The green connector pins labeled as NC are sometimes the center dashboard speaker connections. If your after market radio has output for woofer/bass/sub-woofer, it can connect to those. Otherwise a small mono amplifier may be used between a front speaker output and the dash-speaker.
Meaning of Head Unit pinout signals
Pin Notation |
Pin function |
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Power pins |
|
BAT | Battery+ (12V direct from Battery). |
GND, GROUND | Chassis Ground |
ACC | Ignition powered. +12 V with the ignition key is in the ACC or ON position. |
RHEO | Light-on signal or backlight adjustment. +12V supplied to light-on pin of head unit when tail lights ar turned on. May be used for backlight adjustment in some models. |
ANT | Power for Electric Antenna. Output +12 V (maximum 150 - 300mA) |
Audio pins |
|
FR+ or RF+ | Front right speaker out |
FL+ or LF+ | Front left speaker out |
RR+ | Rear right speaker out |
LR+ or RL+ | Rear left speaker out |
FR- or RF-, FL- or LF-, RR-, LR- or RL-, SGND | The corresponding speaker ground |
Misc. pins |
|
TEL | This pin is used to silence the audio, earthed by some other external components that is connected to the radio. |
SPEED | This pin is used in some radio equipment to automatically boost up the volume. It needs the output from the speed sensor. |
CAN-L, CAN-H | CAN on board diagnostic bus |
CT+,CT- | ClockTime or CurrentTime signal from DCF77 |