EggXpert

Howdy Everyone!! New to the site. I was referred here by some one on my motorcycle forum. Tell y'all the truth, tech stuff is not my bag. I don't even know how a TV works, what with all the signals being scrambled in the atmosphere and then reassembled in the box...Any way, I hope y'all can help me. I am looking for a cable. My motorcycle is wired for sound. I have a male end that inserts into an MP3 player or a personal radio. I was given a Garmin Nuvi and I would love to use the existing wire to run the GPS. I need a converter (?) wire with a female end on one side and the male end on the other side that would plug into the GPS. I have looked on the internet and ebay and truth be told, I really don't even know what I'm looking for other than a converter cable. Can anyone out there help me out? Thanks so much.

I show that most of Garmin used a mini B port, which is same interface with your MP3. So I don't think you need a converter.

If I am wrong, could you please give pics for both of your Garmin and cable so that we could check it for you?

You can't plug your MP3 Player (ie: iPod)  into your GPS..

The headphone jack on the GPS is for audio output only..  

The headphone jack on MP3 players is for audio output only.

Maybe I am misunderstanding your question...?

You can plug your GPS into your motorcycle, or you can plug your iPod into your motorcycle..   Or you can get a "Y" adapter and plug both the iPod and GPS into your motorcycle.. But you can't plug the GPS into the MP3 Player.

That would depend on the model of the Garmin Nuvi the 800 series like the 855i will do this. I have a old 805i and the way to play MP3's at all only would be the microSD cards up to 4GB. But will not work with MP3 players at all.

http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/nuvi855_OwnersManual.pdf <--- manual for the 855i on page 28