality, how bad is it? It may be a matter of the music you're playing. The stereo should sound just as good as with CDs I'd think, since the speaker function remains the same. It's a question of the quality of music being played -- like if you're using youtube and the recording is low quality.. You'll just need to find higher quality stuff! Pandora, spotify, etc. should have good quality sound files. Remastered stuff if it's older, which you could look for on youtube too.

Besides that, if music is crackly/static-y, you may need to examine your aux cord. On some, the fittings are adjustable (can be tightened/loosened). If you're confident your cord is in good shape/plugged all the way in and nothing feels loose, and it's just that the music sounds dull, flat, so on, then it's the audio file.

Now if you consider yourself an audiophile and you're troubled by lack of clarity specific to lows, mids, or highs, bass, etc. then you may have to look into upgrading your stereo/speakers. I don't know anything about that stuff.

 

The trick was to override the volume limitation. Even at max volume on cell phone I need to put it at like 32-34 in the Fit radio (40 is absolute max, and I usually put it at 11 or 12 when playing a CD). So sound is much lower, and quality a bit down comparing to CD, but other than that it works great. Maybe the wire is not good enough and maybe some amplification would be even better, but at least it's working.

Yeah, bass, highs and lows are a bit mixed up. I guess the problem is on the phone; there must be some software to correct that, but anyway, at least I can listen to some music and that's fine with me.

Thanks again!

 

Right on! I'm glad you got it figured. My old samsung galaxy s5 had a volume override thing going on for headphones. Thing still works 😂
But now I use a google pixel 8. Before that, a pixel 3, and for both of them things are as loud as I can tolerate at 20. 22 if I'm deaf that day. Most of my listening is 12-15. SO your issue may well have to do with your phone's output.

Well, I wish you the best of luck! Take care

 

Iphone 12mini plays fine via a std lightning to mini jack using the white adapter that came with iphone from the Headphone jack era...