Chrysler Radio 1996 Dodge Stratus (Chrysler Sirrus?) Pinout question with GMC S15 Truck

Jul 03, 2004 4 Replies

Hi,



I've got an AM/FM/CD player that I pulled out of a 1996 Dodge Stratus (I think this is basically the same as a Chrysler Sirrus) that I am trying to install into my 1987 GMC S15 quarter ton truck. I'm a little confused on the pinouts (quite different between the two) and thought there might be some experts out there to offer some advice.



Chrysler Pinout (2 connectors, 14 pins):



Feed connector Speaker connector ----------------- ---------------------- | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | ----------------- ----------------------



The top label provides the following:



Part Number: P4858555



12V D.C. Negative Ground


1: BAT



2: ACC
3: ILL
4: PARK
5: RF-
6: LF-
7: MUTE
8: RR-
9: LR-
10: RF+
11: LF+
12: RR+
13: LR+
14: ANT

GMC S15 (DELCO Radio) Pinout:



------- ------- --------- | 1 2 | | 5 6 | | 9 10 | | 3 4 | | 7 8 | | 11 12 | ------- ------- ---------



My quarter ton only has 7 wires out of the total of 14 hooked up (no rear speakers), the others are blanked. After an afternoon of googling, it looks like these are the interesting pins


1: 12V power
2: (empty) Antenna
3: Ground
4: Illumination
5: RF-
6: LF-
7: RF+
8: LF+
9: (empty) LR-
10: (empty) RR-
11: (empty) LR+
12: (empty) RR+
13: (empty) Memory
14: (emtpy) Dimmer

Ok, so I hook up the two radios using the following mappings:



C1 -> G1 C5 -> G5 C6 -> G6 C10 -> G7 C11 -> G8 C3 -> G4



This doesn't work. Radio doesn't turn on, no activity. I've realised that I have no idea which pins I should be using for 12V DC and Ground on the Chrysler radio, and didn't want to just pin hop experiment. Anyone have a suggestion? Where should the G1 (12V) and the G3 (Ground) attach to the chrysler radio? I know for certain that both the radio and the wires in the truck are ok -- the chrysler radio works in the stratus, and the old delco works in the truck.



Thanks in advance. Please reply both the newsgroup, and via email if you don't mind ( snipped-for-privacy@netrpg.com)...



Chris


I believe the Chrysler radio gets it's ground though the case. Is there a stud on the case for hooking up a ground wire?

-Chris

Must be hot

Must be hot when key is on.

Did you have power to pin two?

It takes two power pins and ground to make a modern radio work.

Bob

Hi,

This is exactly what I was missing, I only tried havin the ignition OR the battery hot, not both. So, the radio powers up now.

But...all I get coming out is a series of short beeps that get faster and faster. Is this some kind of anti-theft measure (in a stock radio!?), or is there something I need attached to the powered antenna? (I currently just have a bare wire from that pin).

Thanks for all the good suggestions thus far!

Chris

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