Dumb question of the day

I've got a 123 car with the stock speakers. However, the radio I had in the car went bad and I currently don't have the $$ to replace it just yet. So, currently, there's no radio in the car.

My idea was to take the wires that went from the head unit to the stock speakers and connect a 1/8" headphone jack into them instead, and then take this jack and plug into a portable CD player. This would allow me to at least have something to listen to on the road prior to getting the $$ for a new head unit.

The only thing I can imagine going wrong is the portable CD player not having enough power to get everything to the speakers.

I know this is hokey, but again, it's only temporary (we're taking a trip to L.A. next week and without music, I tend to get really sleepy on long trips). Any thoughts on this?

Thanks in advance!

you wouln't have enough juice for this.... wouldn't it be much easier to use (or borrow) a small kitchen cd player and plugging it into the dc outlet in the car...

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94 318is (EURO)
87 190E 2.6

Don't have one. I have a small tape player, but it goes through batteries like nobody's business and I don't have a 12V adaptor for it.

well when I had a w123 I put an old alpine cd player in it... nothing flashy except for some decent 2 way coaxial rear speakers... wired it directly to the fader and it worked great....

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87 190E 2.6

I have a becker europa that I took out of an old benz at a junkyard in hope to resell...It doesnt have the faceplate or the knobs but it more than likely would work I suppose. I havent tried it and its not worth more than 10 bucks on ebay so if youre willing to pay shipping, I could ship it out to you next monday...

Peter