Wireless FM modulators suck, and we will speak of them no more here. Screwing up this stuff can result in sadness, misery, injury, death, or worse. Warning: Do not attempt any part of this project unless you already know how to work with automotive wiring, read a wiring diagram, and use tools in a safe manner. Here's how I solved the problem cheaply and without doing any modifications more serious than splicing a few wires. Even my hooptie 1992 Civic has Bluetooth connectivity for its junkyard audio system… but I didn't want to violate the numbers-matching originality of my Lexus, not by swapping out the radio and certainly not by drilling holes in the dash. While cassettes were fine in their day, I prefer to play digital-format music files from the 100 gigabytes of MP3s on my smartphone. It's an amazing car, nearly 20 years old and completely problem-free, but there was one problem: the factory audio system sounded great but played only cassettes and CDs. After years of searching for a pre-1998-facelift Lexus LS400 in nice original condition, I found this 1997 Coach Edition in Silver Jade Metallic and snapped it up.
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