nukefission
Veteran Member
I posted this on Vortex but I'd like to solicit some input from here as well.
My 2002 Golf came with a Premium 6 double-DIN radio. I got a single DIN radio out of another VW (waiting on the VIN from the donor car so I can get the code generated) that I want to replace the Premium 6 with, and use the extra room for gauges, etc. I'm going for a factory look, hence the desire to use another factory radio.
The new radio has a different harness connector than the Premium 6. See this page at the bottom for drawings: http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-c....html.
I've made up a harness to connect the single-DIN radio to the Premium 6 harness connector, using factory style pigtails I got from a local stereo shop. Connecting the speaker wires ("brown" connector) was pretty straight forward, but mapping the "black" connector wires to the appropriate spots in the new radio is proving to be more of a challenge. The Premium 6 has the following pinout:
CAN+
CAN-
Mute (NA on my car)
GND
-+B (NA on my car)
ALM
+B
SAFE
So far I've mapped the following wires from the Premium 6 harness connector to the new radio:
GND
ALM
+B
SAFE
There are two more wires from the Premium 6 harness connector to route (CAN+ and CAN-, according to the diagram on the Premium 6 radio itself), but 3 available spots in the new radio:
K-LN ("K-wire")
S (SU contact, or ignition switch)
KL58b (illumination, or dimmer)
According to the Ross-Tech page linked above, the Premium 6 radio does not have a K-wire connection, rather a CAN+ and CAN-. Do I need to wire either one of the harness CAN+ or CAN- to the K-wire spot on the new radio? Of the two wires left to route on the Premium 6 harness, one of them gives 12V when the ignition is off and the key is out; with the key on it drops to ~4V. I'm having a hard time figuring out which one is supposed to be used for switched ignition or dimmer. The voltage of one of the wires changes from .30V to .50V when the headlights are turned on.
I'm wondering if this sort of swap is even possible. Any help would be appreciated!
My 2002 Golf came with a Premium 6 double-DIN radio. I got a single DIN radio out of another VW (waiting on the VIN from the donor car so I can get the code generated) that I want to replace the Premium 6 with, and use the extra room for gauges, etc. I'm going for a factory look, hence the desire to use another factory radio.
The new radio has a different harness connector than the Premium 6. See this page at the bottom for drawings: http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-c....html.
I've made up a harness to connect the single-DIN radio to the Premium 6 harness connector, using factory style pigtails I got from a local stereo shop. Connecting the speaker wires ("brown" connector) was pretty straight forward, but mapping the "black" connector wires to the appropriate spots in the new radio is proving to be more of a challenge. The Premium 6 has the following pinout:
CAN+
CAN-
Mute (NA on my car)
GND
-+B (NA on my car)
ALM
+B
SAFE
So far I've mapped the following wires from the Premium 6 harness connector to the new radio:
GND
ALM
+B
SAFE
There are two more wires from the Premium 6 harness connector to route (CAN+ and CAN-, according to the diagram on the Premium 6 radio itself), but 3 available spots in the new radio:
K-LN ("K-wire")
S (SU contact, or ignition switch)
KL58b (illumination, or dimmer)
According to the Ross-Tech page linked above, the Premium 6 radio does not have a K-wire connection, rather a CAN+ and CAN-. Do I need to wire either one of the harness CAN+ or CAN- to the K-wire spot on the new radio? Of the two wires left to route on the Premium 6 harness, one of them gives 12V when the ignition is off and the key is out; with the key on it drops to ~4V. I'm having a hard time figuring out which one is supposed to be used for switched ignition or dimmer. The voltage of one of the wires changes from .30V to .50V when the headlights are turned on.
I'm wondering if this sort of swap is even possible. Any help would be appreciated!