PIN OUT for CDR-210 (becker)

[rsfeller]

putting in my sirius receiver soon. i figured i'd pick up switched 12v so when the stereo is turned on so is the Sirius unit.

What have others done and who has a pin out of the back of the CDR-210. thought I had a doucment on it but cannot find it now

Shawn

[Tool Pants]

Not the stereo guy.

If you need an aux-in then this is one alternative.

[rsfeller]

Not the stereo guy.

If you need an aux-in then this is one alternative.

Loren,

thanks. i'm actually going to use a CD changer too that I purchased. i'm going to use a FM (inline) transmitter for connection to the system. although traditional FM sucks the inlines are not bad.

still looking for a source for 12v switched to power the sirrius receiver.

i'll check out the becker board again too!

Shawn

[Chris_in_NH]

Not the stereo guy.

If you need an aux-in then this is one alternative.

Loren,

thanks. i'm actually going to use a CD changer too that I purchased. i'm going to use a FM (inline) transmitter for connection to the system. although traditional FM sucks the inlines are not bad.

still looking for a source for 12v switched to power the sirrius receiver.

i'll check out the becker board again too!

Shawn

there is an 'extra' power outlet under the radio area. take off the carpet side panels and look/feel around for a bundle of wires that ends in a loose black plug. depending on what model year you have, the plug at the end of this wire bundle will have 3 or 4 connections (the plug is female). my car is a '97, so it only has the 3-connection-plug which is ground, switched (ignition on) 12v, and constant 12v. i'm not sure what the 4th wire (in later models) is for. if you have a multi-meter, you can test to see which wires are hot and when.

you can order the telephone power cable from www.beckerautosound.com for this connector. this will be a 4-prong plug/wires that connects to the power plug under your dash. (hopefully you have the 4-connection plug - but if not you can just cut the plug off of the wires and terminate them like i did). the telephone power cable comes with instructions and a wire-color guide. (this cable is basically an 'extension cord'. you don't *need* it. see below if you just want to make your own.)

once this is connected you will have bare wires on the other side of the becker plug and you can terminate them with bullet connectors or the connectors of your choice.

connect the switched 12v to the power wire for the Sirius radio, and connect the ground wire (brown i believe) to the Sirius' ground wire.

using wire terminations instead of just twisting wires together makes for a much more professional installation. personally, for this type of wiring, i like bullet connectors. there are both male/female connectors (so they fit together) and they crimp on to the end of your wires with a crimp tool. you can get a set of 10 pairs of male/female connectors for $2 and a crimp tool for $5 (multi-tool with wire strippers, pliers, crimp, bolt cutter, wire cutter - looks like pliers) in the auto parts section of Wal*Mart. terminating each wire takes about 10 seconds.

these connections won't come undone, and are very easy to disassemble if needed. as an extra precaution, i use electrical tape to secure the connector on the end of the wire after i've crimped it.

if you want, you could skip the whole cable from Becker and just do it yourself with 'hookup wire' (NOT speaker wire) from Wal*Mart and the connectors/crimp tool i mentioned above. the female plug under the dash looks like it would accept male bullet connectors (if it doesn't just cut the plug off and terminate with your connectors). so you would cut a length of wire (2 wires stuck together - red for hot and black for ground). strip both ends (4 wires) and apply male connectors to one end (to connect to the power plug) and put either male or female on the other end. put the opposite connectors on the Sirius wires so they connect. ta-da, you're done! and you didn't have to wait for Becker to send you a cable!

Edited December 3, 2006 by Chris_in_NH

[rsfeller]

Chris,

Perfect, this is just what I want.

Is this connector on the left or right side of the center console?

You say pull up carpet could you be more specific to the location of the connector. Since it comes off the steremo I would assume it's close. should I take the center console side panels off?

I might work on this tomorrow and just hack into the connectors.

Thanks.

Shawn

[Chris_in_NH]

Chris,

Perfect, this is just what I want.

Is this connector on the left or right side of the center console?

You say pull up carpet could you be more specific to the location of the connector. Since it comes off the steremo I would assume it's close. should I take the center console side panels off?

I might work on this tomorrow and just hack into the connectors.

Thanks.

Shawn

the connector may be velcro'ed down, or it could be flopping around loose. it should be the only loose wire bundle in the area. left/right, i don't know. there's not much space under there, so it should be easy to find.

the side carpet pieces that i'm talking about are the carpet pieces that surround the center console. when you say 'center console side panels' i think of the vinyl/leather pieces at about knee-level. you don't need to remove those. just remove the carpeted pieces behind (towards the front of the car) those pieces. you'll see.

the wire doesn't actually come off of the stereo. it's not connected to the stereo at all.

here's a pic:

[rsfeller]

bingo. got it.

the previous owner of my car had some issues with the shelfs of the center console. my lower one pulls right out and the 3 prong female connector was staring right at me on my 97.

i was hoping to get power with the stereo on off but the ignition switched will work fine for me.

thanks for your help on this.

what is this connector for, did you say something about phone? if so i'm curious to why a 12v unswitched and another 12v switched.

additionally you made mention of grounding to the sirius receiver. do you mean other then ther ground on the 12v connector into the unit? i've read a bit with board members talking about buzzing and having to add isolators or gizmos to help with direct line inputs.

shawn

[Chris_in_NH]

ok, so if you have the 3-prong connector you won't be able to use the Becker cable. you'll need to cut that whole connector off of the wire bundle, then attach the bullet connectors to terminate the wires. OR, you could just put male bullet connectors on your hookup wire, and plug those into the connector. that's probably easier.

the connector is to power a cell phone or something like that. i don't know why there's switched and unswitched power. the good news is that you have another power source if you wanted to power another device.

as far as the ground on the Sirius receiver, you just want to connect the Sirius ground to the ground of the wire bundle (brown wire, but double-check). you shouldn't have any buzzing problems.

here are pics of the bullet connectors:

female

male

Edited December 3, 2006 by Chris_in_NH

[Tool Pants]

This is the cell phone connector. On a 1997 it has 3 wires. 1998-2004 have 4 wires.