installation of a car CD player - when a casset plyr already exists?

[digme]

ok, i ve asked this question before....... here it goes... i finally bought a cheap mp3 player but i want to keep my factory tape player.... my car is 99 Accord DX(ok i know, mst pbly i am the only person in the whole freakin country driving the DX model, but it fits my budget well)......
has anybody effectively connected a cd/mp3 player with the factory player still in place and got everything to work and be done smoothly? thank you......

 

[corkyg]

Yep! I used to use a portable CD player that had an adapter that slipped into the cassette slot. I see now that the same thing exists and can also play MP3 stuff. It was an Aiwa.

AIWA

 

[digme]

when i say an mp3/cd player, i mean an in-dash car cd/mp3 player....... i want to use my tape deck that i have from the factory at the same time be able to use an mp3/cd player....
sorry corky-g, i might have misguided u....

 

[corkyg]

No reason why not. I have an in-dash cassette player . . . a separate in-dash CD player, and also a separate in dash DVD player. All work.

 

[digme]

how did u connect the indash cd player and the casset player together?(did u have to hard wire it or was there module splitters that you used? Please elaborate) thanks

 

[corkyg]

I didn't have to connect it . . . it came that way . . . is pretty standard in most new GM cars now.

Seriously, you best bet would probably be to leave your in-dash cassette player alone, and install a separate power amplifier for the MP3 deck, and then use the car's speakers with a a selector switch.