I just ended up replacing the stereo in my Escape Hybrid entirely with a cheap Pioneer kit. After trying out the $30 PAC adapter and another Chinese interface that didn't work, then trying to splice into the CD changer's analog input to no avail, I just gave up. I'd be willing to sell my head...
Unfortunately, that didn't seem to work at all. I was finally able to generate a silent audio CD and my phone rarely detects that anything is actually plugged in. At this point I'm not sure what else to do, the two PIE adapters that I've tried for this stereo just flat out don't work and this...
It doesn't seem like it worked to me, but my soldering may have been shoddy. I don't hear any audio at all coming from my phone with the CD player on. I was having a hard time getting the ground wire soldered to the chassis of the CD changer, so maybe that could have something to do with it?
That's pretty much the entire daughterboard for the CD changer. The other side of the PCB doesn't seem to have anything interesting on it. I even tried looking up the datasheets for the Toshiba IC on this board, I still can't find any raw audio output on it.
I have an "Audiophile" 6 CD changer stereo out of my Ford Escape that I'd like to solder an aux cord to. I tore it all apart and the CD changer board looks unlike anything I've seen in these threads online. Nothing on the board is labeled LCH, RCH, or anything similar. Does anyone have a clue...