Electronic – Connecting Two Analog Sources to One Analog Sink

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Q: Connecting Two Analog Sources to One Analog Sink without the sources effecting one other

What I want to do:

I basically want to add a radio tuner/MP3 player in a car. Now, that car already has a Cassette Player (Kenwood KRC-265 [Link]). This cassette player (aliased CP hence forth) is not to be removed. So the option is to just add one.

Problem

Now the problem is that the CP has no AUX in nor the MP3 Player has an AUX out. So the only option is to share speakers (4) between the two.

Possible Solutions

  • If I directly join the wires in a Y join directly then the voltage can sink into the circuit of the other and cause damage.
  • If I add a diode (on + speaker line) to avoid a back flow, then the analog signal may get cut due to the diode's 0.7V drop. The current can exceed an amp or two so I don't know if a germanium diode will do good (having low voltage drop).

I need you guys' advice on what to do.

Regards

EDIT:

Due to the lack of a word in my vocab. I used the word MP3 Player. It's a Car MP3 Player with built-in amp. Something like this: Link to AliExpress

But due to @Marcus Miller's answer providing me a better approach, I am planning to use that. That did come to my mind but failing to see that it is a 13 Pin connector (I assumed it was a CD Changer – a single signal/single wire connection), I did not google.

Best Answer

Your CP probably does have an AUX input, but it's hiding as the CD changer control plug.

You can reverse-engineer that. In fact, a solid 12 seconds on google revealed this gem from http://nodivisions.com/tech/kenwood_aux_adapter/:

adapter

With that, you can simply select the CD changer as audio input to the CP and be done with it.