I have an 02 F-150 Supercrew with the stock Ford single CD player. I am working on a mobile computing project and want to send the audio out from a laptop into the fords sound system.

I am an audio n00b. Is there an easy way to accomplish this already or will I need some fancy cabling and modifications? Thanks for your assistance.

 

Go to Target, walmart etc.. pick up a cd player cassette adapter for 20.00 and plug it into your headphone jack on your laptop.

I have a compaq ipaq and use it to play my mp3's it works great!

(this will only work if you have a tape deck head unit if you have a cd player only, I don't know how you can do it.)

Good Luck

 

As stated in the post I only have a single cd player head unit. I'm looking for something that can post into the cd-changer adapter or some kind of line-in option for on my cd player.

 

I think I found something that may work perfectly:

http://www.autotoys.com/x/catalog/OEM_Factory_AUX_ADAPTERS_FORD_LINCOLN_MERCURY_AUX_ ADAPTER_FORD_AUX_ADAPTERS_NO_CD_CHANGER_page_1_c_1 81.html

 

You can use a small portable fm modulator. About 20 bucks runs on a single aaa battery and plays through a specified fm channel. Your other option is to see if your head unit has an rca line in. If it does you can get a mini plug to rca and use that plugged into the headphone jack

 

Check the net for the "iRock" FM modulator. It runs on AAA battery's or a 12v power supply (cig. lighter adapter). It has 4 choices of station tuning and can be had for about $25.
Just plug it into your 1/8 inch stereo out (headphone) on your computer and tune in your stereo and your there!
Here's one now....
http://www.myirock.com/players/irock400fm.asp

Lonster

 

I've used FM modulators with my PDA for my car sound system before but I wasn't impressed at the performance and quality. The above link I posted has an actual adapter which will allow me to plug RCA audio input into my sound system. That will work MUCH better Now if only I could find it cheaper...