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Old 18th Oct 2020, 10:20 am   #1
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Morning all.

See the photo, please. Is the DIN connector shown from the solder side or the connector side? I have a plug but unfortunately there are no numbers on the pins, the socket on the radio is not marked either. I guess I have to use pins 1 and 4 to connect a MP3 player to it?
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Old 18th Oct 2020, 10:43 am   #2
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Looks like solder side of the socket to me.

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Old 18th Oct 2020, 10:58 am   #3
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Hoping that the attached PDF might help.

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Looking at the solder end of the plug clockwise goes 1,4,2,5,3. Mick. oops Alan just beat me to it .
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You can easily establish which way round the socket is with a multi-meter on ohms.
Looking at the socket from the 'outside' measure between the two pins on the right (reference to the middle ground pin 2). If you measure 0 ohms (a short ) they are pins 3 and 5. If you measure 780k ohms they are pins 1 and 4.

I assume for input you mean either pins 1 to 2 or pins 4 to 2? Just using pins 1 and 4 will not work you need to include pin 2 (ground) in any combination.
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Hoping that the attached PDF might help.

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Thanks, very helpful
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You can easily establish which way round the socket is with a multi-meter on ohms.
Looking at the socket from the 'outside' measure between the two pins on the right (reference to the middle ground pin 2). If you measure 0 ohms (a short ) they are pins 3 and 5. If you measure 780k ohms they are pins 1 and 4.

I assume for input you mean either pins 1 to 2 or pins 4 to 2? Just using pins 1 and 4 will not work you need to include pin 2 (ground) in any combination.
of course, thanks, I forgot the ground completely.
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I'd pop the skeleton of the plug into the socket and see which two pins give a buzz when touched.
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It's always confusing, but I've found with the DIN bits I now buy the numbers are moulded into the plug/socket next to the pins. A helpful reference!
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...if you've got your microscope handy to read them
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...if you've got your microscope handy to read them
Ah yes. Perhaps posts should have an associated questionnaire which gives the poster's eyesight test results, relevant health issues and weekly alcohol consumption! Joking aside, I find my 'third hand' magnifying glass useful for those times when my eagle eyes don't cut it.
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Old 19th Oct 2020, 4:48 pm   #12
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I'd pop the skeleton of the plug into the socket and see which two pins give a buzz when touched.
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Good idea, really.
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You can easily establish which way round the socket is with a multi-meter on ohms.
Looking at the socket from the 'outside' measure between the two pins on the right (reference to the middle ground pin 2). If you measure 0 ohms (a short ) they are pins 3 and 5. If you measure 780k ohms they are pins 1 and 4.
This is obviously correct for the circuit shown in Post # 1 but not necessarily correct for other circuits.

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