Retrofit aux-kit for older SAAB 9-5 and 9-3

July 18, 2015Goran Aničić2 commentsaux-kit CD Connect SAAB 9-3 Saab 9-5 SaabAUX

SaabAux install in Saab 9-3 OG

If you want to play music from your portable payer, but keep the factory stereo, options have been limited. The CD Connect device (~$160) from SaabAUX is a great solution for older Saab models. CdConnect is a retrofit aux kit for Saab 9-5 and Saab 9-3. Easy to use and works with all music players that have a standard 3.5 mm jack.

Only downside is it doesn’t charge your player, and you don’t have steering wheel control of track selection. But, unlike the FM modulators and the tape input methods, you get the full 20Hz to 20kHz frequency range, just like the CD player.

It works really well so far, and was quite easy to install. It’s all plug and play. See the following two different video how to install the device:

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Goran AničićJuly 18, 2015

the authorGoran Aničić

For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

2 Comments

Ivan Vladulov says:

September 19, 2019 at 12:39 am

take 5pin aux in connector and 5pin flat cable and solder it to radio aut and amp in also cut with razor blade radio out L&R leads to amp in and you get automatic aux in radio switch for no more than 5$ worth of parts. You need rudimentary soldering skills.

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Waldemar Więckowski says:

July 4, 2024 at 7:50 pm

I paid ~$100 for the bluesaab device. Plug & Play in the boot, to CD changer harness. I have BT wireless stream, SID showing what my Spotify or other players currently playing. And I have steering wheel control without any additional adapters. Only downside is, that I can’t engage night panel, when bluesaab is on.

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