I just bought a phatbox that was out of an Audi, it did not come with the adater cable, but I see a couple on ebay. Are there anymore pieces I would need to hook the phatbox up to a kenwood Unit (I have sony now, but am willing to purchase kenwood to make things easier). It is going into a Toyota.
What exactly did you get with your PhatBox? You say no adapter cable, but did you get a DMS cartridge and USB cradle too?
If not, you'll need those. Once you have the Kenwood adapter cable (Part No. KHD-5L1 IIRC) and the above, then all you need is software to manage the device from your computer.
If you have a MAC, you can look at PhatMac.
If you have a PC, you have a choice of
PhatNoise Media Manager (No Activation version available to registered users at http://phatnoise.us)
PhatHack Media Manager (Available to registered users at http://phathackmm.com)
I got the phatbox unit, the cradle, the DMS cartridge, the cd software, and install manual. I believe all I need is the cable that you recommended. I will be searching the internet to see if I can get one. I found a couple of kenwood in dash cd players with cd changer controls, so I will be looking to see if I can find a cord/adapter that will connect to the one you recommended.
Hey I know of the cable for the PB and I have it connected to the HU, but How do I sync the HU with the PB so that the HU can conttrol the PB. I have a KDC MP232. when I go to cd changer mode, it just says AUX EXT. Now the manual I have tells me how to configure the HU for VW and AUDI, but not for a kenwood HU
Have you updated the DMS and installed the Kenwood firmware on it?
I have installed the DMS tool software and I get the message; t would appear the patch failed on your PhatBox, please join the PhatHack Community forums [http://forum.phathack.com] and post the contents of the file PHTSYS/logfile.txt
Patch was not applied or failed to start, there is no patchverify.log
I could not find a PHTSYS/logfile.txt, what should I do next?