I just got my empeg unit and am having a little trouble figuring out how I'm going to connect it to my factory radio. I have a 2001 VW Passat which comes with an open din in the dashboard which is perfect to put the empeg in. I wanted to connect the empeg to the factory unit so that I could keep the factory radio (a. since it's display nicely matches the rest of the car's illumination, b. so I could use its built in amplifier to power the car speakers, c. and so I coulod have fm and am access).

I would like to avoid an fm modulator so I don't lose sound quality.

I've thought of two things: 1) A piece that will connect to the car's factory radio cd changer output and have rca connections on the other end. 2) A cassette adapter that will go into the factory radio's cassette player and will have a wire comming from the cassette that will have rca connections.

Does anybody know any if the items 1 and 2 above actually exist for a panosonic factory radio that I would be able to use to connect the empeg using its rca outputs.

I would really appreciate any advice I could get.