What plug is this and what is needed to use aux?

[James Flank]

So I've already asked this on here before but people didn't necessarily understand what I meant, my dads got an Aston Martin V8 Vantage 2008 and I want to connect my phone to it to play music (Bluetooth does not play audio) the attached picture is the only plugs in the car and I dont know what adapters I need to allow me to play aux through it. I have been told it is called an OBD ii but I still dont know what adapters I need to go to aux, any help is appreciated!

[NDA]

The larger socket is an OBD 'On Board Diagnostic' socket. Nothing to do with the auxiliary for the hifi. It's for seeing the engine management systems - engine fault codes etc. Leave well alone.

But the USB below it may connect an iPhone to the hifi - try it and see.

ETA - below it in your pic.

[James Flank]

Thanks NDA, see it's a strange one with the OBD as when the car was bought from someone else it had adaptors in this compartment which also had an aux lead connected but have since lost it, I'll give the USB wire a go and see what happens. I don't know how much you may know about it but basically when selecting the source on the radio one of the settings is ipod so do you think it is referring to the USB socket?

[embdenb]

NDA said:

The larger socket is an OBD 'On Board Diagnostic' socket. Nothing to do with the auxiliary for the hifi. It's for seeing the engine management systems - engine fault codes etc. Leave well alone.

But the USB below it may connect an iPhone to the hifi - try it and see.

Not sure it’s a USB port.

[goddo]

embdenb said:

Not sure it’s a USB port.

No, I don't think it's a USB socket either.
I have never seen an aux cable running from the OBD socket before....?

[Composer62]

James Flank said:

Thanks NDA, see it's a strange one with the OBD as when the car was bought from someone else it had adaptors in this compartment which also had an aux lead connected but have since lost it, I'll give the USB wire a go and see what happens. I don't know how much you may know about it but basically when selecting the source on the radio one of the settings is ipod so do you think it is referring to the USB socket?

In my 2008 (Model Year 2009 though) V8VR the sockets are in the compartment under the armrest. I can't see how these would be removable :-)

From left to right there's an Aux socket, Ipod Socket (Currently with Bovee Bluetooth adaptor attached) and USB.

Edited by Composer62 on Friday 29th September 18:39

[rovcallum]

That's not an OBD Socket. Don't know what it's called but I've got a standard adapter cable which allows you to connect an old ipod or a Bluetooth Adapter (such as the Bovee item).
The USB socket also allows you to connect to the sound system, selectable on the display.

[Composer62]

[quote=rovcallum]That's not an OBD Socket. Don't know what it's called but I've got a standard adapter cable which allows you to connect an old ipod or a Bluetooth Adapter (such as the Bovee item).
The USB socket also allows you to connect to the sound system, selectable on the display.

That's a much better picture than mine ! I'm ashamed :-)

[Cold]

Expensive for what it is, but AstonMartinBits have one at this link.

[Aston Installations]

The socket on show is indeed the AUU box. This is the input to the audio system, although missing the cable that other people have shown. The earlier cables, however, don't charge the later Ipod/iPhones. So if you're investing in the cable, I would change the AUU box at the same time (http://astonmartinbits.com/models/4-DB9/parts/4646). It is very simple to do, undo the 4 tiny philips screws (a couple shown in the pic already) remove small black box (AUU) and replace. put screws back in and plug in new cable. For streaming music though, an addition of a Bovee tune2air (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bovee-Wireless-Bluetooth-Interface-Integration/dp/B00B52LLJ6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506760246&sr=8-1&keywords=bovee) will give control and display through the headunit. For the Bovee to work though you would still need the cable.

It is not the OBD II port, these are under the dash, just above your left foot and or depending on age of car passenger side as well, one for body harness and one for engine harness.

[Ant.]

NDA said:

The larger socket is an OBD 'On Board Diagnostic' socket. Nothing to do with the auxiliary for the hifi. It's for seeing the engine management systems - engine fault codes etc. Leave well alone.

But the USB below it may connect an iPhone to the hifi - try it and see.

ETA - below it in your pic.

Got me there, I cannot tell if you are winding him up or not....

[Grant3]

I'd be inclined to put together your own selection of music for the Aston on a USB stick. Cheap to buy, easy to use, no hassle.