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18th Oct 2020, 10:20 am | #1 |
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DIN connector confusion
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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18th Oct 2020, 10:43 am | #2 |
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Re: DIN connector confusion
Looks like solder side of the socket to me.
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18th Oct 2020, 10:58 am | #3 |
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Re: DIN connector confusion
Hoping that the attached PDF might help.
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18th Oct 2020, 10:59 am | #4 |
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Re: DIN connector confusion
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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18th Oct 2020, 11:06 am | #5 |
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Re: DIN connector confusion
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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18th Oct 2020, 11:54 am | #6 |
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Re: DIN connector confusion
Thanks, very helpful
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18th Oct 2020, 11:56 am | #7 | |
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Re: DIN connector confusion
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18th Oct 2020, 6:39 pm | #8 |
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Re: DIN connector confusion
I'd pop the skeleton of the plug into the socket and see which two pins give a buzz when touched.
Graham
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19th Oct 2020, 12:06 am | #9 |
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Re: DIN connector confusion
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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19th Oct 2020, 9:59 am | #10 |
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Re: DIN connector confusion
...if you've got your microscope handy to read them
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19th Oct 2020, 2:15 pm | #11 |
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Re: DIN connector confusion
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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19th Oct 2020, 4:48 pm | #12 |
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Re: DIN connector confusion
Good idea, really.
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Re: DIN connector confusion
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