Hello Prius Chatters, My wife's 2002 Prius (without navigation) has a rear speaker that's blown out and just makes fuzzy noises. She just had the standard speakers and I'm hoping to replace them and possibly just get her better speakers than the stock ones. I looked through several pages of the Gen 1 discussion forums and only found a few threads, most of which were for changing the deck. My google searches also did not come up with many results. Would anyone have any suggestions or could point me to some more reading in the right direction? I'm not the handiest person, but I figured just change them out shouldn't be too hard, especially for the rear speakers. Also would adding an aux cord to her stock player be possible? Any help is appreciated.
The rear speakers seem really hard to replace. I went to do it and found it to be pretty involved. From what I could tell, you will have to remove the back seat or lay down in the trunk (if you're small). I really couldn't see how to get to them to take them out but, I didn't spend too much time on it either. It appeared that you have to take out the back seat, remove the speaker covers (and I'm not exactly sure how) and unbolt the speakers from their mounts. I know you cant just unbolt them from the trunk (which sucks). I can tell you that its harder than it looks. If you figure it out, pls let us know. As far as speakers, Crutchfield has a complete list of speakers that are compatible with the car. I don't know of a good way to add an aux cord to the stock stereo but, if your cassette still works, you can get one of those cassette adapters that plugs into an MP3 player (see link). Scosche PCA1 deckedOUT Cassette Adapter Good luck.
In a lot of Japanese sedans you have to remove the rear seats, the side trim, the rear deck trim etc. to get the rear speakers out. It really is a pain in the neck. I'm not sure if the Prius works the same way but most of the other imports work that way.
I added the DICE iPod thingy to my 2001 and it turns out to not only have an iPod interface that you can control from the dash, but a regular aux input as well. The DICE thingy shows up as a minidisc changer, and you get to the aux in by choosing (if I remember right) "disc 5" and then the title "AUX1". A little weird but it works and sounds good. I wound up getting a ground isolator from Radio Shack to use in the aux input cable, which helps to cut down some of the noise picked up from the car's electronics. There are some other makes of similar thingies that people have reported success with. Some say they didn't even have to mod any of the wiring that came with the device, as I had to with the DICE. So you might search around this forum a little. Hope this helps, -Chap
The best way to add AUX is to get the USA-Spec PA15-TOY, set the DIP switch up appropriately (I believe it's 1101, to enable AUX in), and a "PIE TOY-F/MM 1998-2003 Toyota Y-harness Cable for TOY/PC-SAN" which is an aftermarket Y cable which replaces what Toyota used to make for our Prii and can no longer be bought at the dealer. Hook it up, and it plays great. No static on AUX, I thought I'd pick up some interference but I didn't. If you do, a ground loop isolator will fix that.
Has anyone successfully installed the USA-Spec PA15-TOY iPod/AUX interface? I purchased one but saw on the back that it only listed the '04-'11 Prii. I am looking to add AUX input for the 1st generation Prius (2002). I ended up returning it because I couldn't confirm anywhere that it works. Any help is appreciated.
Pretty much nobody who makes such things will seem to come out and say that it works on Gen 1, probably because there were only about 52,000 Gen 1s and they don't consider that a market worth the testing and support effort. If you stick to devices you've seen mentioned successfully here in the Gen 1 forum you should be ok. I know I got the DICE unit working in Gen 1 only by modding a few wires in the harness it came with (which I described in my thread on it). Others have posted about devices they got working without any mods. -Chap
