jimm
1993 GL
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Post by jimm on Aug 26, 2010 21:12:11 GMT -5
I had an issue with my stock am/fm radio, the right speaker kept cutting out. So, I finally took apart the radio and found that it was just a bad solder joint on the pin of the connector at the back of the radio.
That lead me to the discovery of an 8-pin DIN connector also at the back of the radio, no doubt for an add-on tape deck or something. I figured out enough of the pins to be able to connect an IPOD directly to the radio, now I have much better sound than an FM transmitter and the IPOD is charged as well!
If you have the same type of radio with the 8-pin DIN I can show you how to wire it up. Or, I may be able to sell the cable I made up as I am also going to be selling my Justy.
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Post by monsterjusty on Aug 29, 2010 10:15:03 GMT -5
Man I would love to know how to do this
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jimm
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Post by jimm on Aug 29, 2010 14:22:19 GMT -5
You need an 8 pin DIN male connector, I found one at an electronics store. The Ipod connector I just took from a cheap Ipod FM transmitter I had. For the wiring I simply used an audio/video cable the kind with left, right and video.
Here is a simple schematic of the minimum required, this will connect Ipod audio to the radio but the radio will no longer work. To make the radio work a double pole double throw switch needs to be added to connect the DIN connectors pins 4 and 5 together and also pins 6 and 7 at the same time disconnects the Ipod audio to pins 4 and 6 of the DIN connector.
Ipod 30 Pin Connector Justy Radio 8 Pin DIN Right Out 3 _________________________________________________ 4 Right In Left Out 4 _________________________________________________ 6 Left In Audio Gnd 2 _________________________________________________ 2 Ground Pwr Gnd 29, 30 ________________________________________| +12V Pwr 19, 20 _____________________________________________ 8 +12 V Switched 5 Radio Right Out 7 Radio Left Out
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Post by monsterjusty on Sept 2, 2010 6:33:21 GMT -5
Awesome. Thanks man. I'll have to try this out.
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jimm
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Post by jimm on Sept 2, 2010 17:39:55 GMT -5
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jimm
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Post by jimm on Sept 5, 2010 16:02:51 GMT -5
Here is the actual cable: (note click on thumbnail to see full-size)
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Post by blanknight87 on Sept 26, 2011 1:41:54 GMT -5
this is very cool....i might have to try this out, this is a very creative/resourceful idea thanks Jimm
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