Thanks to Dave99GT for turning me on to this product. 
epper:
The people at NEO were very helpful and friendly. If this didnt work for me, they were happy to take it back. They even went so far as to telephone me to make sure it was what I wanted - like with other gizmos that do this, they say its not supposed to work with the 6disc in-dash head unit. but it does, on a 2003.
The NEO iON consists of three parts - the pigtail, the protocol converter box, and the ipod cable.
The following tools are needed for this job
1/4" drive ratchet
1/4" drive extension
8mm 6point 1/4" drive socket
7mm 6point 1/4" drive socket
electrical connector crimpers (lineman's pliers?)
The following supplies are needed for this job:
2 wire taps (t-tap/scotch-lok)
3rd/4th generation iPod not included.
1. with the 8mm wrench, disconnect the ground side of the battery.
2. put the car in 2nd gear. grab and yank the shift boot bezel off the console (it is held on with clips). dont yank too hard, you still need to unplug the cigarette lighter. i pull the boot inside out over the shift knob and work around it. a person could also remove the knob and take the boot+bezel assembly off altogether.
3. grab and yank off the bezel for the heater controls/radio/vents. it too is clipped on. and as with the shift boot bezel, there are electrical connections. unclip the wires from the rear defroster, traction control, and driving lamp switches.
4. with the 7mm socket and extension, remove the two outside bolts holding the radio in (the ones over the shiny metal). the center bolts hold the radio guide in and need not be removed. grab radio and pull towards you. pop out the antenna lead so you have a little more room to work. remove the other connections from the rear of the radio. set radio aside.
5. crimp the connections on the end of the iON pigtail (yellow and black wires). the power lead is the violet-with-light-blue-tracer wire on the j1 plug (pin 9), and the ground is the black-with-green-tracer wire (pin 11).
6. set the dip switches on the protocol converter box. switch 2 and switch 8 should be on, with all others off.
7. find a nice home inside the dashboard for the protocol converter box and run your wires. i ran the ipod cable under the console so it comes out near the seat belt anchor on the seat.
8. plug all connectors back in, put radio back on radio guide and slide back in dash. reinstall radio bezel and shift boot bezel
9. reconnect battery, connect ipod to cable, and press cd button on head unit until it says "dj" (it will toggle between dj, which is your ipod, and cd which are whatever you have loaded in the 6disc changer) and enjoy! :rockon:
epper: The people at NEO were very helpful and friendly. If this didnt work for me, they were happy to take it back. They even went so far as to telephone me to make sure it was what I wanted - like with other gizmos that do this, they say its not supposed to work with the 6disc in-dash head unit. but it does, on a 2003.
The NEO iON consists of three parts - the pigtail, the protocol converter box, and the ipod cable.
The following tools are needed for this job
1/4" drive ratchet
1/4" drive extension
8mm 6point 1/4" drive socket
7mm 6point 1/4" drive socket
electrical connector crimpers (lineman's pliers?)
The following supplies are needed for this job:
2 wire taps (t-tap/scotch-lok)
3rd/4th generation iPod not included.
1. with the 8mm wrench, disconnect the ground side of the battery.
2. put the car in 2nd gear. grab and yank the shift boot bezel off the console (it is held on with clips). dont yank too hard, you still need to unplug the cigarette lighter. i pull the boot inside out over the shift knob and work around it. a person could also remove the knob and take the boot+bezel assembly off altogether.
3. grab and yank off the bezel for the heater controls/radio/vents. it too is clipped on. and as with the shift boot bezel, there are electrical connections. unclip the wires from the rear defroster, traction control, and driving lamp switches.
4. with the 7mm socket and extension, remove the two outside bolts holding the radio in (the ones over the shiny metal). the center bolts hold the radio guide in and need not be removed. grab radio and pull towards you. pop out the antenna lead so you have a little more room to work. remove the other connections from the rear of the radio. set radio aside.
5. crimp the connections on the end of the iON pigtail (yellow and black wires). the power lead is the violet-with-light-blue-tracer wire on the j1 plug (pin 9), and the ground is the black-with-green-tracer wire (pin 11).
6. set the dip switches on the protocol converter box. switch 2 and switch 8 should be on, with all others off.
7. find a nice home inside the dashboard for the protocol converter box and run your wires. i ran the ipod cable under the console so it comes out near the seat belt anchor on the seat.
8. plug all connectors back in, put radio back on radio guide and slide back in dash. reinstall radio bezel and shift boot bezel
9. reconnect battery, connect ipod to cable, and press cd button on head unit until it says "dj" (it will toggle between dj, which is your ipod, and cd which are whatever you have loaded in the 6disc changer) and enjoy! :rockon:
