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General => Car audio => Topic started by: Khare on 19 March 2009, 20:56
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basicaly im gonna upgrade my headunit to a pioneer one, and my current headunit is from the stone age.
Is this an ISO connector? this is what it currently has.
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http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=99497
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your car should have an iso connector that will plug straight in. (you may need to swap yellow and red tho)
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your car should have an iso connector that will plug straight in. (you may need to swap yellow and red tho)
this is what it came with. so does it mean if i buy a new headunit it wont plug straight in again?
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no the original vw connector should plug straight into the pioneer block (mine did), so no chopping wires etc and you just need to unplug the pioneer lead should you change it ever
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no the original vw connector should plug straight into the pioneer block (mine did), so no chopping wires etc and you just need to unplug the pioneer lead should you change it ever
ok so my current loom will plug straight to pioneer headunit, but what did you say about unpligging pioneer headunit etc?
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if you use std car connector to pioneer connector no wires need to be cut...and should you ever change head unit again its a simple unplug job
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if you use std car connector to pioneer connector no wires need to be cut...and should you ever change head unit again its a simple unplug job
so basically what you're saying is i buy the pioneer headunit and plug it in? no need to buy extra bits?
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at worst you will need a coverter lead, available from maplins or halfrauds :wink:
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at worst you will need a coverter lead, available from maplins or halfrauds :wink:
yeah i know, but that means more dosh to hand out :grin:
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reet then, go UNPACK the pioneer and she what it comes with :kiss:
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reet then, go UNPACK the pioneer and she what it comes with :kiss:
i dont have the headunit yet :nerd:
im just double checking what i need to buy before i buy anything. Hopefully, i need nothing :smiley:
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nice sig btw :grin:
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all good.
Got an email coming through from car audio direct.
The Pioneer has its own loom which ends in ISO blocks.
ive got the ISO block connectors so i shall be not needing an adaptor :smiley:
roll onhe inexpensive good times.
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nice sig btw :grin:
cheers!
the infamous TATS said tohat to josho in the middle of one of the playground figts :grin:
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Even thought I never said I was an engineer.
My dads a brilliant engineer though. Props to him.
I think you may be a little confused. I may be wrong though, just wait 'til you get it I suppose.
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I think you may be a little confused. I may be wrong though, just wait 'til you get it I suppose.
all good.
Got an email coming through from car audio direct.
The Pioneer has its own loom which ends in ISO blocks.
ive got the ISO block connectors so i shall be not needing an adaptor :smiley:
roll onhe inexpensive good times.
no more confusion dude
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OK fair enough.
Just I thought the ISO connector on the Pioneer could be different to the VW one.
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OK fair enough.
Just I thought the ISO connector on the Pioneer could be different to the VW one.
:lipsrsealed:
ISO is the international standard connection used by all radio manufacturers and fitted in all new radio harnesses (female ISO). When installing a radio these need to be connected (by push-fit) into an ISO male.
Some cars have ISO male connectors fitted to their radio harnesses as standard and this will enable you to install your radio in minutes without any problems. If you don't have an ISO connection as standard this isn't a problem. All you will simply need is a harness adaptor (unique to your car model) to convert your car’s standard radio harness to fit together with the ISO on your new radio.
If the male connector on the car fits the female connector on the radio, they will simply click together. There is an exception to this rule, as some cars, mainly Vauxhall and VW models require a small alteration to their power input configuration.
If you were to connect the ISO plugs, the radio would work OK, but once you turn off the ignition and remove your keys the radio would lose its memory settings (stored radio stations would be lost and any inserted CD's would be ejected). This is due to the power wires (yellow: permanent live and red: ignition live) being connected the wrong way around, for these particular car models.
Many radio models now come with harness adaptors that use bullet connectors in line with the harnesses power wires. You can simply disconnect the bullets, switch the yellow and red wires and reconnect.
Or, on some older cars, if the radio is connected as permanent live (can be turned on without the key in the ignition). In such cases, you may have to connect the yellow and red wires on the radio lead together. It is possible, where the manufacturer’s radio wiring allows it (using bullet connectors that are inline on the radio harness), to line up with the permanent wire on the car’s harness. This means that when the two ISO connections are pushed together the power is transferred to the correct wire positions.
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Ah, sweet. I understand now.
I was wrong.
Thanks.
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i need to change the yellow and red wires over on the iso plug. I loose all my stations and the radio turns off if i remove the keys from ignition.