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BuzzR · 03-28-2015, 05:53 PM

Thanks fellas for all the ideas and suggestions.

jsimon, I'm talking about just regular featherlight phones with a jack like those you buy at Wal-Mart, etc. - not a telephone jack.

I want to use the car radio because I am in the Arizona mountains where reception is poor except for a couple of local stations. Also, when I travel, it's through vast stretches of nothingness (on the way to Phoenix, Vegas, San Diego, etc,) so a separate radio would not get near the reception strength and clarity that the BRZ's radio gets with its antenna. That's why I was hoping there was a way to tap into the BRZ's radio without messing anything else up.

Damn, it was so easy doing this with the Dakota 15 years ago! Sometimes technological advancement is not a good thing - at least for some!

As for driving with the phones on, I am big on situational awareness (I also have a good radar detector,) so if out in the middle of the desert or the mountains if there's a cop or ambulance bearing down on me, I'll see them. I drove the Dakota for 14 years without any kind of "close call," so am confident I can keep doing it if I can somehow connect to the radio.

Thanks again for all your suggestions and comments. If anyone else would have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

I'm going to print off everything here that's been said and take it to a radio shop and see what they say. I hope we'll be able to do something.

I sure wish I could find one of those adapters the guy was telling me about.

Thanks again.

03-28-2015, 05:53 PM	#10
BuzzR Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Drives: 2013 BRZ Limited Location: AZ Posts: 38 Thanks: 3 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks fellas for all the ideas and suggestions. jsimon, I'm talking about just regular featherlight phones with a jack like those you buy at Wal-Mart, etc. - not a telephone jack. I want to use the car radio because I am in the Arizona mountains where reception is poor except for a couple of local stations. Also, when I travel, it's through vast stretches of nothingness (on the way to Phoenix, Vegas, San Diego, etc,) so a separate radio would not get near the reception strength and clarity that the BRZ's radio gets with its antenna. That's why I was hoping there was a way to tap into the BRZ's radio without messing anything else up. Damn, it was so easy doing this with the Dakota 15 years ago! Sometimes technological advancement is not a good thing - at least for some! As for driving with the phones on, I am big on situational awareness (I also have a good radar detector,) so if out in the middle of the desert or the mountains if there's a cop or ambulance bearing down on me, I'll see them. I drove the Dakota for 14 years without any kind of "close call," so am confident I can keep doing it if I can somehow connect to the radio. Thanks again for all your suggestions and comments. If anyone else would have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it. I'm going to print off everything here that's been said and take it to a radio shop and see what they say. I hope we'll be able to do something. I sure wish I could find one of those adapters the guy was telling me about. Thanks again.