CD Changer Pin Outs / Tricking the headunit ?
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CD Changer Pin Outs / Tricking the headunit ?
I have a 2001 Ford F150 Lightning with the standard 6 disc cd changer. I've stumbled upon this really neat device called a Neo MP3 Car Jukebox that essentially holds 40 gigs worth of MP3's and sends it through a "line-out" (and has a nice LCD screen with play/fwd, etc type buttons)
I'd like to make use of the factory CD Changer wires, but does anyone have the pinouts of what is what ?
Also, as I understand it, the first problem I will run into is that the factory Ford radio will say, NO CDDJ . Is there a way to trick the Ford Head Unit to actually think something is connected to it ?? If this gets figured out, we open ourselves to a multitude of awesome and flexible options...DVD players, TV/VCR hookups, portable player hook ups, etc etc etc....
Thanks!
I'd like to make use of the factory CD Changer wires, but does anyone have the pinouts of what is what ?
Also, as I understand it, the first problem I will run into is that the factory Ford radio will say, NO CDDJ . Is there a way to trick the Ford Head Unit to actually think something is connected to it ?? If this gets figured out, we open ourselves to a multitude of awesome and flexible options...DVD players, TV/VCR hookups, portable player hook ups, etc etc etc....
Thanks!
#2
Dean,
Here's what I wound up doing:
https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...threadid=59934
Someone said the stock headunit has differential inputs, and if you run non differential (typical) inputs to it, you can damage the headunit.
Here's what I wound up doing:
https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...threadid=59934
Someone said the stock headunit has differential inputs, and if you run non differential (typical) inputs to it, you can damage the headunit.